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June 7, 2009 - June 13, 2009 Archives
4:20 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young  Email
New England has just announced that 2009 training camp will begin on July 30 -- 48 days from today. More details on camp will come as it gets closer.......
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11:19 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Phipps Email
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Michael Vick era in Atlanta is officially over. Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said the team relinquished its contractual rights to Vick on Friday. "Michael remains suspended by the NFL," Dimitroff said. "However, in......
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11:08 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
According to Adam Caplan of scout.com, the Patriots have inked the first of their 12 draft picks, offensive guard Rich Ohrnberger. Ohrnberger was New England's fourth-round draft pick, the 123rd overall selection. According to Caplan, it is a four-year deal......
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4:10 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Well, that didn't last long. Exactly one week after re-signing him, the Patriots today released fullback Patrick Pass. Pass had played for them from 2000-06, but was out of football in 2008 after brief '07 stints with the Texans and......
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4:04 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The Boston Herald's Inside Track speculates that Bill Belichick may be engaged to Linda Holliday, his girlfriend of several years. Click here to read the story.......
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2:14 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photos / Mary Murphy Above, tight end Alex Smith, an offseason acquisition, runs through a drill during Thursday's minicamp at Gillette Stadium. At right, veteran wide receiver Joey Galloway, another newcomer to Patriot nation, keeps his eye on the......
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2:01 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Today's practice, particularly at the beginning, was high-spirited and done at a high tempo... * During positional drills, as the offensive linemen were doing footwork around cones, Randy Moss ambled over and started shouting, "I like that coach! Get those......
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1:36 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Sammy Morris, who had not been present for any of the OTA sessions or the opening day of camp yesterday, was back on the field, but Patrick Pass was not spotted, so there were still 13 players absent today: DL......
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4:54 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Nothing gets clicks like a list, and FoxSports.com has a doozy today -- the top 99 players in the NFL for 2009. There are six Patriots on the list, though not necessarily the six you'd think, and not in the......
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2:40 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
There were 13 players not spotted, and all have been regulars on this list: DL Ty Warren LB Jerod Mayo RB Sammy Morris DL Jarvis Green S Brandon Meriweather CB Mike Richardson DB Ray Ventrone S Brandon McGowan T Mark......
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2:22 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Bill Belichick was asked today about new Jets' coach Rex Ryan's recent comments that he "never came here to kiss Bill Belichick's rings" and isn't intimidated by the Patriots. Not surprisingly, Belichick wasn't about to engage in a war of......
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1:23 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
AP photo / Stephan Savoia Vince Wilfork at Gillette Stadium today, stretching next to Randy Moss. Number 75 was present for day one of mini-camp today, making an on-field appearance with the Patriots for the first time since the......
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11:37 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The following is an official announcement from the team: In a year that the franchise is celebrating its 50th anniversary, Patriots fans had an opportunity to vote for one of three hall of fame finalists, each of whom were perennial......
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10:14 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Patriots return to Gillette Stadium today for the first of three mandatory minicamp sessions. The big question is whether or not Vince Wilfork, the star nose tackle who is unhappy with his contract situation, will be there. Wilfork skipped......
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1:39 PM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photos / Mary Murphy Above, Tom Brady and Kevin O'Connell talk to teammates before the start of practice. Below, Randy Moss gestures while stretching his legs.......
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11:00 AM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has released a statement today on the death of Pio Sagapolutele, a former defensive lineman who suffered an aneurysm over the weekend in Arizona. Belichick was Sagapolutele's head coach in Cleveland, and the two worked......
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8:45 AM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Herald's Inside Track reports this morning that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady "had to be rescued" from the Charles River recently when he flipped a rented kayak near Beacon Hill. According to the report, Brady and wife Gisele Bundchen......
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11:43 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Pio Sagapolutele, who started at right defensive tackle for the Patriots against the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI, died Sunday night in Chandler, Ariz., after suffering an aneurysm on Friday. Sagapolutele started 13 games -- 10 in the......
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7:45 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Recently retired safety Rodney Harrison continued to make eye-opening comments when he sat down for an interview with Sports Illustrated's Peter King. Harrison, who will join former Colts coach Tony Dungy in the NBC Sunday night studio show "Football Night......
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1:50 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Tedy Bruschi edged Tom Brady and several other teammates this morning during the players' long drive contest at New England's charity golf event. Bruschi's best effort was 287 yards; Brady went last and his first drive went 281 yards. Emcee......
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1:41 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Near the end of the players' long-drive contest at the Patriots' charity golf event this morning at The International in Bolton, Mass., Vince Wilfork arrived. Before reporters could ask why the player, who has stayed away from voluntary organized team......
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8:49 PM Sun, Jun 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News notes that the Patriots' success makes them attractive to veterans looking to play for a winner: "Back in the mid-1990s, veteran players were eager to sign with the Cowboys for the chance to......
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