talk addressed the coach ron rivera while ago, head just a little panthers. carolina panthers. just a little while ago, head coach ron rivera addressed the media to talk about tonight's win. 3 3 3 "we've talked a lot about what the goal is. we talk about what the vision is and the direction we're heading with this vision. we're a step away. we're going to play a very good football team. we watched them play today and they play tremendous. they've got a quarterback, some playermakers around them. this is a team we're going to have to get ready and prepare for." for." 3 "we're not done yet. we're going to live in the moment right now. i'm happy for not only the teammates but happy for the carolinas.. for the organization, mr. richardson. i'm thankful for the process. we've been doubted, we've been slated. all the above. but yet we have turnouts like this today that make it all worthwhile." worthwhile." 3 3 'our defense line is the biggest group of guys, you look at the interception this post season, because of the rush, they did an excellant job coach walsh and

joseph: ron rivera has pushed that. it started in training camp. you look at this team, the big personalities, nobody has a bigger personality than cam newton and he really sets the tone. in practice he is goofing around some, running around, sprints, and after they get done stretching he sprints to the first nation. the around, they know when to get serious. but ron rivera also knows that he does not want an uptight group. they have not been all year, and this not look like it's going toricardo: you just talked about carson palmer. these players are going to be probably the real re why one of these teams will advance to the super bowl. : no doubt, it is ultra important for both teams to try to protect those quarterbackwe know that cam can get out of the pocket and escape, but he's facing a cardinals defense that blitz is more than any other team in the league, coming at you from all angles. they sometimes blitz as many seven players, basically living their secondary and man-to-man coverage. that will be something to carson palmer, luke praised him

but that's where it all started forehead coach ron rivera.as stationed at fort ord when he was born. after spending childhood years abroad and at home rivera landed at the university of california. the freshman linebacker immediately got the attention of his veteran teammates. >> i knew that he was going to be able to help our team right away as a freshman. i got into the mix right away. interestingly, he was a sophomore as a team captain. the year i left, he became captain of the team. in all the years being at cal, you don't see sophomores very often become team captains. >> you don't see sophomores named the team's co-most valuable player but that's what happened afri vera's second year at cal. by his senior season he was a consensus all-american. also the co-pac 10 defensive player of the year. he went from bears to bears. a second round draft pick of the bears that makes chicago their home in 1984. he was a member of the super bowl shuffle team that won super bowl 20. but when it came to coaching, rivera had to pay his dues. >> he put in

ron rivera played when the -- next for the panthers, denver. get ready for two weeks of talk on whether or not this will be manning's final game. that will be the top story leading up to super bowl 50. panthers an early 4.5 point favorite. >>> local stores are having a hard time keeping up as panthers apparel is flying off the shelves. >> this comes as excitement and buzz grows for the panthers but as david found out, if you have plans to join the team out west, it'll cost you. >> as carolina keeps on winning. >> your total is 43.73. >> it gets tougher and tougher to find panthers' apparel. local stores stocked up in anticipation of the panthers' win sunday night. >> i don't think you can ever have too much panthers' gear. >> hundreds of fans came to load up on merchandise ahead of the super bowl. >> the store normally opens at 9:00 a.m. they opened monday morning at 6:00 because of the demand and excitement. >> we're going to the super bowl for the second time. i'm really excited about it. many fans looked into going to the super bowl. >> i fe

honors.today ron rivera was named coach of the year by sporting news.rivera picked up the first time honor in a landslide vote by his fellow head coaches.you'll recall...the panthers have had a banner year....starting the season off undefeated and finishing just 15 and 1. focusing on sunday's big game against seattle...starting at 1 p-m right here on fox carolina. 3 and actor morgan freeman turned into salt!coming up check out this incredible portrait...and find out how long it took the artist to make it! it!3 and chief meteorologist kendra kent is working on your 3 and one artist is immortalizing actor morgan freeman-- in salt! salt!that's right....the connecticut artist created this portrait using only salt to do it....he says he took a photo of freeman while using a playing card to draw the outline.he says it then took him 14-hours to complete...and as you'll see in a instagram video...it took just a few seconds to destroy it! 3 let's get a last look of the forecast with meteorologist kendra kent kentwinds will remain strong through this evening, as colder air filters into the car

