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January 27, 2008 - February 2, 2008 Archives
8:35 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott  Email
Journal photos / Gretchen Ertl Mike Lorti, right, calls the play-by-play of a Patriots Super Bowl victory in a mock broadcast as his brother Aaron Lorti, left, looks on at the NFL Experience, an interactive theme park outside the......
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7:38 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
This was submitted by Mike Mulligan of the Chicago Sun-Times: The atmosphere was more family picnic than Super Bowl preparation for New England on Saturday as the Patriots enjoyed a brief stop at the University of Phoenix Stadium. The team......
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7:31 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
A Coventry native has emerged as another figure in the scandal that won’t go away. One day after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell spent a good portion of his annual State of The Game press conference defending the league’s actions regarding......
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6:52 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The New England Patriots have released a statement denying today's report that the team video taped the St. Louis Rams' final walkthrough before Super Bowl XXXVI: "The suggestion that the New England Patriots recorded the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on......
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6:35 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots have signed practice squad defensive lineman Santonio Thomas to the 53-man roster for tomorrow's Super Bowl against the Giants. New England had an open spot on the active roster after placing special teamer Mel Mitchell on injured reserve......
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4:37 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
It was announced moments ago that former Patriots linebacker Andre Tippett has been named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Tippett is the fourth player with Patriots ties to make the Hall of Fame. The others are guard John......
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4:36 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
It has just been announced that Andre Tippett has been voted as a member the 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame induction class. We'll have more shortly.......
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12:03 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
What's a flipcard, you ask? It's the one-sheet piece of cardboard that lists the depth charts of the two teams, with numerical rosters, on one side, and a more detailed roster (also listed numerically) on the other. It's distributed weekly......
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5:12 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
For the Patriots: Probable QB Tom Brady - right shoulder **Jabar Gaffney (shoulder) has been removed from the report.......
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5:06 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
From the pool reporter Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune: The Patriots concluded their preparations for Super Bowl XLII with a crisp workout in shorts and shells at Sun Devil Stadium that lasted an hour and 20 minutes Friday. "We're......
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4:02 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
The Patriots will remain perfect, according to the majority of celebrities polled by Scripps Howard News Service in its annual Celebrity Super Bowl Poll. Those supporting the 18-0 Patriots include Jack Nicklaus, Martina McBride, LeBron James, Dana Delaney, Chuck Yeager,......
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3:49 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell held his annual state of the league press conference today, and as can be expected, he was peppered with questions about the Patriots' Spygate scandal, especially in the wake of today's news in the New York......
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3:30 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The relationship between Bill Belichick and Bill Parcells was strained in the wake of Belichick's resignation as head coach of the Jets in 2000; Parcells, who was moving to the front office for the first time, had named Belichick as......
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3:05 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
This was sent by the ESPN PR bunch: SUPER BOWL XLII PREDICTIONS FROM ESPN ESPN on-air personalities offer their predictions for Super Bowl XLII. Of the 30 ESPN picks, 25 chose the New England Patriots, while just five selected the......
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1:48 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
PHOENIX -- New England coach Bill Belichick is the only coach in the history of the NFL to win three Super Bowls in a four-year span (2001, 2003, 2004). He has a 15-3 (.833 winning percentage) winning percentage as the......
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1:36 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl PHOENIX -- Bill Belichick is not concerned about star quarterback Tom Brady’s high-ankle sprain. When asked if he was worried about Brady’s ankle at his morning press conference, Belichick said, “No. Tom Brady is......
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1:23 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
PHOENIX -- Bill Belichick coached for the New York Giants for 12 years and he and he won two Super Bowls with them as their defensive coordinator (1986 and 1990). As much respect as he has for the Giants organization,......
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1:19 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- Among the many reasons to root for the Patriots to win Super Bowl XLII is that, if they win, you'll never again have to hear from Mercury Morris and the '72 Miami Dolphins, who currently are the......
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1:15 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
PHOENIX -- Everyone has a role to play on Bill Belichick's team, he says. That role sometimes changes week-to-week depending on matchups. "I will put it this way: I think you try to do what is best for your football......
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1:11 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- Considering that the economy is on the brink of recession, the subprime mortgage market is a mess, and American soldiers are dying every day in Iraq and Afghanistan, it would seem that Arlen Specter, the Republican senator......
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12:58 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- Of the first XXXV Super Bowls, only two were decided by three or less points -- Super Bowl V, when the Colts' Jim O'Brien kicked a 32-yard field goal in the final seconds to beat the Cowboys,......
