July 12, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — With the NBA lockout less than two weeks old, at least two NBA teams have begun cutting staff. One of the first to resort to layoffs: Michael Jordan's Charlotte Bobcats. Radio play-by-play announcer Scott Lauer was one of at least s...
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December 25, 2009
CHARLOTTE -- The Carolina Panthers placed quarterback Jake Delhomme on the injured reserve list Thursday with a broken finger on his throwing hand, ending his worst season as a pro.
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December 21, 2009
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Presented with an opportunity to get back into the race for the best record in the NFC, Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings fell flat with another Sunday night dud. Hours after clinching the NFC North when Green Bay lost, the...
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December 15, 2009
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Carolina's John Fox has always been a run-first coach. This season, he's become a run-only coach. No matter who plays quarterback, the combination of receivers or the play-calling, the Panthers' passing game remains one of the...
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December 8, 2009
CHARLOTTE (AP) — They played it safe, leaned on their running game and took advantage of an improbable number of mistakes, even for one of the NFL's worst teams. Still, Matt Moore was a winner in his first start in nearly two years and will lik...
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November 26, 2009
CHARLOTTE -- Being the smallest player on Carolina's roster doesn't bother Tyrell Sutton. Being dubbed one of the littlest fullbacks in NFL history produces a shrug.
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October 25, 2009
CHARLOTTE -- Steve Smith and Terrell Owens on the same field. A short, speedy, dominant and sometimes volatile receiver facing off against a tall, speedy, dominant and sometimes volatile receiver. In the past it would be billed as a matchup of big stars a...
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October 11, 2009
CHARLOTTE -- At this rate, you'd expect the Redskins' next opponent will be a directional school, or maybe even a Championship Subdivision team.
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September 24, 2009
CHARLOTTE -- Raymond Felton signed the Charlotte Bobcats' one-year, $5.5 million qualifying offer Wednesday after the restricted free agent was unable to come to terms with the NBA team on a long-term contract.
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September 22, 2009
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Jake Delhomme, move over. Julius Peppers has taken your spot as scapegoat for Carolina's dismal start. While Delhomme recovered from a two-game, 11-turnover stretch to throw for over 300 yards on Sunday in Atlanta, the defense...
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September 9, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — His Carolina Panthers teammates insisted defensive end Julius Peppers' offseason efforts to leave town hadn't affected his standing in the locker room. On Wednesday they proved it through the ballot box, voting Peppers a def...
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August 31, 2009
CHARLOTTE -- Jon Beason didn't mince words Saturday night after watching his Carolina teammates bounce off ball carriers, allow two long touchdown drives and add to growing fears that the banged-up Panthers defense isn't ready for the regular season. &quo...
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August 29, 2009
CHARLOTTE -- About this time last year, the Carolina Panthers played their third exhibition game and it set the tone for the season. That night the tandem of DeAngelo Williams-Jonathan Stewart alluded tackles, showed surprising speed and celebrated...
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August 15, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Four days after kicking his helmet in disgust and climbing into a golf cart thinking his shoulder was broken, Carolina receiver Steve Smith was smiling and throwing tight spirals. Fittingly, Smith's surprisingly quick return to...
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August 14, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The tiny towns of Bailey and Stantonsburg are separated by about 20 miles and little else in rural eastern North Carolina. The Carolina Panthers hope the area is about to produce their second star defensive end. Seven years after...
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August 13, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — After two years that's included plenty of criticism, few catches and no touchdowns, Dwayne Jarrett has been thrust into a starting role with the Steve Smith-less Carolina Panthers. His teammates believe the former Southern...
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August 11, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Jerry Richardson began by thanking his players for their support during his illness. Then the Carolina owner asked the franchise's biggest offseason distraction, Julius Peppers, to stand next to him. The result of the s...
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August 8, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Scanning the practice field at Carolina's training camp it's hard to miss the towering Marcus Monk. The 6-foot-5 receiver may have a tough time making the Panthers because of major knee surgery, but no one else on the roster ca...
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August 7, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- From Julius Peppers' giant contract to Maake Kemoeatu's torn Achilles' tendon, the defense has been Carolina's top concern for months. On the other side of the ball, the Panthers have no job openings, are quietly adding to the playboo...
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August 6, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Steve Smith sprinted across the middle Wednesday morning, caught a pass in front of Richard Marshall and spiked the ball in front of him. Welcome to your first full-time starting job, Richard. Have fun covering one of the NFL's...
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August 5, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Maake Kemoeatu sat in the shade off to the side of Carolina's practice field Tuesday, his right leg extended and wrapped in an air cast. A pair of crutches rested on a folding chair next to him. A day after completely tearing his Achi...
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August 4, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A sweaty Jake Delhomme headed toward a screaming crowd behind the fence surrounding Carolina's practice field. Many of the autograph-seekers Monday were dressed in No. 17 jerseys, and all were clearly on the same side of the divi...
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July 24, 2009
CHARLOTTE (AP) — The sun reflecting off the silver dome draws your eyes as you approach downtown Charlotte. Designed to look like sheet metal from a stock car but in the shape of an oval race track, it's the signature element of the NASCAR Hall...
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July 16, 2009
CHARLOTTE (AP) — The deadline for the Carolina Panthers to strike a long-term deal with franchise defensive end Julius Peppers passed Wednesday without an agreement. Peppers will now play under a one-year contract worth at least $16.7 million, creat...
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July 2, 2009
CHARLOTTE -- A judge issued a temporary injunction on Wednesday to lift Jeremy Mayfield's drug suspension, leaving the NASCAR driver free to race at Daytona this weekend. U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen concluded the "likelihood of a false po...
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