Category: Cam Newton
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
If Cam Newton is smart with his money, he's set for life financially. And yet the No. 1 overall pick of the 2011 NFL Draft and the Carolina Panthers' starting quarterback is back at the University of Auburn this offseason, working toward his degree in sociology.
Not all athletes are role ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
One-quarter of the NFL teams got rid of their head coaches this offseason, but Carolina and Ron Rivera were not two of the parties that split ways. That certainly would've been shocking if you were told that entering Week 9, when the Panthers were 1-6, but they won six of ...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
Cam Newton was one of the biggest stories of 2011 as he put together a dazzling rookie performance. Thus far in 2012, it's fair to say the Carolina Panthers quarterback is suffering from a bit of a sophomore slump. Newton has thrown more interceptions (5) than touchdowns (4) and has ...
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
The New Orleans Saints have been pretty good about preaching a no-excuses mentality. They said they were going to do their best not to let the suspension of some of their defensive players become a distraction. Some of those suspensions were lifted, however, heading into Sunday's opener and interim head ...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2012
Carolina Panthers offensive lineman Ryan Kalil didn't mince any word when he told Carolina Panthers fans that they'd be rewarded with a Super Bowl. In fact, in July, he took out a full-page advertisement in the Charlotte Observer stating exactly that. The guy calling the signals behind him? Well, he's ...
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Cam Newton helped the Carolina Panthers increase their win total by 300 percent in his rookie season. If they kept at that clip, Carolina would be on pace to win 18 games in the 2014 season. Obviously, that's impossible, but when you consider how hard Newton is on himself, you'd ...
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Monday, April 23rd, 2012
Seven years ago, Gus Malzahn was coaching high school football. Now he's going through his first spring as a head coach at the Football Bowl Subdivision level. Malzahn, who made an unlikely leap from high-school coaching to become Arkansas' offensive coordinator in 2006, has since enjoyed stints at Tulsa and ...
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Friday, April 20th, 2012
No one can argue with the fact that the Carolina Panthers were able to draft and find guys that were able to contribute as first-year players last year. Obviously, it's quarterback Cam Newton that everyone will first point to, but as coach Ron Rivera points out in the following interview, ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
Cam Newton threw for more yards than any rookie in NFL history in 2011, breaking the mark set by Peyton Manning (3,739 yards) back in 1998 by throwing for 4,051 yards and 21 touchdowns. Despite the Carolina Panthers' limited success in the win column, Newton easily won AP Offensive Rookie ...
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
By all accounts, Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Cam Newton is having a much better season than anyone really predicted for the No. 1 overall pick. Most thought he wasn't ready to step right in to a starting gig, and that he'd struggle if he were thrust into action from Day ...
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