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12:42 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Would that be Super Super Tuesday? The police commissioner says New York City is planning for a post Super Bowl parade on Tuesday - also known as Election Day, or Super Tuesday. The plans, of course,......
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11:17 AM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Hey all -- Good morning from Phoenix, where we've begun our last day of media access before Super Bowl XLII. Patriots coach Bill Belichick has already held his final press conference, and Tom Coughlin will take the podium upstairs at......
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11:09 AM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Jim Donaldson and Shalise Manza Young take a look at the keys to victory for the Giants and the Patriots in this multimedia show, and reveal their final-score predictions. Click the play button below to listen and watch. Shalise will......
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11:07 AM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
This is the final edition in Jim Donaldson's six-part series. Jim, who has covered each of the Patriots' five Super Bowl appearances to date for The Journal (he'll make it six next weekend) looks back in these audio slideshows at......
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9:44 AM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Jim Donaldson profiles Stephen Gostkowski, the Patriots' kicker who carries the heavy burden of history (and particularly, the three Super Bowl-winning kicks by predecessor Adam Vinatieri) onto the league's biggest stage on Sunday. Robert Lee writes......
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9:31 AM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
According to an article in today's New York Times, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to explain why he ordered evidence destroyed in the taping scandal involving the New......
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7:34 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
It remains the same as yesterday: Jabar Gaffney (shoulder) was limited; Tom Brady (right shoulder) had full participation. The following is the pool report filed by Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune: Quarterback Tom Brady's ankle injury continued to look......
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6:42 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli were both asked yesterday about New England's draft class this year, which initially saw just three players make the active roster: Brandon Meriweather, Kareem Brown and undrafted quarterback Matt Gutierrez. Oscar Lua and Mike Richardson......
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5:33 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP pool photo / Stephan Savoia Brady set to throw this afternoon at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.......
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4:50 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Many of the Patriots' assistant coaches have gotten attention this week, partly because they're never heard from, and some (Josh McDaniels) because the world is trying to figure out if they'd be a good coach for their franchise. Pepper Johnson's......
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4:40 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
From the Some Folks Just Don't Listen Dept.: During the Patriots' media-access period, Mike Vrabel was one of six players at risers ringing the tent outside the hotel. At one point, a television reporter asked what was the dumbest question......
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2:39 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Photos by Providence Journal staff photographer Bob Breidenbach Logan Mankins Jarvis Green Jarvis Green, left, and LeKevin Smith Nick Kaczur, left, and Stephen Neal Laurence Maroney Mike Vrabel Rodney Harrison Pepper Johnson......
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1:43 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
It was good to be back out on the practice field yesterday. We got a lot of things done and certainly need to have another good day today and try to build things up, cover all of the situations and......
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1:21 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- All three of New England’s Super Bowl victories this decade have been decided by a field goal. Four of the Patriots games this season have been decided by four points or less. Patriots veteran safety Rodney Harrison......
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1:20 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photos / Bob Breidenbach Tom Brady at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa Tom Brady Randy Moss Troy Brown Bill Belichick Bill Belichick Tom Brady and Bill Belichick Tedy Bruschi Dan Koppen Richard Seymour Matt Cassel Stephen Gostkowski......
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12:43 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Patriots Pro Bowl wide receiver Randy Moss has dreamt several times that not only do the Patriots win the Super Bowl on Sunday, but that he also has a big game. “I’m daydreaming every day, all day,”......
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12:41 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Jim Donaldson profiles the ultimate NFL survivor: Patriots assistant coach Dante Scarnecchia, who has been with the team since 1982. Shalise Manza Young writes about the memory of Marquise Hill, and Paul Kenyon reports on the......
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12:33 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- With Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress saying earlier this week that the Giants were going to beat the Patriots, 23-17, in the Super Bowl on Sunday, Patriots safety Rodney Harrison went on record today with a little......
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12:23 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- There is a lot of public interest in Randy Moss and for good reason. The Patriots Pro Bowl wide receiver set an NFL record for touchdown receptions in a season, 23, in helping lead the Patriots to......
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12:08 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Before beginning her day on Thursday, Patriots writer Shalise Manza Young spoke to Mike McDermott for this multimedia show. The topics: Tom Brady, Plaxico Burress, stopping New York's running game, and honoring Marquise Hill. Click the play button below to......
