December 3, 2008
CHARLOTTE (AP) - Travelle Wharton cleared a hole for Jonathan Stewart on Sunday and chugged downfield as the Carolina Panthers running back streaked toward a certain touchdown at Green Bay. "I wanted to be the first one down there to watch him celebrate......
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November 27, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Everything moved a little quicker for the Carolina Panthers at practice Wednesday. There was less time between drills. Players broke the huddle faster and got set on the line of scrimmage sooner. Three days after Jake Delhomme berated his tea...
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November 17, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- The one-two punch of DeAngelo Williams and Jonathann Stewart dazzled with a record-setting day on the ground for Carolina. The Panthers needed all those yards to squeak by the league's only winless team. Stewart rushed for a career-high 130 y...
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November 14, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Jon Beason may not have been publicly recognized by his coach for winning the NFC defensive player of the month award for October until Wednesday. It doesn't mean the Carolina Panthers are overlooking their second-year middle linebacker. Far...
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October 30, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Shortly after beginning his first training camp with his record ninth team as an NBA head coach, Larry Brown was asked how he planned to get the Charlotte Bobcats -- a franchise that has never come close to the playoffs -- into contention in...
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October 27, 2008
CHARLOTTE (AP) - Steve Smith had just broken two tackles, tiptoed down the sideline and dove into the end zone for yet another spectacular touchdown to add to his hefty collection. But when he turned around, none of his Carolina Panthers teammates were t...
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October 19, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Training camp was only three days old when Carolina Panthers left offensive tackle Jordan Gross proclaimed that teammate Julius Peppers would have the best year of his career to date, adding, "There's no reason he won't go out and set records...
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October 14, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- So much for the Carolina Panthers grabbing control of the NFC South. An anemic running game, dropped passes, three interceptions, awful special teams and a tired defense made sure of that. The Panthers went to Tampa Bay Sunday having not allo...
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October 10, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- When Dwayne Jarrett left Southern California with a slew of school receiving records, few would have imagined his biggest honor early in his second NFL season would be getting voted player of the week -- of the scout team. But the way Jarrett...
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October 6, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Herm Edwards came up to John Fox an hour before kickoff and gave him a hearty bear hug. The former college teammates then exchanged stories and laughs. But the second matchup of the ex-San Diego State defensive backs was no fair fight: Fox ha...
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September 29, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Steve Smith broke two tackles and raced 56 yards for a touchdown, then did perhaps his most important work. Nearly two months after he broke teammate Ken Lucas' nose with a punch in training camp, Smith retrieved the ball and handed it to Luc...
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September 28, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Mike Smith wanted to know all the ugly details when he took over as Atlanta Falcons coach. Smith quizzed team personnel on Michael Vick's dogfighting conviction, Bobby Petrino's abrupt in-season resignation and the impact of three straight no...
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September 27, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Ryne Robinson has ditched the brace, but Travelle Wharton is taking no more chances with his knees. "I'm double bracing it from here on out," the Carolina Panthers left guard said this week. "The braces are comfortable after you start wearing...
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September 25, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- The noise machine was cranked up at practice Wednesday, Jake Delhomme kept talking about concentration and Jeff King acknowledged he barely slept Sunday night. It all had to do with the same thing: the Carolina Panthers' penalty epidemic. "Th...
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September 23, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Seconds before he was to begin his news conference Monday, John Fox walked off the podium to ask a team official a question. Fitting, really, that 24 hours after the Carolina Panthers' ugly, mistake-filled performance, the coach was guilty of...
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September 19, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- For more than three years, Steve Smith and Ken Lucas talked trash, argued and generally disliked each other, culminating in Smith's sucker-punch at training camp last month that broke the cornerback's nose. Shortly after the incident, which c...
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September 16, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Steve Smith's first day back from suspension lasted only a few hours. Smith rejoined the Carolina Panthers on Monday morning, only to be seen leaving Bank of America Stadium around noon, carrying two cardboard boxes and joking with teammate D...
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September 15, 2008
CHARLOTTE — The latest jarring hit by the Chicago Bears left Jake Delhomme holding his head and the Carolina Panthers staring at yet another home flop. As Delhomme wobbled to the sideline with the Panthers trailing by two touchdowns in the third quarter...
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September 4, 2008
CHARLOTTE -- Three large boxes filled with shoes sat in Steve Smith's cluttered locker Wednesday. Smith wasn't around to open the shipment, and wasn't there when his Carolina Panthers teammates voted to replace him as a team captain, either. Yet farther d...
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August 24, 2008
BOONE -- As a member of Appalachian State's football staff drove a cart onto the practice field to pick up some tackling dummies, it was hard to miss the large block letters adorning its side: ASU 34, Michigan 32. It's hard to go anywhere in this pictures...
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August 7, 2008
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — After four injury-filled seasons as part of a crowded group of receivers in Seattle, D.J. Hackett came to Carolina with the promise of more playing time. One training-camp punch likely left Hackett the Panthers' opening-day starter......
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August 5, 2008
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Steve Smith apologized and talked about winning back the respect of his teammates, coaches and fans. A battered Ken Lucas accepted Smith's apology and discussed his impending surgery. And the Carolina Panthers' coaching staff tried to...
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August 1, 2008
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - After his worst season as a pro football player, Julius Peppers enters the final year of his contract with the Carolina Panthers feeling stronger, fitter and more comfortable after his move to right defensive end. But as negotiations c...
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July 31, 2008
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Shortly after Muhsin Muhammad re-signed with the Carolina Panthers, he saw Dwayne Jarrett catch a pass during a workout and jog up the field. It didn't take long for Muhammad to pounce, leading to another painful lesson for the secon...
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July 29, 2008
The Charlotte Bobcats ended a year of uncertainty with top rebounder and shot blocker Emeka Okafor on Tuesday by coming to terms on a six-year, $72 million deal with the restricted free agent. The move comes a year after Okafor turned down a contract for...
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