Chargers hail new kid on the block

TWO full decades after the emergence of linebacker Lawrence Taylor, there's a new LT making headlines in American Football's NFL.

This one lines up on offence, but is just as dangerous He is the San Diego Chargers' running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who ended one unlikely streak at the weekend while extending another.

Tomlinson, the fifth pick in the 2001 NFL draft, rushed 27 times for 217 yards and had touchdown runs of 37 and 58 yards, the longest two of his career, leading the Chargers over the New England Patriots, the defending Super Bowl champions, 21-14, before 66,463 at Qualcomm Stadium.