SPARTANBURG, S.C. — As the Carolina Panthers moved into Wofford College on Tuesday in preparation for training camp, there was one emotion that rode above the rest. It was an unfamiliar feeling for this team, and so it took me a moment to grasp it.
It was happiness.
The Panthers haven’t won a football game for 255 days, when Cam Newton stormed into the end zone against Arizona on the first carry of his briefly triumphant return and screamed, “I’m b-a-a-a-ck!!”