Cam Newton relishes new role: Santa Posted Dec 22, 2014 One week after sustaining two fractures in his lower back in a two-car collision, Cam Newton was playing Santa Claus and shooting basketball with two-dozen middle-school children at Charlotte’s Cochrane Collegiate Academy on Tuesday afternoon. He wasn’t getting great lift on his jumpers, and he didn’t aggressively box out for rebounds, but Newton wanted to give the kids an experience they wouldn’t forget. (Charlotte Observer)