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11:54 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
This is the fifth edition in a six-part series by sports columnist Jim Donaldson. Jim, who has covered each of the Patriots' five Super Bowl appearances to date for The Journal (he'll make it six next weekend) looks back in......
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9:03 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE WR Jabar Gaffney (shoulder) FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE QB Tom Brady (right shoulder) NEW YORK GIANTS DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE WR Plaxico Burress (ankle) LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE CB Kevin Dockery (hip......
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7:43 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune, the Patriots' pool reporter for this week, has filed the following practice report for New England: Quarterback Tom Brady's injured ankle was not much of an issue during the Patriots practice Wednesday. Brady participated......
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7:20 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
He is quite possibly the quietest member of the Patriots' defense in the locker room, but James Sanders has announced himself to NFL opponents. The third-year safety out of Fresno State started 15 games this season, first in place of......
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6:59 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The NFL today released the full roster of officials for Sunday's game. The referee will be Mike Carey, the first African-American to referee a Super Bowl. Carey, in his 18th season as an NFL official, was also the referee when......
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6:44 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Bill Belichick took to the podium for his press conference today in yet another different style of shirt: a red Rutgers lacrosse windbreaker with a number 23 on the arm. “It’s my son’s. He used to wear my stuff, so......
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6:43 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
SCOTTSDALE -- It's taken him 20 years, but Jeff Feagles finally has made it to a Super Bowl. And talk about coming full circle. Feagles, who's been the Giants punter since 2003, began his NFL career with the Patriots,......
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6:39 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
SCOTTSDALE -- New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese thinks his counterpart in New England, Scott Pioli, has done a marvelous job. "You kind of sit back," he said, "and marvel at what they have done, because I don't......
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6:29 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
SCOTTSDALE -- Randy Moss says he thinks he would have enjoyed playing with Packers quarterback Brett Favre, but knows he would not have liked playing in Green Bay. "I think Brett Favre wanted to talk to me," said Moss,......
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5:36 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Giants receiver Plaxico Burress predicted earlier this week that the Giants would beat the Patriots, 23-17, in the Super Bowl. Earlier today he said that he stood by those comments. "What I said is what I said," Burress said. "I......
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5:08 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
SCOTTSDALE -- Offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia cited two reasons it is all-important that his players protect quarterback Tom Brady. One: "He can't run out of sight if you gave him three days." Two: "He's our franchise. He's our......
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4:39 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
BY MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer The Patriots are extremely fortunate that Tom Brady suffered what was apparently the mildest possible high ankle sprain. Had the injury been more serious, he might not be available to play in the Super......
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3:20 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Randy Moss was shocked to find out that Josh McDaniels, who is 32-years-old, was the Patriots offensive coordinator when he first met him. "When I first got to Massachusetts, I flew in to take my physical and Josh picked me......
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2:41 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Before beginning her day on Wednesday, Patriots writer Shalise Manza Young spoke to Mike McDermott for this multimedia show. Click the play button below to listen and watch. Shalise will file multimedia reports tomorrow and Friday as well.......
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2:29 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
This is the fifth edition in a six-part series by sports columnist Jim Donaldson. Jim, who has covered each of the Patriots' five Super Bowl appearances to date for The Journal (he'll make it six next weekend) looks back in......
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1:56 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photos / Bob Breidenbach Tom Brady Randy Moss Bill Belichick Players collect their jerseys at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa, the Patriots' home base this week. Bill Belichick with Stacey James, the team's vice president of media......
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1:51 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- Offensive tackle Matt Light's hair has gotten so long that he sometimes ties it into a pony tail in back, prompting center Dan Koppen to nickname him "Fabio," after the similarly-maned male model who has been frequently......
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1:47 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- He was talking about the qualities he looks for when he hires coaches, but Bill Belichick's wise words were applicable to a much wider array of life situations: "The most important thing," he said, "is to identify......
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1:42 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- Great line about the Super Bowl from friend Bob Reinacher, a longtime trainer of thoroughbreds I first met several summers ago at Saratoga, and who currently is at the winter meet at Gulfstream Park, in Hallandale, Fla.......
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1:29 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs respects guys like Pittsburgh safety Anthony Smith who guaranteed a victory over the Patriots, and Giants receiver Plaxico Burress who predicted that the Giants would beat the Patriots, 23-17, in the Super Bowl on Sunday. “I......
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12:54 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
There has been a lot of talk about Laurence Maroney’s running style and he doesn't like it. He runs upright instead of getting low to the ground like most NFL running backs, but Maroney believes that just because he runs......
