Panthers Fine Smart for Missing Practice
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The Carolina Panthers refused to show "He Hate Me" any love, fining running back Rod Smart for missing practice when he was stuck in Florida during Hurricane Jeanne.
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Bill Belichick likened the Bartram Trail High School field the Patriots practiced on yesterday to an ice rink. The coach said he was so concerned about the conditions that he held out Richard Seymour entirely and held back several players from their normal rotation. Also, linebacker Ted Johnson missed practice with a tight leg.
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It was almost the perfect ending for the Florida Panthers. In their first game since forward Richard Zednik had his neck cut by teammate Olli Jokinen's skate in Buffalo on Sunday, the Panthers blew a third-period lead, were flat at the start of overtime and the Montreal Canadiens took advantage and earned a 2-1 victory on Wednesday night.
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The Carolina Panthers got a measure of revenge for their Super Bowl loss to New England &#151; even if they again struggled to stop Tom Brady and the Patriots' offense.
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The Patriots will meet yet another team that has a key player missing because of injury, this time on defense.
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Two days before he's expected to get the most extensive playing time of his rookie season, San Diego Chargers backup quarterback Philip Rivers had a pretty good reason for missing practice.
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Sports Network) - Carolina wide  receiver Steve Smith was carted off the field Monday night  after breaking his left fibula during the Panthers' 24-14 loss  to Green Bay.
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The NHL, as Marc Savard calls it, is now a special-teams league. So it's no coincidence that yesterday at Ristuccia Arena, as the hours ticked away until tomorrow's season opener against the Florida Panthers, the Bruins spent much of practice working on man-up and man-down situations.
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme was inactive for Sunday's game against the New York Giants with an injured thumb on his throwing hand, giving Chris Weinke his first start in more than four years.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (Oct. 6, 2004) -- Brett Favre skipped practice, still feeling the effects of a concussion to go along with a softball-sized bruise on his left leg and a loose left shoulder.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers All-Pro receiver Steve Smith missed practice again Thursday and remains questionable for the season opener against Atlanta.
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Carolina Panthers All-Pro receiver Steve Smith practiced for the second straight day Friday as he recovers from a strained right hamstring.
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When Pitt's only two returning starters from last season's 29-win team were badly injured last month, the only question seemed to be how quickly the Panthers would drop out of the Top 25.
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He might have won that game not so much with his play, as with his presence. Carolina went after him in full force, only they forgot to deal with the rest of the Atlanta Falcons in the proper manner.
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A bad week for the Panthers got worse Friday when tailback Stephen Davis underwent arthroscopic knee surgery. Carolina will be without its top runner for two to five weeks.
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Carolina quarterback Jake Delhomme did not practice for a third straight day Friday with a right thumb injury, making it more likely Chris Weinke will start for the Panthers in Sunday's game against the New York Giants.
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Carolina Panthers kicker John Kasay will miss Sunday&#39;s game against the Arizona Cardinals with a strained right calf muscle, and Jeff Chandler was activated off the practice squad to fill in.