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Mayo: Earlier injuries a "blessing in disguise"
FOXBORO, Mass. -- It's a bit unusual for a team to be so much healthier at the end of a season than in the middle of it, but that's the case with both the Patriots and Giants entering Super Bowl...
January 27, 2012 6:39 pm
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Branch thankful to all his coaches
FOXBORO, Mass. -- Participating in a Super Bowl affords a player the opportunity to reflect on his path to football's biggest game. Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch remembers each checkpoint on his long journey to the NFL. As he does...
January 27, 2012 6:34 pm
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Photo: NFL Films releases cover of Pats championship DVD
Should the New England Patriots defeat the N.Y. Giants in Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5, here is what the cover of the champions DVD will look like. NFL Films and Vivendi Entertainment released the cover photo on Friday. They...
January 27, 2012 5:42 pm
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Report: Pats expect Gronkowski to have surgery after Super Bowl
Ian Rapoport of the Boston Herald wrote on his Twitter account this afternoon that the expectation is that tight end Rob Gronkowski will need surgery on his injured ankle once the Super Bowl is done. Gronkowski has a high ankle...
January 27, 2012 4:51 pm
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Branch responds to Tuck: "Tom's not a snake"
FOXBORO, Mass. -- On Friday in New York, defensive end Justin Tuck told reporters the Giants needed to get to Tom Brady because "the way to kill a snake is to take off its head." Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch...
January 27, 2012 4:07 pm
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Pats practice in full pads; Still no Gronkowski
FOXBORO, Mass. -- The Patriots were in full pads Friday afternoon when they practiced inside the Dana Farber bubble adjacent to Gillette Stadium. "I love it. I love pads," linebacker Jerod Mayo said. "Football is meant to be played in...
January 27, 2012 3:35 pm
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Super Bowl ticket prices going through the roof
Every day this week, there have been lines at the ticket windows on the north side of Gillette Stadium, lines that have included a lot of smiling people. The happiness is because those in the lines were the winners...
January 27, 2012 3:22 pm
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Gronkowski will play, his father says
The silence the Patriots like to maintain on the injury front has been broken, in an unusual way. Rob Gronkowski's father, Gordy, a former lineman for Syracuse, told a reporter for WIVB in upstate New York, where the family lives,...
January 27, 2012 2:05 pm
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Former UMass teammates to reunite in Super Bowl
The first time James Ihedigbo met Victor Cruz, he was happy to host him. When the two cross paths again next Sunday in Super Bowl XLVI, they will not be nearly as friendly. The two former University of Massachusetts...
January 26, 2012 5:13 pm
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Ochocinco tweets John Boehner: 'I love you'
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Chad Ochocinco, meet the speaker of the U.S. House. On Twitter, of course. The New England Patriots wide receiver known for prolific social media interactions tuned in to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday...
January 26, 2012 3:30 pm
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Wilfork: Eli Manning "can almost be compared to some of the greats in the game"
FOXBORO -- Thanks in part to the long shadow cast by his older brother and in part to his stoic demeanor, Eli Manning has tended to fly under the radar in conversations about the top quarterbacks in the NFL. There's...
January 26, 2012 2:50 pm
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Camel that belonged to Newport heiress Doris Duke picks Giants in Super Bowl
A New Jersey camel that once belonged to Newport heiress Doris Duke is picking the New York Giants to win the Super Bowl, the Associated Press reports. Princess, star of New Jersey's Popcorn Park Zoo, has picked the winner of...
January 26, 2012 12:26 pm
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Lamar Hunt Trophy on display this weekend in Foxboro
Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Patriots owner Robert Kraft with the Lamar Hunt AFC Championship Trophy. You can have your picture taken alongside the Lamar Hunt AFC Championship Trophy on Saturday and Sunday at the Hall at Patriot...
January 26, 2012 11:58 am
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Gronkowski not ready to practice
Bill Belichick worked in some humor Thursday in a rambling half hour press conference at Gillette Stadium. It came on a predictable subject. The Patriots' coach spoke at length about a number of issues, including how impressed he is with...
January 26, 2012 11:27 am
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Belichick calls Super Bowl distractions "overrated"
FOXBORO -- Eugene Robinson might disagree, but Bill Belichick doesn't put much stock in the idea that distractions can derail a Super Bowl team. Super Bowl week brings with it an onslaught of parties, ticket requests and other demands on...
January 26, 2012 11:27 am
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Patriots add practice squad tight end
The Patriots have signed third-year tight end Carson Butler to the practice squad. Butler spent the majority of last season on the Pats' practice squad and went to training camp with the team before being released in September. The 6-4,...
January 26, 2012 10:42 am
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Patriots fans invited to 'Super sendoff' on Sunday
AP photo / Chitose Suzuki Sending the team off to Super Bowl XXXIX. Patriots fans can wish their team well Sunday at Gillette Stadium, when the team hosts a free "Super Bowl Sendoff" party. The stadium's Patriot Place gates,...
January 26, 2012 9:58 am
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Patriots injury report
The Super Bowl fun got started Wednesday when both teams were required to file practice reports, even though neither the Patriots nor the Giants held practice. If they had, the Patriots reported, Rob Gronkowski, who injured his ankle in the...
January 25, 2012 5:17 pm
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Photo: Brady on cover of Sports Ilustrated
This is Tom Brady's 27th appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated and second this season....
January 25, 2012 11:52 am
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With O'Brien stepping away, McDaniels even more valuable
New England offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien has spent the early part of this week in State College, Pa., in his new duties as the head coach at Penn State. He will return to Foxboro on Wednesday to dig into the...
January 24, 2012 5:02 pm
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