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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- While Panthers coach Ron Rivera is awaiting the results of an MRI on running back Jonathan Stewarts right hamstring, Fozzy Whittaker is ready to roll for Carolina.Rivera said the initial indications on Stewart are not good.If its a hamstring -- and every indication is that it is -- its going to be at least a week or two, Rivera said. Well see how severe.The Panthers wont announce the extent of Stewarts injury until Wednesday when they return to practice..Stewart injured his hamstring in the first quarter of Carolinas 47-26 win over San Francisco on Sunday. He did not return, finishing with 9 yards rushing on five carries.Whittaker, who ran for 100 yards on 16 carries in the win, is expected to start Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings even though he is viewed as more of a change-of-pace back. Rivera said Cameron Artis-Payne, who is more of a straight-ahead power back, will see plenty of action, too. Artis-Payne was inactive the last two games for Carolina (1-1).Rivera said that while anything is possible, he did not sound as though the team would bring in a running back from outside the organization.We feel good about the combination of guys that we have, Rivera said.The 27-year-old Whittaker is just looking to help out where he can.I never want to see my own teammate, Jonathan Stewart, go down. I hope he heals up fast, Whittaker said. We always have the next man up mentality. When my number is called, Im just trying to help produce and get the team a win.Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was impressed with Whittaker, saying after the game that he picked up the rifle and kept shooting.Prior to Sunday, Whittakers career-high was 41 yards rushing back, that coming back in 2014 against the Atlanta Falcons.Hes been mostly used as a third-down back since coming into the league as an undrafted free agent out of Texas in 2012. He has nearly had as many yards receiving (279) as he has rushing (332) coming into the season.At 5-foot-10 and 205 pounds, there is some question whether Whittaker will be able to handle the pounding that comes with being an every-down back in the league. Prior to Sunday hed never carried the ball more than nine times in a game so its unlikely hell get 19 touches per game like he did on Sunday.But he may not have to in Carolina.Offensive coordinator Mike Shula said if Stewart is out the strategy will be to mix it up, sharing carries between Whittaker, Artis-Payne and fullback Mike Tolbert.And we got that other guy back there, too, Shula said with a coy smile, referring to Newton, who has more TDs rushing than any quarterback in NFL history.Whittaker said he was excited about his performance and the victory, but also a little upset at himself over a fumble in San Francisco territory that may have cost his team points.Thats something I need to correct, Whittaker said. Being able to protect the ball whenever we play other teams in the future, that can come back to bite us in the butt.Whittaker and Artis-Payne both have good hands, although its clear Rivera views Whittaker as more of a receiver than Artis-Payne. Whittaker had 31 yards receiving on three catches against the 49ers.Game notes Stewart wasnt the only Carolina player to injure his hamstring. Backup safety Dean Marlowe, who has been plagued by hamstring problems since the preseason, re-injured himself in his first action of the season against the 49ers. Its possible the injury could force the Panthers could make a roster move at safety.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Fake NBA Jerseys 2019 . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. Fake Nike NBA Jerseys . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. 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CANTON, N.Y. -- A black former college soccer coach accused of killing his ex-girlfriends 12-year-old white son in a largely white upstate town was found not guilty Wednesday by a judge.Oral Nick Hillary hugged his lawyer and cried as Judge Felix Catena ruled against prosecutors who relied on circumstantial evidence to bring a second-degree murder charge against Hillary in the October 2011 killing of Garrett Phillips. He was accused of choking the boy to death in an apartment in Potsdam, a small college town near the Canadian border.Hillarys lawyers argued during the nonjury trial that the case was riddled with doubt and repeated the claims of critics who said authorities in the overwhelmingly white community unjustly prosecuted him.Outside of court, Hillary thanked his lawyers and supporters while defense lawyer Norman Siegel said his client can finally move on after living under this cloud for five years. Hillary did not take questions.St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain said at a separate news conference afterward that race had nothing to do with the prosecution, which she still felt was justified.There will be no search for anybody else, she said. He was the only person that committed this crime. Im 100 percent certain of that.Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, who helped Rain prosecute the case, told Syracuse.ddddddddddddcom that its hard to see a killer walk out of court, but I have tremendous respect for Judge Catena. I know he deliberated fairly.Hillary was born in Jamaica and first came to northern New York as a standout player at St. Lawrence University. At the time of the killing, he was the head soccer coach at Clarkson University. He and his daughter had lived with Tandy Cyrus and her two sons until the relationship ended in summer 2011.While prosecutors lacked DNA or fingerprint evidence, Fitzpatrick said during closing arguments that he had made a strong case based on evidence that included security camera footage showing the movements of the boy and Hillary on the streets of Potsdam right before the killing.After the verdict was read in court, Rain stood in front of the family section and said, Im sorry. The boys relatives sobbed after the verdict.The family left the heavily guarded courthouse without speaking to reporters.The district attorney at the time of the killing never brought charges.Rain campaigned on the case, though the first murder indictment she secured was dismissed by a judge. She was able to get the current indictment last year. ' ' '