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Carolina routs Arizona, 49-15, in NFC title game to advance to Super Bowl 50
Superman is bringing his cape and his pen to Super Bowl 50. He's leaving behind his camera.
"Yeah, we are going to the Super Bowl. We are not going just to take pictures," Cam Newton said Sunday after leading the Carolina Panthers into the big game with a 49-15 rout of Arizona for the NFC championship. "We are trying to finish this thing off."
That would be against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in two weeks.
"Playing the sheriff," Newton said of Manning. "We're going to live in the moment right now. We're going to be excited."
Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two others, and Carolina's big-play defense...
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Published in Los Angeles Times on January 25, 2016 — Print headline: "Carolina routs Arizona - Newton is super, and the Panthers' defense stifles the Cardinals to send Carolina to Super Bowl 50. - CAROLINA 49, ARIZONA 15"
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