ron rivera played with the bear and his profootball with the chicago bears. won a superbowl in '85 and '86 and a great coaching career and remembered at cal by a guy he played ball with and a football development director. ron coucha millla talking about ron rivera. >>> put in all of the time from the beginning to prove himself as as a coach where you provide coffee in the morning. it is not like he was just a great player you transition automatically and have to respect of the role of the couches and have to earn your stripes and he certainly did. >> a great football guy. there it is. you will see it. right here on ktvu fox 2. >>> in the afternoon, arizona at carolina. that is going to be a great game. and i'll give you a prediction later in the week. >>> i was waiting. >>> carolina will win and it will be a great game. >>> nobody remembers predictions anyway. >>> thanks, mark. >>> and that will do it for us. we'll see you tonight at ten. hope you have a great night. take care. >>> good night. ! - alex, what are you doing? - i need to document haley's first

coach ron rivera put the team thru their normal friday workout in ite of the snowy conditions. they had to bring out the snow plows to clear off the turf field at the practice facility. rivera saying afterwards he was really happy with the way the team practiced with great energy... and great focus. the big news though... panthers defensive end jared allen is out for the championship game against arizona with a broken bone in his foot. he practiced yesterday in hopes of being able to play through the pain. allen told reporters today he absolutely thinks he could play... however... coach ron rivera opted to sit him. winter storm warning in effect >>> developing news tonight. a major snow emergency. big cities and airports shutting now hours from bearing

she plans on wearing for the big game and she has this advise for coach ron rivera came he pounded it. eat only doing it he downed a gel this year mary says she's never missed a panthers game except on the days when she had to work it sounds like another story another new era. well don't let the spring like temperatures for you in stillwater. today's highs are going to be forty degrees above normal is that right twenty degrees above normal thought that was a bit of optimism there. don't get used to nations tracking big changes plus switching gears

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. >> if you know ron rivera you know he is all about business. the guys were back meeting with media again today in hopes of capturing a super bowl title. the panthers have been the underdog in the minds of the won some games. especially this one. that is why ron rivera says it is important for the guys to remember they belong in california. >> there are certain things -- [ indiscernible ] >> you know, i think -- i think it is important our guys understand what we are capable of and they understand that they will continue to keep who they are. >> back home in columbia a long week of traveling for the usc men. two sec road games last week. they are back at home tomorrow night for a game against mississippi state. coming up off their second loss of the season. mamain said this week they are looking forward to having home field advantage. >> yeah. they dropped out of the ap poll >> they did. >>> here is what is come love 1990s music, "i love the 90s" tour is at colonial life arena may 13. we are coming back at 7:00 p.m. lslslwww;`__q >> pelley: froz

a surprise for ron rivera, what neighbors did for the super bowl-bound coach. as we had to break, here is a live look at the raleigh skyline . you are going to love the next few days. some parts of the viewing area tt2w`t3n`&d" bt@qro, tt2w`t3n`&d" "a@qbch tt2w`t3n`&d" bm@qihd tt4w`t3n`&d"" dztq &#h tt4w`t3n`&d"" entq v'( tt4w`t3n`&d"" gzt& o p tt4w`t3n`&d"" hnt& _.< tt4w`t3n`&d"" iztq 5gd tt4w`t3n`&d"" jntq '7$ tt4w`t3n`&d"" lzt& ?zx heather: it seems everybody is rallying behind the carolina panthers. neighbors of ron rivera left this message in front of his south charlotte home. he posted this video on twitter today thinking neighbors for their support. he can see the words " good luck our super bowl coverage begins tomorrow when the team arrives. connect with our team on facebook and twitter for inside access leading up to the big game and you can also get in-depth coverage on our website. everybody is excited for the game. people are equally excited for 70's in january. liz: we could easily see 70's in southern sections tomorrow. can you believe it is almo

this rally, ron rivera, he was there, josh norman as well. they are now just one win away from fulfilling the dream of the owner to win a super bowl. ron rivera part of the people who spoke. guys redding to head out west. high schools across the country and let them take part in the super bowl 50 celebration. players and coaches will present golden footballs to their high schools that will live in the trophy case. the midlands have a rich history of athletes. this morning, a former bulldog where he played before he won four super bowls the steelers, he has fond memories of his time in the county. today was a time to take part in the super bowl 50 celebration. >> hanging out, talking about doing it. i decide -- [ indiscernible ] >> he won four super bowls. peyton manning would like to win one more and everybody around the country will be rooting for peyton manning and josh norman has called peyton manning the sheriff. he says he is a big fan but he won't that get in the way of winning a super bowl for the panthers. >> so unbelievably great. he

