Fox: Stewart to get shot at kick returns

May 15, 2008, 5:34 AM

First-round draft pick Jonathan Stewart could be the Carolina Panthers' primary kickoff returner next season as well as their featured running back. Coach John Fox dropped the news at a Charlotte Touchdown Club luncheon Wednesday when asked who would be the team's kickoff returner. It's an area of serious concern for Panthers fans because the team ranked last and next-to-last in the NFL over the ...

The Charlotte Observer

Curtis Whitley, ex-NFL center, 39

May 14, 2008, 10:56 PM

FORT STOCKTON, Texas - Former NFL center Curtis Whitley, who played for three teams in the 1990s and had a history of substance use, was found dead in his trailer home in West Texas.

Long Beach Press-Telegram

Former Carolina Panthers Center Curtis Whitley Dies

May 14, 2008, 2:37 PM

The family of former Carolina Panthers center Curtis Whitley says the football player has died at his home in Texas. Family members told The Charlotte Observer that Whitley was found dead Sunday in his trailer in Fort Stockton, Texas.

WJBF-TV Augusta

Former Carolina Panthers Center Curtis Whitley Dies

May 14, 2008, 1:48 PM

SMITHFIELD, N.C. -- Former NFL center Curtis Whitley, who played for three NFL teams in the 1990s and had a troubled history of substance use, was found dead in his trailer home in far West Texas, the Pecos County sheriff said Wednesday.

WSOC-TV Charlotte

Panthers Junior Training Camp

May 14, 2008, 1:37 PM

The Carolina Panthers Junior Training Camp visited Anderson Elementary on Tuesday, May 13, as part of the NFL Play 60 initiative that focuses on the health and wellness of young fans by encouraging them to be active for at least 60 minutes a day.

The Wilmington Star-News

Former NFL center Whitley dead at 39

May 14, 2008, 11:06 AM

Former NFL center Curtis Whitley has been found dead in his trailer home in far West Texas. Pecos County Sheriff Cliff Harris said Wednesday that Whitley, 39 was found face down in the bathroom by friends who went to check on him after they had not heard from him. Harris said there was no signs of foul play, but the death remains under investigation.

USA Today

Former Carolina Panthers center Curtis Whitley dies

May 14, 2008, 10:35 AM

The family of former Carolina Panthers center Curtis Whitley expects his body to be flown to Smithfield on Wednesday after he was found dead in his Texas home. He was 39.

WRAL.com Raleigh

Former Carolina Panthers center found dead in West Texas

May 14, 2008, 10:26 AM

Curtis Whitley had moved to Fort Stockton in West Texas to work in the oil fields, his brother said.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Former Carolina Panthers center Curtis Whitley dies

May 14, 2008, 10:08 AM

Associated Press - May 14, 2008 10:45 AM ET SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) - The family of former Carolina Panthers center Curtis Whitley says the football player has died at his home in Texas.

WECT 6 Wilmington

Whitley's death a shock to family

May 14, 2008, 2:19 AM

The phone call no one wants to receive came around 3:30 p.m. Monday. The family of former Carolina Panthers center Curtis Whitley was informed he'd been found dead one day earlier, on Mother's Day, in his trailer in Fort Stockton, Texas. "It was completely and totally unexpected," said Norman Whitley, Curtis' brother and a sergeant with the Johnston County (N.C.) Sheriff's Department. Norman ...

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