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Fowler: Driver Dick Trickle's life was rowdy fun on track, pain off it

Many people only knew racecar driver Dick Trickle because he had one of the most unusual names in NASCAR history - a name that constantly was used as a punch line during the 1990s on ESPN's "SportsCenter." But there was a man behind that name. And to those who knew that man well, Trickle was a ...

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Fowler: John Kasay - Forever a Carolina Panther

John Kasay was one of the finest gentlemen and best players the Carolina Panthers ever employed. So it was altogether fitting that he signed a one-day contract with the team Tuesday so he could officially retire as a Panther.
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Fowler: Former bull rider finds new life after injury

A 1998 accident paralyzed Jerome Davis from the chest down and put him into the wheelchair where he remains today. He was 25 then and one of the best professional bull riders in the world. They called him the “Carolina Cowboy.” He is 40 now – married to the woman who was his...
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Fowler: Unknown Australian Gardiner’s g’day has him flirting with lead

If you want someone obscure to root for this weekend at the Wells Fargo Championship, I’ve got the guy for you. His name is Scott Gardiner. He’s funny. He’s an Australian – although he now lives in Arkansas. He’s the first person of aboriginal descent to ever earn...
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Fowler: Golfer Erik Compton's heart beats for cause of a lifetime

Erik Compton's first heart transplant came in 1992, when he was only 12. That heart lasted 16 years. Then Compton nearly died in 2008 and ended up getting a second heart transplant.
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Fowler: Others should follow suit after Collins says he's gay

Jason Collins has never been a tremendous NBA player. But he has provided us with a tremendous opportunity by becoming the first active male athlete in a major U.S. team sport to announce he is homosexual.
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Lotulelei will plug biggest gap

Yes, he’s got that star-quality name, but what Utah defensive tackle Star Lotulelei will really do for the Panthers will be more behind the scenes.
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Fowler: Near disaster at dragway should prompt safety changes

There was almost a disaster at a drag race at zMax Dragway Saturday when an explosion caused the car body of a Ford Mustang Funny Car to be thrown over a safety fence where dozens of fans stood, yet hurt no one seriously. But the near-miss will and should speed up changes in the sport, according...
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Panthers’ GM: No major holes in team to fix

The Panthers have a new general manager who likes the team he already has as he enters his first NFL draft with Carolina. And that’s an opinion I share with him.
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Fowler: Here are the Carolina Panthers’ best, worst NFL drafts

The secret to success in the NFL is really no secret at all. The teams with the best players usually win. And the league is structured in such a way that many of those players must come through the NFL draft and produce early while they are still at their most cost-effective.
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Fowler: National championship was beautiful, exhilarating, exhausting

In a game that looked the way a national championship always should look, Louisville outlasted Michigan for the title Monday night, 82-76, in front of 74,326 fans at an electric Georgia Dome.