i was able to say hello to everybody, and it was kind of coming together to do something brad: ron rivera can actually give these players some perspective, having been a 10 days or so, it will be like his biggest message, focus on the game. we are le tonight, brad fralick. nigel: and speaking of the panthers, t-shirt vendors are flocking to charlott success. setting up in charlotte coming all of the way up from the atlanta area, and he has a license to sell on the sidewalks, but he says what he is selling is not licensed by the nfwhile it is not a knock off, it rides a fine line between legal and counterfeit pr>> we have our gray area shirts. gray area is a street design that is not licensed by anyone, nigel: all of the clothing is free of nfl trademarks and logos, and no arrests have been made, and the vendors say that police happened talkpolice say if you want to avoid any trouble, of things from the nfl and that that cheaper stuff may not be worth the risk. gabrielle: paying for everyone to go and see the panthers, team owner jerry richardson paying for them all to go to the super bowl

panthers head coach ron rivera says he has high hopes for the post season as the team heads into the playoffs in a few weeks. after the panthers clinched the home field advantage in yesterday's win game will need deep pockets steve crump has more from charlotte. wear and tear on battered turf plus heavy rain in recent days brought the urgent need for repairs. fixing the field at bank of america stadium remains a major priority at the place the panthers call home. "the nice thing is we'll have a whole extra week for the field to be fixed. i know they're gonna go ahread and lay the sod down. i think they're doing that right now." check out the websites connected to major hotels in center city, and it's easy to see that most rooms the night before the january 17th play off game at home are gone. one exception with limited space we found was the dunhill hotel where the asking price for a single room is nearly 600 dollars. sucess of the panther's is offering a shrewd lesson in economics. "it says we need more hotel rooms, and luckily we've got 21 hundred hotel rooms that are either under

the declaration handed down by ron rivera today. the panthers head coach banning the scooters from the team's facility, after recently catching a couple of players racing them in the hallways of bank of america stadium. rivera doesn't want to see his players get injured before sunday's nfc championship game against arizona. >> they have tremendous tools, tremendous weapons. a good offensive line. they have playmakers and an aggressive style on defense. that is will we just played. we will play the same description. a great quarterback, playmakers around them. a good offensive line and aggressive defense. that is what it is from here on out. ricardo: panthers hosting their first nfc title game this sunday. the deadline for underclassmen to file for the nfl draft is today. so far, five clemson defensive players have declared for the draft, and the number will stay at 5. today, cornerback cordrea returning for his senior campaign. the tigers corner led the team in interceptions this past season, on his way to second team all-a-a honors.

. >> carolina panthers braving the snow today in charlotte but head coach ron rivera pleased with the team's performance on friday friday. >> we don't make a big deal about having to buy ourselves. it's the nature. you don't have it, you don't worry about it. >> things a little nippy today at panthers' practice. i'm mike gillespie. carolina 48 hours away between the championship game against the cardinals. today, carolina practicing in the sleet, and snow. panthers don't expect to be playing in the same conditions on sunday in the nfc title game up in charlotte. regardless, head coach ron rivera says they're not going to let any sort of conditions stand in the way of getting to super bowl 50. >> mario addison said it best, you know, the elements may change but we don't. we don't change who we are. we went out in practice. i think the guys had great energy. they really were focusing in on what they needed to do today with the exception of a couple of guys making snow angels out there. um, any did. they -- in fact, on the offensive side, i don't think we dropped a pass so that was reall

coach ron rivera on how the team did ya know? fresh step extreme lightweight litter isn't just light. it's also the best lightweight r eliminating odors. amazing, right? for superior odor elimination try fresh step extreme... >>> 5:25, the nfl bants wants levi stadium to be perfect, but forgetting two very important details. >> painting both end zones in the crew painted the broncos logo on the visitors end zone and forget their were the home team and then decorated the home end zone before they fixed their mistake. ended up putting the panthers end zone paint yesterday. yeah, good, fix that problem. >> glad they got that fix jed down this story, ron rivera is on a game plan having cam newton handing a lot of footballs to kids. >> he's preparing for a great game. >> a chess match and not necessarily, you know, coordinator against coordinator, quarterback against defense. he's going to try and do things to throw you out of your game so he can exploit that. that's what i see. >> peyton manning is preparing for what could be his las

ron rivera wanted his guys dialed in on their game. he told officials at bank of america stadium not to show scores or highlights of the game going on in arizona. he wanted the panthers to take care of their business, and they did. buccaneers and panthers today, from bank of america stadium in charlotte. cam newton gets into the end zone in the second, makes it 7-3 carolina. in the second, cameron payne scores the first touchdown of ron rivera said he hasn't really gotten a lot of opportunities with the way to jonathan stewart has played. in the second, newton goes into the air. 24-3 carolina. third quarter, newton salts this one away. and grave that mbp trophy. -- and grave -- engrave that mvp trophy now. panthers earn homefield advantage throughout the playoffs, finishing the regular season 15-1. >> i am proud of who this football team is. a lot of guys deserve credit, with players and coaches, i think our coaches did an excellent job as well. like i said, i can't say enough about what dave and his group find players and developing t

