A Wednesday night gala to honor Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson probably didn’t go the way its honoree had planned. Firstly, one of the dinner’s most high-profile guests, NFL ...

Jerry Richardson, the former owner and founder of the Carolina Panthers, died Wednesday evening, the team announced Thursday. He was 86 years old. “Jerry Richardson’s contributions to ...

Jerry Richardson, the founder of the Carolina Panthers, died Wednesday night, the team announced. He was 86. Richardson, from Spring Hope, North Carolina, was a standout football player at Wofford ...

By Ken Belson Jerry Richardson, the former N.F.L. player who turned a championship bonus into a restaurant empire and then used his fortune to buy an expansion team, the Carolina Panthers ...

Former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson died Wednesday night, the team announced Thursday. He was 86. Richardson was awarded the Panthers in 1993 before they joined the NFL as an expansion ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jerry Richardson, the man who brought the Carolina Panthers and NFL to the Carolinas in the early 1990s, died Wednesday, his former team announced. He was 86. Richardson was ...