BEARS-PANTHERS-ALLEN TRADE
Panthers acquire DE Jared Allen in trade with Bears
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – The Carolina Panthers say they’ve acquired veteran defensive end Jared Allen from the Chicago Bears in exchange for a future late-round draft pick.
The trade will become official once Allen passes a physical, team spokesman Steven Drummond told The Associated Press.
FoxSports first reported the trade.
The Panthers felt the move was necessitated after their top pass rusher Charles Johnson went down with a hamstring injury in Sunday’s 27-22 win over the New Orleans Saints.
The Panthers lost their other top pass rusher Greg Hardy this past offseason when he signed with the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent.
Allen has 134 career sacks during his 12 seasons, but his sack production has slowed since joining the Chicago Bears and their 3-4 defense last season. He’ll play in a more familiar 4-3 scheme with Carolina.
PANTHERS-INJURIES
Panthers DE Johnson to miss Bucs game with hamstring injury
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera says defensive end Charles Johnson will not play Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, leaving the team without its top pass rusher.
Johnson re-injured his right hamstring in the fourth quarter of Carolina’s 27-22 win Sunday over the New Orleans Saints. Rivera said Monday he doesn’t know the full extent of the injury, but hopes Johnson can return after the Week 5 bye.
Middle linebacker Luke Kuechly has made solid progression in the concussion protocol could return to work this week after missing the last two games, according to Rivera.
The fifth-year coach also said wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery will “probably” miss his second straight game against the Bucs with a high ankle sprain, but that running back Jonathan Stewart (leg) is expected to play.
NORTH CAROLINA-WILLIAMS
Williams remains starting QB for UNC against Georgia Tech
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – Marquise Williams is once again listed as the starting quarterback for North Carolina.
Mitch Trubisky remains his backup on the depth chart released Monday ahead of this week’s visit to Georgia Tech.
Coach Larry Fedora says, “I don’t want to start some type of controversy because there’s not” one.
Williams, a senior who set 18 school records last season, did not play during the second half of a 41-14 victory over Delaware last week.
Trubisky took over during the final possession of the first half for the Tar Heels (3-1) and finished 17 of 20 for 312 yards with four touchdowns.
Fedora says he switched quarterbacks because he “was looking for a spark offensively” and that as Trubisky “got rolling, he got hot.”
T25-FLORIDA ST-FISHER
Florida State coach: RB Pender out with collapsed lung
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida State running back Mario Pender will miss Saturday’s game at Wake Forest due to a collapsed lung suffered at practice last week.
Coach Jimbo Fisher said on Monday that Pender remained hospitalized and could be released later in the day.
In three games for the 11th-ranked Seminoles (3-0 overall, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), Pender has 140 yards on 30 carries and a touchdown. Dalvin Cook is Florida State’s primary back and leads the ACC in rushing with 476 yards and is averaging 7.4 yards per carry.
Jacques Patrick or Johnathan Vickers will get carries with Pender out.
Pender, a junior, has struggled with injuries. He missed the 2012 season due to a groin injury and missed five games last year due to a concussion and ankle injury.
GLF-HARBOUR TOWN-RE-OPEN
Harbour Town re-opens after renovation
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – The home of the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage tournament has reopened after $3.5 million of improvements this summer.
Harbour Town Golf Links closed in early May and re-opened to the public Monday. The course underwent several enhancements, including re-grassing of the tee boxes, fairways and rough with Celebration Bermuda turf. The greens at Harbour Town were also resurfaced with Tif-Eagle Bermuda, which been used since 2001.
There was also a new irrigation system installed.
Sea Pines vice president of sports and operations Cary Corbitt said the changes mean faster, firmer surfaces for patrons and PGA Tour members.
The RBC Heritage takes place April 14-17.
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