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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Saints offence is potent enough with Drew Brees.But if they continue to get big games on the ground from Mark Ingram, they may just leave the rest of the weak NFC South in the dust.Brees threw for 297 yards and a touchdown and also ran for another score, and Ingram turned in another strong performance carrying 30 times for 100 yards and two TDs and New Orleans defeated the Carolina Panthers 28-10 Thursday night to take over first place in the NFC South.Brees praised Ingram, who was coming off 172 yards rushing last week against Green Bay, for carrying the load and being the catalyst for the Saints recent turnaround the past two weeks.Man, its when our offence is at its best, Brees said of the Saints running game.The Saints (4-4) piled up 375 yards to snap a seven-game losing streak on the road that dated back to last November.Brees said too much is made of the teams road woes, but he knows it wasnt going away until the Saints could find a way to win a big game on the road.Brees finished 24 of 34 and tight end Jimmy Graham had seven catches for 83 yards and a touchdown.But it was Ingram who kept the Panthers off balance by picking up key first downs.The offensive line and tight end did a great job of hitting them, hitting them and hitting them, Ingram said. I think they started to wear down and we were able to get some leaky yards and some big gains.The struggling defending NFC South champion Panthers (3-5-1) have only won once in their past seven games after opening the season with back-to-back wins. They have 10 days before their next game to figure out how to turn things around.We know we are better — simple as that, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton said. Its nothing that someone has to say that hasnt already been said. Its a lot that hasnt been done yet.Brees said he didnt let the teams road struggles creep into his mind, even after he threw an interception and fumbled in the first quarter.He settled down late in the second, leading touchdown drives on four of the next five possessions.The Saints defence did its part, sacking Newton four times and forcing two turnovers. Newton, who spent much of the night under heavy duress playing behind an offensive line without three of its regular starters, was limited to 151 yards passing.Carolina had opportunities to seize momentum after New Orleans first two turnovers, but couldnt capitalize.Thats nothing new. The Panthers had three trips in the red zone last week against Seattle, but came away with only six points.Its hard when you dont take advantage of those opportunities, Panthers coach Ron Rivera said.The Saints didnt have the same problem converting turnovers into points.With the Panthers pinned back in their own end in a scoreless game, Junior Galette sacked Newton from behind and stripped the ball, allowing linebacker Curtis Lofton to recover at the Carolina 3. Ingram took advantage two plays later with a 3-yard run to give the Saints a 7-0 lead.After forcing a three-and-out, Brees directed an 85-yard drive that ended when he slipped a 1-yard pass just past Melvin White to Graham on the right side with 3 seconds left in the half and the Saints were off and running while the Panthers headed to the locker room serenaded by a chorus of boos.Brees scored on a quarterback sneak when he dove over the pile in the third quarter and Ingram sealed the win with his second TD run in the fourth quarter.Brees said he had the option of calling a timeout before his fourth-and-goal run at the Carolina 1, but decided to take a shot and leaped over the pile with the ball extended to score.Drew felt with their linebackers depth, hed be able to get the half yard — and he did, Saints coach Sean Payton said.One of the few highlights for the Panthers came from Newton.He turned in one of the most athletic plays of the season when he scrambled out of the pocket, raced around the left end and took off from the 5-yard line and soared toward the goal line with the ball outstretched in his right hand for a touchdown, cutting the Saints lead to 14-7.While Newton struggled, his receivers didnt give him much help.Jerricho Cotchery couldnt haul in a catchable deep ball inside the 10 in the first quarter and Newtons on-target throw hit Brenton Bersin in the hands and popped straight to Corey White for an interception on the next drive. Rookie Kelvin Benjamin also dropped a pass in the end zone for the second straight week.We knew we had a chance to take control of the division, Ingram said. We lost to them here at the end of last year so we felt like we left something here. We had to come back and take care of business.NOTES: The Panthers got running back DeAngelo Williams back after missing four straight games with an ankle injury. He had eight carries for 20 yards. ... Carolina was without three starting offensive linemen — left tackle Byron Bell and guards Amini Silatolu and Trai Turner — due to injuries. ... The Saints had 27 first downs to Carolinas 15.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL Cheap Angels Jerseys Authentic . -- LeGarrette Blount wasnt satisfied with three short touchdown runs, not against a team coming off the second greatest comeback in playoff history. Cheap Nolan Ryan Jersey . His head snapped back from the impact and hit the floor. 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While organizers havent decided if itll be red or green clay, they feel their choice of surface will give the Americans an advantage over Britain, which is expected to be led by defending Wimbledon champion Andy Murray.KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Hall of Famers Albert Lewis and Art Still are among nine former Kansas City Chiefs players who have joined a lawsuit that contends the team hid the risks of permanent brain injuries from repeated concussions. The concussions happened between late 1987 and early 1993 when there was no NFL collective bargaining agreement in place. Five former players filed the initial suit against the Chiefs this month, saying the team ignored decades of scientific research indicating repeated head trauma causes permanent brain damage. In the amended suit filed Saturday in Jackson County Circuit Court, the plaintiffs said Arrowhead Stadiums artificial surface contributed to the head injuries. Also joining the lawsuit were Dino Hackett, Todd McNair, Fred Jones, Tim Barnett, Walker Lee Ashley, Emile Harry and Chris Smith, along with the wives of several of them. Ken McClain, a lawyer whose firm is representing the plaintiffs, said at least 10 more former Chiefs could join the suit by before the end of the year. "Certainly, Hall of Famers who contributed greatly to building the franchise add to the urgency for the team to find a just resolution, rather than try to ignore it or act like they had nothing to do with it," McClain said. Chiefs spokesman Ted Crews said the team had no comment. In recent years, a string of former NFL players and other athletes who suffered concussions have been diagnosed after their deaths with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, including Junior Seau and Ray Easterling, both of whom committed suicide. In August, the NFL reached a tentative $765 million deal to settle lawsuits filed by more than 4,500 former players who developed dementia or other concussion-related health problems they say were caused by football. The settlement, subject to approval by a federal juudge in Philadelphia, would apply to all past NFL players and spouses of those who are deceased.dddddddddddd McClain called the national settlement — which does not include an admission from the NFL that it hid information from players about head injuries — insignificant and said it provides compensation only to the former players with the most severe brain injuries. Rather than protecting players who sustained concussions, the lawsuit said, the Chiefs increased their risks by giving them "ammonia inhalants, caffeine cocktails and/or Toradol to abbreviate the need for concussed employees to miss working time due to a brain injury." Toradol is an injectable, anti-inflammatory drug used short term to treat moderate to severe pain. Players were even more prone to head injuries because of the concrete-like AstroTurf surface that was in place until 1994, the lawsuit said. That surface made the players faster and was cheaper than maintaining a grass field, the plaintiffs said. Because of the heightened violence of high-speed hits, the suit says, the game became more attractive to fans and increased the teams revenue. Missouri presented a "unique opportunity" to file the lawsuit because a state workers compensation statute was amended in 2005 to exclude cases of occupational injury that occur over an extended time. That exception more commonly applies in workplaces where smoking is allowed and workers suffer lung problems because of it. McClain also represented workers at a Jasper popcorn plant who were awarded millions of dollars in lawsuits. 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