since ron rivera has been the head coach, the defense came first, then the running game. and now, the maturation of cam newton, and rivera said even he never thought they would be playing in a championship game as the league's best offense. >> there was an aritcle last week about defensive coaches' philosophies. and i think they quoted coach carroll on a lot of it, by being able to run the ball and playing solid defense. controlling the clock. but to see how explosive we have been, and the things that have happened for us, the play of our worker back, -- quarterback, i did not know that we would never be like that. it's a lot of f panthers host the nfc championship sunday. first time that has ever happened. we will have live coverage from charlotte beginning tomorrow, and a half-hour special friday night as the panthers try and get back to the super bowl. the clemson tigers will try and make it 6 acc games in a row tonight on the road at virginia. it certainly will be no easy task. virginia is ranked 13th in the country. but what clemson has done the last 2 weeks is remark

head coach ron rivera was a player for the bears. by the way, the bears that year went on to beat the new england patriots in the super bowl by a score of 46-10. we'll have much more coverage on the carolina panthers journey to the super bowl ahead in our next half hour. the cardinals show their love to the panthers on twitter. plus -- betting odds are already take the super bowl 50 win. we'll have those stories for you all new at 5:30. this morning -- much of the northeast continues to dig out from this weekend's record- breaking snow storm. the federal government and schools in our nation's capitol will remain closed today because of the massive amounts of snow that's fallen. in this video you can see just how much snow remains on the ground in washington, d.c. up to 20 inches of snow fell in some areas. nbc's edward lawrence has the latest. now the story turns to storm clean up! cities dig out while dealing with below freezing temperatures. "the roads uh... they're ok. the main roads are great. they're open; they're flowing, and t

ron rivera bans hoverboards... due to panthers drag- racing down hallways." the head coach says he banned devices at the beginning of the season. about 25 players brought their boards to work... and rivera wasn't happy when he saw videos online... of people falling down and boards catching on fire. but the last straw was when he caught the players drag racing down the hallways. rivera says he doesn't need his guys getting hurt...especially since the panthers are playing arizona this weekend in the n-f-c championship q yo comes from fox news. and it says..."calls for oscar boycott grow over lack of non-white nominees." stars like director spike lee and actress jada pinkett smith...are still refusing to attend in february because it lacks diversity. lee posted on instagram saying..."forty white actors in two years and no flava at all." smith made a similar post on her facebook page...calling on her fans to join the boycott. with all the buzz...the president of the academy issued a statement yesterday... rnju diversity next year. this is the second year in a row

since ron rivera has been the head coach, the defense came first, then the running game, and now the maturation of cam newton, and rivera said even he never thought they would be playing in a championship game as the leagues best offense. >> there was an aritcle last week about defensive coaches philosophies, and i think they quoted coach carroll on a lot of and control the clock. and i do agree that there is something to that, but to see how explosive we have been and some of the things that have happened for us, and the play of our quarterback, that's special, and i didn't know if we would ever be like that but shoot, its a lot of fun. brad: cam newton and the panthers host the nfc championship sunday. first time that has ever happened. we will have live coverage from charlotte beginning tomorrow, and d half hour special friday night as the panthers try and get back to the super bowl. geoff: if you have been to a carolina panthers game, the crowd often cheers -- keep pounding. well, we want you to keep pounding on the live choir. it is a collection of tweets about the panthers and f

the declaration handed down by ron rivera today. the panthers head coach banning the scooters from the team's facility after recently catching a couple of players racing them in the hallways of bank of america stadium. rivera doesn't want to see his players get injured before sunday's nfc championship game against ththarizona cardinals. >> they've got tremendous tools. they've got weapons. they've got a good offensive line. they got playmakers. they've got an aggressive style, attacking defense. that's what we played, the same type of description. a very good quarterback, playmakers around him, good offensive line, and aggressive defense. that's kind of what it's going to be from here on out. >> the panthers will host their first ever nfc title game, this sunday at 6:40 p.m. the deadline for underclassmen to file for the nfl draft is today. so far, five clemson defensive players have declared for the draft. and the number will stay at five. cornerback cordrea tankersley announced he's returning for his senior campaign. tankersley led

