“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” — Michael Corleone, The Godfather Part III
Nick Hardwick, a former longtime Chargers center and a harsh critic in January of how team owner Dean Spanos handled aspects of the relocation to Los Angeles, is rejoining his former NFL club as a radio broadcaster, he said Monday.
The reunion comes nearly six months since Hardwick, a team captain on five Chargers teams and a close friend of fellow 2004 NFL draftee Philip Rivers, slammed Spanos’ treatment of San Diegans in pivoting to L.