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How's my math?

4:35 PM Mon, Jul 31, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - I learned my times tables up to 12. As a result, I bludgeoned the numbers when computing 14,000 x 4 and came up with $90K. Maybe I should use a pencil and show my work when computing. Either......

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Don't Try His Patience

3:01 PM Mon, Jul 31, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - Bill Belichick spoke with fondness the other day of the down-and-dirty "Oklahoma Drill." So now, it appears, every time two guys square up in a drill we newspaper writin' types are going to call everything the Oklahoma Drill.......

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Brady still on ice; Pats make a move

2:47 PM Mon, Jul 31, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - Tom Brady is sitting out his third straight practice this afternoon. The Pro Bowl quarterback hasn't been on the field since Saturday evening. Sources say there is nothing amiss. Brady is just getting a break while backup Matt......

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Dr. Z's Culinary Musings

12:12 PM Mon, Jul 31, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - Sports Illustrated's Dr. Z (aka, Paul Zimmerman, a man who was on the Jets beat when Joe Namath was a kid out of Alabama) has been in Foxboro the past two days. He dined Saturday night at Al......

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Chayut expects full fines

12:03 PM Mon, Jul 31, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - Jason Chayut, the agent for Deion Branch, said yesterday he believes the Patriots will fine the wide receiver the maximum amount allowed by the league for players who fail to report. That's $14,000 per day. Chayut said he......

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Brady takes it easy again

11:21 AM Mon, Jul 31, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - Tom Brady got the morning off from practice today as the Patriots manage his reps early in camp. This was the second straight practice Brady missed (he sat Sunday afternoon) but sources tell us there's nothing amiss with......

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Easy, fellas

6:19 PM Sun, Jul 30, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - Things got a little tense between rookies Corey Mays and Laurence Maroney during the afternoon session. The two got locked up pretty good in a blocking drill and Maroney’s helmet came off as the two fell to the......

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In the swing?

6:03 PM Sun, Jul 30, 2006 | | Write a comment
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When Troy Brown missed practice on the first day of training camp, fellow teammate Tom Brady called him ``country club.’’ So what did Brown have to say when the quarterback was not in attendance at yesterday’s practice?: ``I told......

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Eye on the kickers

5:59 PM Sun, Jul 30, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Kickers were a topic of conversation during coach Bill Belichick’s meeting with the media this morning. Stephen Gostkowski, selected in the fourth round (118th overall) by the Patriots, comes out of Memphis where he holds the top three spots on......

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7/30 Beli-Quotes

12:16 PM Sun, Jul 30, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - (Opening comment)...We'll have one practice today after having two-a-days the past two days then we'll get back on that (two-a-day) track tomorrow. We're getting into some situational stuff -- red area, two-minute -- we're moving along. It's time......

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Belichick A.M. Press Conference

12:04 PM Sun, Jul 30, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - It was, as Bill Belichick termed it, a "Friday crowd" at his 11:30 a.m. press conference this morning. In other words, only print reporters were in the house (about 10 of them) with no TV cameras. Belichick was......

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Deluge in the afternoon

6:28 PM Sat, Jul 29, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - A fierce rainstorm swept through here about an hour ago (no thunder) hitting just as the players were getting going with their stretching for the 5:30 p.m. practice. Fans scattered but the players stretched on while the coaches......

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Post-practice Chat-em-ups

1:09 PM Sat, Jul 29, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - The Patriots went for nearly two hours this morning in full pads before breaking practice. The running backs took time signing autographs on the sides of the practice field after practice for about 20 minutes. Toward the end......

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Saturday A.M. Practice

10:19 AM Sat, Jul 29, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - A little more than halfway through the first of two practices today, here are some quick-hit observations. * Defensive end Marquise Hill left the field limping about 20 minutes ago, going down during a short-yardage drill. * Ellis......

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The Brady Transcript

3:03 PM Fri, Jul 28, 2006 | | Comments (1)
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Q&A with Tom Brady after the first practice of training camp Q. How did it go on your first day? TB: It's our fourth day for quarterbacks. Hopefully all of the rust is off and it's nice to be out......

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Toughening up

1:21 PM Fri, Jul 28, 2006 | | Write a comment
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FOXBORO - After the very first practice of the Patriots 2006 training camp,Tom Brady said a different tone was being set. "There are no excuses and no breaks," Brady said after the team worked out in semi-oppressive heat for 90......

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Photo: Lining up

12:25 PM Fri, Jul 28, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Patriots players line up during a field goal kicking drill this morning in the first session of training camp. An afternoon practice is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.......

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Patriots camp is under way

10:28 AM Fri, Jul 28, 2006 | | Comments (1)
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FOXBORO -- Training camp is under way, and a very, very big crowd is on hand for the Patriots' first workout of the 2006 season. News nuggets from the morning: -- No. 1 draft pick Laurence Moroney has agreed to......

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Projo at Pats Camp

6:15 PM Thu, Jul 27, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Check here often for up-to-the-minute news from Patriots training camp, beginning Friday. Projo.com will have bloggers posting regularly throughout camp. Journal sports writer Tom E. Curran will get things started with reports from Friday at Foxboro.......

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Pats still working on Maroney, sign Brown

3:45 PM Thu, Jul 27, 2006 | | Write a comment
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The Patriots haven't finalized a deal with first-round running back Laurence Maroney, the 21st overall pick in April's draft. ,The Patriots open camp tomorrow and the rest of the rookies already in but there's still confidence the deal will get......

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Patriots announce schedule for opening of training camp

6:44 PM Mon, Jul 10, 2006 | | Write a comment
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The Patriots have announced times for the first four days of training camp at Gillette Stadium (all sessions open to the public): FRIDAY, JULY 28 Morning: 9:00am - 10:30am Afternoon: 2:30pm - 4:30pm SATURDAY, JULY 29 Morning: 8:30am - 10:45am......

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