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12:36 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Hey all -- It's only 10:30 a.m. here, but it's already been a full day for those of us following the Patriots during Super Bowl week. New England began its media access for the day at 8 a.m. with Bill......
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12:11 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Rich Lee Email
Download file It's Media Day at the Super Bowl, where the usually glib Randy Moss was at a loss for words, and the non-stars shine as brightly as the stars. Also, the Red Sox won by losing Johan Santana to......
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10:50 AM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Co-owner Steve Tisch predicts his New York Giants, after winning three playoff games as underdogs, will beat the undefeated and favored New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. "I'm going to put out there, 21-17 New......
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11:54 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
This is the fourth edition in a six-part series by sports columnist Jim Donaldson. Jim, who has covered each of the Patriots' five Super Bowl appearances to date for The Journal (he'll make it six next weekend) looks back in......
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7:23 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Mike Vrabel was asked about Bill Belichick's now-iconic grey hooded sweatshirt today, and offered... "That is his little 'woobie.' That's his little security blanket. He has got that pouch and he keeps all his stuff in it. You would like......
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6:46 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
We've come to assume that Wes Welker is a pretty vanilla guy, not saying much during interviews, but with the bright lights of Super Bowl week tuned on him, he's dropping some pretty good lines. Yesterday, after at least the......
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6:40 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Brown graduate Zak DeOssie, right, and Giants teammate Reggie Torbor. Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Tom Brady Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach A mysterious "reporter" who offered predictions. Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Adalius......
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6:16 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Tedy Bruschi, while not an Arizona native, is a legend in the state thanks to his exploits while playing for the Wildcats' football team. The All-American tied the NCAA record for sacks, with 52, and was a two-time finalist for......
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5:27 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Apparently, Plaxico Burress likes to talk. A lot. A few days ago, the Giants' wideout stirred the pot when he said New York's wide receiver contingent was better than that of the Patriots'. But now he's stepped into Anthony Smith......
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5:05 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Donte Stallworth was so upset when he heard that Randy Moss said that Moss, not Stallworth, was the fastest wide receiver that the Patriots have, that he interrupted Moss’s Media Day session to see if Moss would say it again.......
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4:51 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Throughout his entire career, Giants quarterback Eli Manning has been perceived by many NFL experts as a bust. He grew up in the long shadows of his father Archie and his older brother Peyton and he hasn’t lived up to......
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4:13 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Randy Moss, who drew a large crowd around his podium at Media Day, had a good explanation as to why he was more talkative than usual this season. "You want to know why I'm talking more......
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4:11 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Maybe it’s the perfect season. Maybe it’s for future Hall of Famers like Randy Moss and Junior Seau who have never won a Super Bowl. Whatever the case, the Patriots are going for their fourth Super Bowl title in the......
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4:07 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Media Day brings all manner of characters and questions, and the players and coaches know to expect the unexpected. It might get crazy, but for some of the Pats' players, it beats the alternative. "It's definitely more to like," Richard......
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4:07 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
GLENDALE -- Stephen Neal, the Patriots' starting right guard, was sporting a flowing moustache that extended down to his chin at Media Day. "I'm trying to do something to take attention away from my belly," he joked. "I'd rather......
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3:44 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Not surprisingly, the first question Tom Brady heard at today's Media Day was about his sprained right ankle, which he practiced on yesterday. "My ankle feels good. My ankle feels great," he said. "I practiced a full day yesterday. I......
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3:44 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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3:25 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Former Patriots tight end Don Hasselbeck says his son, Tim, is surprised more free agents don't sign with the Arizona Cardinals. "He said to me: 'You think anyone else in the league knows you can play......
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3:13 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
BY JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Tedy Bruschi has three Super Bowl Championship rings, plus an AFC championship ring from his rookie year in 1996, when the Patriots lost to the Packers in Super Bowl XXXI. He......
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3:03 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
BY JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. -- While Bill Belichick, his coaching staff, and the Patriots players are totally focused on winning Super Bowl XLII, Scott Pioli and his people are planning on how best to position the......
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2:52 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photos / Bob Breidenbach NIne-year-old Brock Domann of Colorado Springs, Colo., working for Scholastic News, interviews Patriots punter Chris Hanson. Laurence Maroney shares a laugh with a teammate. Tom Brady answers a question from 10-year-old Jason Krause, of......
