Pink Panthers Ready for Action

The Carolina Panthers, just like all teams around the league this month, will have a select few players suiting up in pink cleats, towels and patches this weekend as part of the NFL’s breast cancer awareness campaign, and among the pink Panthers to storm the field will be DeAngelo Williams and Muhsin Muhammad, who both have had family members diagnosed with breast cancer. The Panthers are searching for a way to turn around the team’s 0-3 start on the season, and perhaps inspiration from the “pink” campaign will be the little extra motivation the players need to succeed.

Williams especially will be playing his heart out this weekend as he proudly laces up his pink cleats, as the running back has lost three aunts to the disease. His mother is also currently in remission from breast cancer, and of the NFL’s efforts to promote breast cancer awareness Williams said, “She was flipping through the channels this weekend and she was calling me every time she saw somebody in pink. It meant a lot to her, so I know it meant a lot to a lot of the other cancer survivors and families out there.”

Muhsin Muhammad, whose mother and mother-in-law have battled breast cancer, will be another Panther clad in pink this weekend, and the players aren’t about to let their biggest fans down. Carolina has had a week off from regular season play to rework game plans and refocus their energies, and hopefully their efforts will pay off this Sunday, when the Panthers battle the Washington Redskins in Week 5 of the regular season.

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