Premier League's Leicester City, NFL's Carolina Panthers Form Unlikely Bromance
One of the more unlikely Twitter bromances has formed between one football team and another "football" team, depending on your native tongue.
And it all started with a care package from surprise Premier League title contenders Leicester City.
The Foxes, in a relegation scrap this time a year ago, find themselves at the summit of England's top flight, only trailing Arsenal on goal difference.
Seeing a bit of similarity in the rise of the Carolina Panthers, who jumped from a 7-8-1 record to an NFL-leading 15-1 mark this season, Claudio Ranieri's side sent shirts with names and numbers for Carolina's Cam Newton, Josh Norman, Luke Kuechly and Graham Gano.
"It's kind of crazy—they just wanted to show support, and I'm showing support by wearing it for them," Norman told ESPN's David Newton (h/t Leicester Mercury). "It's pretty cool we've got support over there in England."
The two teams' respective Twitter accounts engaged in a friendly back-and-forth Friday, as the Panthers are set to face the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC playoffs on Sunday and the Foxes travel to Villa Park to play Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.
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