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We went with "Panthers tracks." Came to the same conclusion you did. Thanks.

Try Guinness in a can. You might be surprised.

Wondering if "Panthers tracks" as a newspaper hed should be that or "Panthers' tracks" with an apostrophe -- at least that was the main discussion.

HAHAHA. That's funny. Anthropomorphically accurate ... yes.

Panthers hunt is a lot less ambiguous too, PaperDoll. I like that. Thank you.

What say you guys on this hed: Panthers tracks I think it should be Panthers track, because it's about them tracking down free agents. But it could be Panthers tracks, as in they're leaving tracks while searching for free agents. We can all agree the hed is lacking. But then so was space...

Well, I read the whole thing. Great job. If you have the gumption to revisit the trio ten years from now and write a follow-up, you'll probably win a Pulitzer. However, I did find this one typo. <<Wiley told the players that they if they played as sloppily against Bolles as they did the first...

I'm with you, Gremlin. Whenever I can get rid of possessive apostrophes, I call it a win.

One thing's clear — I've definitely come to the right place. Thanks, guys.

Sorry I keep referring to Reformed Hack as TampaTribune, but I'll catch on eventually.

SportsHack, I can usually blame soccer for anything and everything.

Appreciate the feedback here, Southwinds and Tampa Tribune. I agree, Southwinds. Posey isn't a Giant, he's the Giants catcher.

I agree with your Wildcats example, Tampa Tribune. Giants baseball manager, not Giant baseball manager. But "Giants baseball starts new season" —that would be singular. Consistency should be the key, but if ESPN can get AP style right, why not print guys?

Just to make sure. All teams should be regarded as plural, right? Giants win, Harvard Crimson win, Heat win, Crew win, etc. And constructions like this — SF Giants baseball starts — are singular. (Edited this just now to fix... accidentally wrote plural before. I did mean plural in the first...