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1:24 PM Tue, Jan 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Hey all - We're here at the amazing University of Phoenix Stadium and have just wrapped the Patriots' portion of the circus known as Super Bowl media day. Any kind of character you can imagine is here, and most of......
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11:53 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
This is the third edition in a six-part series by sports columnist Jim Donaldson. Jim, who has covered each of the Patriots' five Super Bowl appearances to date for The Journal (he'll make it six next weekend) looks back in......
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8:58 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- Matt Light was asked yesterday what made Bill Belichick different from other NFL coaches. "One of the biggest things he does is, he doesn't accept any excuses. He tells it to you like it is. You have......
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8:50 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
One remarkable stat that has gone overlooked this season is the fact that none of the Patriot receivers have lost a fumble this season. Patriots receiver Wes Welker said that the Patriots focus on the importance of ball security every......
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8:30 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
New England coach Bill Belichick said that one of the reasons why the Patriots have been so successful running the ball lately is because of the exceptional downfield blocking by the Patriots’ wide receivers. “I think that our receivers have......
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8:04 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
According to a release from the NFL, this year's Super Bowl has its largest media contingent ever. A record 4,786 credentials have been issued, topping the 4,516 credentials issued for last year's game between the Colts and Bears. The number......
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7:15 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- Just call him Mr. Sunshine. "It good to be out in the warm sunshine in Arizona," said a bubbly Bill Belichick, doffing his favorite hoodie and donning a suit to meet with the media at the Convention......
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7:01 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
AP photo With his right ankle taped to just under his calf, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady runs a drill at the start of football practice at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz., today. During his press conference,......
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5:45 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Bill Belichick is conducting his press conference for the day, and when asked about Tom Brady, he indicated that the quarterback and his tender ankle were at practice. "He was out there like everybody else," Belichick said. Asked how he......
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2:37 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Even though the Patriots are 18-0 and are the favorites to win the Super Bowl, they don’t feel invincible. “Even ourselves – within this team – we don’t consider ourselves invincible,” Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi said. “The minute you......
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2:25 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- The Patriots will be practicing this week at Arizona State University in Tempe. There are no former Sun Devils on the New England roster. Linebacker Tedy Bruschi played at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, where he......
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - Lawyers for Randy Moss and the woman who accused him of battery agreed to extend a temporary restraining order she obtained against the New England Patriots wide receiver, his agent said Monday. A court hearing was scheduled......
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2:00 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Patriots Pro Bowl wide receiver Randy Moss only had a combined two catches for 32 yards in the Patriots two playoff games, but that doesn’t mean quarterback Tom Brady hasn’t been looking for him. “He is always a part of......
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1:49 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
I was hoping to ask this of anyone who is on the conference call, given the parity in the NFL with the salary cap and how maybe the team is a little more equal than when you guys played,......
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By Robert Lee Email
With a perfect season and Super Bowl XLII on the line, New England coach Bill Belichick said that Sunday's game against the Giants will be the most important one of his career. "Of course it is an important game," Belichick......
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1:10 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
This is New England's fourth trip to a Super Bowl in the last seven years. The Patriots are 3-0 in those trips but coach Bill Belichick said that the experience that they have in Super Bowls won't necessarily help......
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1:03 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- The Giants are scheduled to arrive at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport this afternoon at 2:45. Coach Tom Coughlin and selected players are scheduled to meet with the media around 5 at the team's hotel -- the......
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By Robert Lee Email
The perception is that often times New England coach Bill Belichick appears frustrated when he has to talk to the media. But he says that’s not the case. When asked Saturday if he doesn’t like talking to the media,......
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12:11 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
PHOENIX -- It was raining here Sunday night when my direct (but still late) Southwest Airlines flight finally landed. The Patriots arrived earlier, with QB Tom Brady, not surprisingly, the focus of media attention. In what was even less......
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7:58 AM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Rich Lee Email
Jim Donaldson continues his six-part series on the Patriots, this time highlighting the Pats' brain trust -- the front office. Also, Syracuse continues to hobble through the Big East season with a 71-64 win over Providence College. Download file......
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10:10 PM Sun, Jan 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
This is the second edition in a six-part series by sports columnist Jim Donaldson. Jim, who has covered each of the Patriots' five Super Bowl appearances to date for The Journal (he'll make it six next weekend) looks back in......
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1:56 PM Sun, Jan 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The New England Patriots are saddened to learn that former head coach Mike Holovak passed away today at the age of 88. Holovak spent nearly eight seasons as the head coach of the Boston Patriots (1961-68) and led the franchise......
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