Panthers play not to lose, but still do

Sorensen: After spending the first half showing what they can do, the Carolina Panthers spent the second half showing what they can't.
Modified: 11/08/09 11:37:10 PM

Monday misery lingers

Sorensen: I'm in a group. There are 56 of us, and we pick three games every week against the line.
Modified: 11/07/09 06:31:23 PM

Lack of parity a problem

Sorensen: The oddsmakers are getting tough.
Modified: 10/31/09 05:47:37 PM

Let's give Jake one more shot

Sorensen: You know those movies in which a guy wakes up and walks outside and everybody is gone and he thinks he's the only human in the world?
Modified: 10/27/09 11:43:38 PM

Abandon all hope, Panthers fans

Sorensen: The opening-day loss to Philadelphia was rough. But it was quick. Every time you turned your head, the Eagles scored twice. Carolina was overwhelmed. The 28-point loss felt like a one-punch knockout.
Modified: 10/26/09 05:15:32 AM

Buffalo, yes; the Bills ...

Sorensen: To be in position to save the season, Carolina has to win today. The Panthers will be underdogs the next three weeks. They have yet to win as an underdog. Underdogs have been good for me, however.
Modified: 10/25/09 03:29:00 PM

Delhomme, Smith have to get it done

Sorensen: Carolina can run, but it can't hide. Eventually the Panthers will have to attempt a forward pass. Jake Delhomme will throw. Steve Smith will catch.
Modified: 10/21/09 06:07:34 AM

Parity in NFL? Please

Sorensen: Some NFL teams are so bad they must have skipped training camp. They must skip practice. They must have lost their playbooks.
Modified: 10/17/09 05:00:03 PM

Panthers' struggling backs in need of a new nickname

Sorensen: Last season running backs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart had almost as many nicknames as the Carolina Panthers did victories.
Modified: 10/14/09 08:03:51 AM

Crystal ball: The Redskins will fall

Sorensen: Fans who want to fire the head coach, the coordinators, the assistants and most of the receptionists ought to love the Washington Redskins.
Modified: 10/11/09 03:43:21 AM

Cherish time with NFL

Sorensen: The NFL is guaranteed one more season before a potential lockout. After 2010, however, nothing is guaranteed.
Modified: 10/03/09 08:09:46 PM

It's early, but I'm locked in

Sorensen: Sometimes I love my Lock of the Week. I loved Buffalo, a four-and-a-half-point favorite last week against Tampa Bay. The Bucs are terrible and Buffalo is a tough place for even good teams to play, as New Orleans is likely to attest.
Modified: 09/29/09 05:18:20 AM

Cowboys stand in the Panthers' way

Sorensen: The Dallas Cowboys remind me of a mannequin in a store window or Dale Earnhardt Jr. in his Chevrolet. They look good. But they don't do anything.
Modified: 09/27/09 05:15:58 AM

Week 1 a tool for learning

Sorensen: That was a rough opening week for some of us, some of us being me. I went 12-4. Both my upsets, Carolina over Philadelphia and Miami over Atlanta, failed miserably.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:43:15 AM

Lock of the year: I'm back

Sorensen: You know that I had a legendary 2007. If you were true to my picks, you made a lot of mythical money. People would still be talking about 2007 if it weren't for 2008.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:38:59 AM

A father makes a tough decision

Sorensen: If I owned a business, and my kids were interested and able, I'd hire them. I'd stick one at the left end of the building, the other on the right end and, to help resolve the inevitable brotherly disputes, a wrestling ring in the middle.
Modified: 09/22/09 07:43:23 AM

Poole was smart, funny and loud -- and I'll miss him

Sorensen: David Poole was loud, opinionated, hilarious, gutsy and smarter than you are, and I don't care who you are.
Modified: 09/22/09 07:41:38 AM

Cancer brings life into perspective

Sorensen: Tom Sorenson hasn't written a column since the Masters and a number of readers have noticed. He explains what's been going on with him and his health.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:34:22 AM

The Mickelson-Woods show ends too soon

Sorensen: The afternoon began with a low hum. Phil Mickelson birdied the second hole. There was much applause. But he was still six strokes behind the leaders.
Modified: 09/22/09 07:43:54 AM

Big South still a good league without Curry

Sorensen: Seth Curry, the leading freshman scorer in the country this season for the Liberty Flames of the Big South, says he wants to play in a "higher rated conference."
Modified: 09/22/09 07:44:29 AM

Hansbrough is still the best

Sorensen: The ACC men's basketball player of the year will be named this afternoon, and it almost certainly will be North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson. Voters got the team right, but they picked the wrong guy.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:27:55 AM

Richardson's presence brings buzz to stadium

Sorensen: Jerry Richardson is a regular on the JumboTron at Bank of America Stadium. If he's in the owner's suite, he's also on the scoreboard at least twice a game.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:36:47 AM

Lucas leaves the past behind

Sorensen: A month ago, I saw a guy do something on a treadmill I had never seen.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:35:27 AM

Panthers are clicking in camp

Sorensen: The impact of Friday's punch-out can still be felt at the Carolina Panthers training camp, and to pretend otherwise is to be a fool.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:09:24 AM

Lucas shows a lot of class

Sorenson: The Carolina Panthers are fortunate that it was Ken Lucas, and not a less confident or a more vindictive man, Steve Smith chose to attack.
Modified: 09/22/09 01:38:19 AM

Spurrier: It's time to raise the bar

Sorenson: In three seasons at South Carolina, Steve Spurrier has gone 7-5, 8-5 and 6-6. By the school's standards, that's good work. But Spurrier's standards are not South Carolina's.
Modified: 09/22/09 07:38:50 AM