but head coach ron rivera says the team needs to stay tempered as they have the biggest game of their lives, in just two weeks." weeks."rivera-"this game really epitomized what we're capable of. and that's really the thing that we're going to talk about as a team. and i think it's important that our guys understand that they have to continue to keep their personality and keep who they are. you know it's funny you start talking to people about how to do things the next couple weeks. and they say we should do this, we should do that. and i say wait a minute guys, let's stick to what we've done. and so that's go through and prepare the next few weeks. they've earned it, they deserve it, but again the thing that we've all got to remember is what the focus is. and that's what we're playing for and that's to win it. it's about about getting there, not about being part of it, it's about winning it." llout-ac boa stadium"and the carolina panthers will look to keep pounding out on the west coast. a date with the denver broncos in super bowl 50. we'll see if ron rivera, cam newton and company c

again that game will be at bank of america stadium. 3 while ron rivera and the panthers have a lot to celebrate...other n-f-l coaches not as lucky....the monday after regular season often referred to as "black monday" here's an update on the coaching changes around the league...tom coughlin steps down as the giants head coach after two super bowl wins in 12 season at the helm. the giants finishing 6 and 10 though for the 2nd straight tomsula out as head coach of the 49ers. in cleveland mike pettine let go by the browns. and in philadadphia...the chip kelly era comes to an end with the eagles. 3 the gamecocks football season might've been a little disappointing for south carolina fans...but the basketball teams are certainly giving fans something to get excited about...an undefeated record....doesnt get much better than that... that...the men's team now 13 and oh after their win over memphis on saturday...the gamecocks are one of just three unbeaten teams in the country. s-c ranked number 22 in this week's a-p poll...their highest ranking since 1998. south carolina begins s-e-c play at

we'll take a look at the status of ron rivera's defense... plus... 3 a ton of hoops to get to... including the red-hot tigers looking for yet another win over a ranked team... while the top-25 gamecocks hope to get a road-win in conference... 3 and don't look now, but the sprint cup season's right around the corner... the great american race just more than a month away... nascar notes and more, straight ahead in sports... 3 some doubt on defense... hey there, i'm ac... an mri confirms panthers defensive end jared allen's got a break in his foot... he's listed as doubtful for sunday's nfc championship game which means there's a good shot he won't suit up on sunday.. sunday..allen had three quarterback hits in the panthers divisional win over seattle last sunday.. he's reportedly looking to see if playing through the injury could cause further damage... carolina obviously hoping the former all-pro can go... but if not, kony ealy would likely start on the line opposite charles johnson... with some other guys getting more opportunities.. ron rivera says-- 3 "his mentality's that he's

while i'm sure fans already setting their sights on that lombardi trophy...head coach ron rivera's sights are soley on sunday...he's keeping a balanced approach...relaxed but focused... focused...which really....has been his attitude all season... and so you can't argue with that 16-1 record. ...you also can't argue with a coach just named the 2015 coach of the year by the pro football writers of america. rivera given the honor for the second time in his career. and not too much of a panthers became just the seventh team in super bowl era to go 15 and 1 or better in the regular season. and now they're just one win away from the super bowl...but carolina won't just have to battle the cardinals in the nfc championship...they could be challenged by inclimate weather...but rivera is getting the panthers ready for anything... 3 3 the nice thing about the weather pattern is for these last 2 days has been really good. it was cold a little chilly a little rainy yesterday today obviously it dried out a little bit. had some sunshine and hte opportunity to get some really good work in. i really like

strapping up for their final practice before taking off for the west coast...hear from head coach ron rivera next! 3 plus....the clemson tigers are hitting the diamond for their first practice of the season... and we're hearing from their head coach on how they want to start the 2016 season 3 and olympic medalist michael phelps is diving into the spotlight to help one basketball team take home the win....we'll explain this video...coming up in the nightcap! 3 we are inching ever closer to super bowl 50.....in fact today the carolina panthers had their last practice of the season in charlottethe panthers strapped on the pads for the last time in the carolinasa&as they get set to take on payton manning and the broncosand it looks like they are leaving the tarheel state just a little healthiercenter ryan kalil was back on the field for the first time this weeka&he'd been nursing a knee issuehead coach ron rivera says the team worked on implementing their game plan but as usual he said his team had fun doing it it 3 "i think they are in a good spota&i like their personalitya&you saw their person

