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Carolina Panthers tickets are now on sale for the 2012 regular season. This exciting team is looking to have a breakthrough season and is expected to entertain its fans throughout the campaign.

The knee injury that sidelined Panthers right tackle Jeff Otah for most of the past two-plus seasons has flared up again.

Carolina Panthers' Mike Tolbert runs a drill during NFL football practice in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, June 1, 2012.

While fullback Mike Tolbert was happy playing football in San Diego, when free agency arrived and the Panthers came calling he couldn't resist an opportunity to return home to the Carolinas.

This isn't going to be one of those articles where I try to pit Ryan and Newton against one another.

From the day the Carolina Panthers ' 2011 season ended following a 45-17 loss to the New Orleans Saints , the organization and fans alike began preparations for the 2012 NFL draft.

Offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski has spent the first two weeks of organized team activities installing tweaks and twists to further diversify the NFL's seventh-ranked offense in 2011.

Ron Rivera had to do something last week he probably never had done in 16 years of coaching: Kick players out of the team facility for studying too long.

I walk to Carolina Panthers practice Thursday, stuck in a logjam behind DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart, and from the back there's a voice, talking and singing, loud and low.

$20-$99.50. www.carolinatix.org . George Hamilton and Christopher Sieber star in the national tour of the Jerry Herman musical about Georges and Albin, who conceal their gay relationship so Georges' son can marry a conservative politician's daughter.

Ray Rice now a fantasy risk? The top-scoring running back in fantasy football last season, Rice is a virtual lock to be a top-five pick in 2012 drafts.

One of the deadliest, most balanced offensive units in football last season, the Panthers were led by No.

Tolbert not saying much on new role : Mike Tolbert moved from San Diego to Carolina this offseason, rejoining former Chargers coaches Rob Chudzinski and Ron Rivera near his hometown of Douglasville, Georgia.

The Observer's Joseph Person had a very interesting, one-on-one interview with Panther coach Ron Rivera that we published in Sunday's and Monday's newspapers.

Last season, we reported that it was discovered that former Cleveland Browns running back Jerome Harrison , then a member of the Detroit Lions , had a brain tumor and needed to have surgery.

While I was off last week, Matt Williamson did some pinch-hitting and ranked the NFC South backfield situations .

Lost in all the talk of Peyton Manning's comeback from Neck fusion surgery is another former All Pro player and Super Bowl hero facing a very similar difficult decision later this week.A On September 18th former Green Bay Packer stand-out safety Nick Collins was carted off the field at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte N.C. following a neck ... (more)

Apr 27, 2012; Charlotte, NC, USA Carolina Panthers first round draft pick Luke Kuechly talks with the media during a press conference at Bank of America Stadium.

Although they traded Mike Goodson to the Raiders this offseason, they also signed Mike Tolbert , who could play some fullback as well as running back.

It's an axiom I've heard scores of times while writing about the NFL. Unlike other sports where tangible production can be compared over eras, there's a determined belief that we can't apply these principles in the NFL where statistics become malleable as soon as you apply one simple variable like receiver contact past ten yards.