CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- To some, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is a hero. They look at the 2015 NFL MVP as a role model and consider him bigger than life.
Newton has an idol of his own.
Muhammad Ali.
So it was a natural fit when the Cam Newton Foundation became the lead sponsor of the Children’s Theater of Charlotte production about the early years of the former heavyweight champion boxer when he was known as Cassius Clay. Newton felt it was important to share Ali’s story, which had a profound impact on the civil rights movement, with the community.