but lets go back to super bowl 41a&panthers coach ron rivera defensive coordinator thena&and his opponent none other than peyton manning a&who put up 29 points on the way to a victory.rivera says even though manning is nine years older now he is not to be underestimated. 3 "he is very speciala&he is one of those guys that will have a storied career and end up in the hall of fame..everything he does is about winning..its going to be a great matchup and a heck of a battle."manning and the broncos punched their ticket to the big game with a 20-18 win over the patriots.this will be peyton manning's 4th super bowl appearance and cam newton's 1st. 1st. 3 there's still snow on the ground in much of the upstatea&so here's some news to warm you up...baseball is just around the coronerand today the greenville drive held their annual hotstove event to talk about the upcoming season.fans got to see some of the teams new geer at the event in downtown besides some free food and drink they got to talk with boston red sox general manager hazen 3 "we have a great coaching staff here, owner and city, these

and coach ron rivera is putting the brakes on some players' and barbara: welcome back. here's a live look at fayetteville outside where it is meteorologist don schwenneker is forecast. today. returns. the agency says it's taken steps to prevent identity theft and the decline is april 18th. so you have three extra days. john: some university students woke up in a different dorm. at about 1:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon water sprinklers started up and damaged some of the rooms and students impacted by the damage were moved to other dorm rooms on campus. barbara: and carolina panthers head coach ron rivera is banning the hover boards from his locker room after seeing players racing dave: the panthers will take on the arizona cardinals sunday evening. winner earns a trip to the super bowl. tickets to get inside bank of america stadium are steep. the average ticket prices are nearly $670. the least expensive ticks to the game are $201. anywhere between $270 and $314 a night for hotels. three-star hotels, more. follow joe major on twitter at joe major abc 11 for up to the minut

but coach "ron rivera" took no chances having his team work out in the wintry weather....just in many of you are taking advantage of the snow in our area to build a snowman... this is "colleen casey" in "mayo"...her snowman has a very stylish hat and scarf .... and.... michelle gosnell of "boiling springs" sent us this adorable picture of someone getting to know her snowman... we want to thank you for sending us these pictures... you can send us your pictures by posting them on our facebook page or sending them on our "7 news app" using the "report it" feature... and see a slideshow of your snow pictures...under "links mentioned" at wspa dot com... next...christy will be back with a final look at our weather.... in this line of work only the freshest ingredients make the cut it's important to me to know is the best it can be. especially for this food critic. publix bakery scratch made bread we bake it in store every day with pride so you can serve it with some with this cold weather... the red cross says they've opened these shelters... one at "pickens presbyterian church" on "west ma

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head coach ron rivera says he was pleased with the players energy and tempo. and the lombardi trophy has made it to the bay area. it was deliver truck yesterday san francisco 49ers legend and three time super bowl champion roger craig signed for it before putting it on display at the nfl experience in downtown san francisco. and wyff news 4 is following the panthers to super bowl 50. starting monday, brad fralick and marc dopher will be covering the team live from santa clara with geoff hart joining them on thursday. then on friday we'll preview the big game. our sports team will bring you "chasing a championship" live from california. the view why ff 4 at 8:00 pm next friday, february 5. pamela: we're looking at mid 60's across t upstate. stay warm, but it will turn wet. . pepper discovers a wholesome breakfast with jimmy dean delights, made with real egg whites, lean cut meats, and whole grains. an excellent source of protein, it's a delicious way to fuel up on energy to help power through her morning run. which motivates these bikers to pedal faster, and in

carolina panthers coach ron rivera has banned them from inside of the stadium. rivera says he recently caught a couple players "drag racing" in the hallways and wasn't thrilled. he also says theheeam has encouraged players not to ride them to work, but says there's of the facility. 3 3 3 3 we have an 3 3 3 3 3 3 we have an early bird gets the win giveaway this morning! asheville restaurant week starts today... and we are giving away two 50 dollar gift certificates to twisted laurel in asheville. go to facebook dot com slash news 13 to enter. we will announce two winners just before seven this morning. and coming up chef chris from twisted laurel will show us some fantastic recipes the restaurant has to offer. 3 3 3 dolly parton turns 70! coming up... a look at some of her best contributions. 3 3 3 she was born right across the mountains in sevier county, tennessee. and today... country music legend and actress dolly parton is celebrating her 70th birthday. "and i will always love you." she wrote "i will always love you" in 1973... and then released it a year lat

ron rivera was a runaway winner today of the sporting news coach of the year award... it's his first time winning the honor-- and it was a landslide with rivera picking up 23 of the 31 votes by his fellow head coaches.. now that's some serious respect.... rivera has his panthers sitting pretty at 15-1, only two wins away from the super bowl... and trust me--he's honored to win the award-- but his focus is on sunday's match-up with his big message to the players so far this week has been to maintain focus and keep their cool... rivera: "obviously for the most part we've gotten to where we are based on what we've done. hey now we're all zero and zero. i think the most important thing is the message is we've earned the right to be where we are. doesn't mean that everything is going to be doing what we're supposed too.

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3 head coach ron rivera says he's going to try to keep his team practicing outside...even if that means braving freezing rain and snow. he wants his team to be ready for the conditions they could face on gameday. but could the weather actually help the panthers?sports director aaron cheslock has more from bank of america stadium... 3 "we're here at bank of america stadium, the field crews are trying to get this place ready for sunday's nfc championship game. obviously, the weather playing a role here. and when you think about the arizona cardinals coming in, this is a team that plays in a dome stadium. it's about 72-degrees the whole time, and they've played there their last three times. so not only are they coming to the east coast, they're going to have to play in the elements. that's just one of the many things ron rivera says gives the panthers an edge.""it's an eye opener. i mean it really is. for the be the same for both teams. it's going to be cold and if it's going to be raining, it's raining. and if it's going to be snowing, it's snowing. i actually had to get a little more bun

ron rivera once to make sure his team practices and the weather as much as the can leading up to sunday at 6:40. ricardo lecompte wyff news 4. myra: weather has back to our -- has backed up our panthers playoff special. we will now air that special at 7:00 saturday night, right here on wyff 4. our sports team will have an in-depth look at the panthers as they prepare for the nfc champioship against the cardinals. again, that's right here on wyff allyson: crews are ready to treat the roads, per time for a winter storm coming east. a live look in asheville where ready to go.we got a lot of photos from you on ulocal. this slideshow behind us myra: we have a lot of photos from you over ulocal. includes photos from balsam grove, north carolina, easley, clemson, andndacusville, anderson, and more. don't forget to send in your weather watcher photos to ulocal on the wyff 4 app. myra: we also have school closings running in the ticker below for you this morning. you can also find those on our app and wyff4.com. now, to tell us about what we're expecting today, let's check in with chris. chris:

here's what coach ron rivera had to say today about cam's motivational speech. ron: it was about playing to our abilities..playing the it was good. it really was...it was a heartfelt message..shoot i got excited about it. i think this game really epitomized what we're capable of..that's one thing we're going to talk about the next few days as a team. it's funny. you start talking to people about how to do things the next doing that. i say wait a minute guys...let's stick with what we've done. that's what got us to where we are. that's going to be my emphasis...as i go through getting our team prepared for the next two weeks. corey:it's great! look at this environment...everybody still sitting in their seats man. it's a dream and it's becoming reality. i'm excited for me, i'm excited for my teammates..that we even get this opportunity to do something special. coach rivera also gave us an update on one of the panthers defensive leaders. rivera says linebacker thomas davis had surgery this morning on his broken right forearm....but he is expected to play in the supe

brad: ron rivera echoed those statements, saying the young a veteran doing everything he can to play in the super bowl, including with screws and a plate in his arm, it shows them how special a trip be with a win. marc: thank you, brad. clemson and pittsburgh squaring off tonight, a key acc contest for both teams, with a matching 5-2 record, and clemson is looking for their sixth win in seven game>> every game, focus. just being excited. we were excited and ready to go. marc: and the men's basketball team is back thanks to a career night from michael carrera. scoring a career-high 34 points and 15 rebounds in tuesday's win over mississippi state, he is the heart and soul of tone half of a performance. carol: thank you, and thank you for watching wyff news 4. our next newscast is at 11:00. [captioning performed by the national captioning inwhich is responsible for its caption content and amichael: and with our mobile

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we will hear from ron rivera and the players coming up later in sports. first ken smith is at bank of america stadium where the fans i'm betting, ken, are fired up. >> absolutely. >> reporter: new york is considered the city that never sleeps. probably tonight charlotte will be the city that won't sleep. fans waiting for this opportunity for the team to go back to the super bowl in modern a decade. >> reporter: the panthers block party around bank of america stadium had fans where i amming with confidence. >> when the sun goes down and chill in the air. panthers will make that place rock. down and the game started. those who didn't have tickets were glued to the near restest television set. some fans said this feels better than the last time the panthers made a super bowl run in 2004. >> it' more confidence now. we had jake and smiddy it was like cardiac cats. this is more of a definite gnat knit time. >> we love them. they keep pounding and we love them. >> reporter: fans are crazy about this team. one name tends to stand out. >> cam newton. sums it up.

ron rivera said it is business as usual. they will do a typical game week set up, basically like they will be playing the broncos on this coming sunday. of course, they've got two weeks to prepare. the enormity of last night's comp smith will still be -- last night's accomplishment will still be sinking in for the panthers. >> these guys in this locker room, they have been pushing us to be better and better. >> a good football team. we will have to give them everything we have. joe: left off the highlight shows what may have been the play of the game -- after this patrick peterson intersection, he appears to be aiming towards peter t -- only to be dragged down. >> me going down, really gave them zero point. >> that gave us the chance to make the next turnaround. it was all about it for now. joe: i mostly spectacular sunday, there were a few thomas davis broke his arm. surgery today was successful, leaving open the possibility he will be back. >> my understanding is, if everything goes well, we are excited about that possibil

head coach ron rivera say he's confident they can fill the void left by allen. 3 3 "guys have had opportunities to step up and play this year adndnheyve done a great job. i've talked about the number of guys that weve had throughout the year that have had to come in and start. for us in key situations or come in the middle of a game and finish em off because somebody was limited. thats been a huge plus for us." us."the panthers still practicing outside despite the storm. as rivera put it "the elements may change but we don't." rivera also reports that practice went really well with the exception of a few guys that made snow angels out there. 3 and fox carolina is the place to be this sunday.pre-game is 6:40pm.tune in this sunday for the nfc championship.again right here on fox carolina. 3 and we're live in asheville-- where you can see roads are slick--we're back with a last look at your forecast. 3 i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. he was rated a+ by

coach ron rivera was really happy with how the team worked despite the conditions. he said the team had great energy and focus. rivera understands no one should be surprised with playing in the snow... because... it is january... this is football... and snow and ice is to be expected and the panthers are ready for it. rivera: "any of these grass fields throughout the league with the exception of arizona, because they have that indoor outdoor thing... that's what is going to happen. you are going to play in these i believe if you wore the proper cleets. proper shoes you should be fine." husband's emotional funeral.

ron rivera also weighing in. >> i have said it since day one breed i'm an african-american quarterback. that may scare a lot of people pretty have not seen anything they have been able to compare me to. it is me. nobody changed me, nobody made me act this way. i'm true to my roots. it feels great. people are one is say whatever they are going to say. >> the truth of the matter is i just want to be the head coach. it should be about your marriage. >> merit defined by a good quality or feature that deserves to be praised. certainly the in bph trophy should some that up. coming up, more about how crazy the last 72 hours have been for -- four players. tisha: we'll be with them through super bowl 50. coverage begins as the team arrives. you can get in-depth coverage online. steve: days before the iowa caucuses, donald trump is sitting out tomorrow night's debate. he doesn't want to take part in the debate on fox news channel because megyn kelly is one of the moderators. stephanie rommel's, abc news washington. anna: the oregon militia stand up takes a deadly term. several members of an arme

but ron rivera's not talking super bowl... in fact, he won't even say it..."this is about the game. it doesn't do any good for me to talk about the next game if we don't get there and we're going to focus on the next game and that's probably the most important thing, is we understand that this game's a big game, we understand it's an opportunity for us to move forward, but we've got to win first. so that's what we've got to focus on is this game." "it's seizing the moment as well. you know for us, we know what we have in front of us and if we don't maximize our opportunity then we're going to be looking at it like dang, we left something that's so close slip away through our in this year's cardinals team sits behind center.. the panthers playing a 3rd string signal caller last year... carson palmer a huge step up from that.. but of course carolina's got their own former heisman winner on their side.. in the mvp front runner cam newton... more from the panthers quarterback as we continue our coverage from charlotte coming up at 11... till then, tag out.. out..

coach ron rivera says their team motto of attitude, preparation and effort should erase stress. you feel like you've done everything you possibly do to play that game...there's no pressure. you may have butterflies...you're confident and ready to roll. that's what we're trying to get >>> yououave nothing to do with his reca penn breaks his s lence.

that jonathan stewart came back will and you love what they did for the defensive standpoint and ron rivera called a lot of shots and called great plays. there's jonathan stewart back in action and again, panthers haven't played in what couple of weeks and seattle has played a week before and coming east again, you don't like what you say in the second half but i tell you, the benefit it's their fourth appearance. and in philadelphia, it was frigid and in january, it was just misty and rainy and now they're at home and it's an electric atmosphere and different than any other playoff. >> not just the scores, but the food and the weather. sunday. >> here's what comes next. carolina hosts arizona and meanwhile the broncos and the patriots go head-to-head and the winners of those games face off in super bowl 50 and that airs here. be sure to join us. >>> well tonight we have videos that will have you talking. a reporter covering high surf, oh gosh, gets closer than he planned to the story. that wave came in and drenched him. >> luckily he got away quickly. >> and icy rescue in new jersey. they