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Football Today: LaMont Jordan in trouble with Vegas casino
-Another day, another embarrassing Broncos story. Come to think of it, another day, another embarrassing story involving a former New England area athlete and casinos. Broncos running back LaMont Jordan, recently of the Patriots, is being sued by The Mirage...
August 8, 2009 12:19 am
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Transcript to Bill Belichick's Friday news conference
BB: I thought we finished up a productive week, last night out there on the field and this morning we went through a walkthrough. [We] covered some situational things and corrected some mistakes from last night and even previous practices....
August 7, 2009 5:15 pm
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Training camp news roundup: Bill Russell gives Seahawks a pep talk
-Seahawks players were raving today about the surprise visit they received Thursday night from Celtics legend Bill Russell. The NBA great, who lives in suburban Washington, gave the team an hour-long talk on what it takes to win as a...
August 7, 2009 4:46 pm
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Training camp: Friday afternoon practice canceled
The Patriots have asked us to help get the word out that today's afternoon practice has been canceled. The team previously announced that there would be no practices on Saturday, and there will be only one practice on Sunday. So...
August 7, 2009 1:29 pm
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Football Today: In Denver, the fans are already booing the Broncos
-This has not been the easiest of offseasons for the Denver Broncos, and the hometown fans are apparently feeling a little sore about all the drama. New quarterback Kyle Orton -- who replaced Jay Cutler after Cutler's much publicized feud...
August 6, 2009 7:53 pm
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Burgess compensation update
Former Raiders exec Michael Lombardi as well as WEEI's Chris Price are now both reporting that the Patriots have Oakland their third-round pick in 2010 and a fifth-rounder in 2011 in exchange for Derrick Burgess....
August 6, 2009 6:35 pm
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Pats acquire LB Burgess from Oakland
We've just received the email from New England making the trade with the Raiders for Derrick Burgess official. At the moment, however, we have no further details on what the Patriots have Oakland for the disgruntled eight-year veteran -- the...
August 6, 2009 6:13 pm
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Pats trade for Burgess
The Patriots have just tweeted that they have acquired LB Derrick Burgess from the Raiders ... details to come. (They've also released C/G Al Johnson to make room for Burgessde.)...
August 6, 2009 5:44 pm
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Training camp news roundup: Bills' Edwards already tired of talking about T.O.
From the wires... -Bills quarterback Trent Edwards said he's already tired of answering all the questions about his new wide receiver, Terrell Owens: "As much as I try to come across that I'm still excited, the questions do get to...
August 6, 2009 4:06 pm
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Transcript to Nick Caserio's news conference today
NC: How is everybody doing? Good. Fire away. Q: What has been the hold up on getting Vince Wilfork a long-term extension? NC: You know, I think that is something every year we talk about at different points. We go...
August 6, 2009 4:04 pm
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Patriots camp notes: Focus on special teams
This morning's practice seemed to be heavy on special-teams work, with special cases like punt blocking and scrambling for loose balls seeming to get attention. With players in shells and shorts and not a lot of 11-on-11 work on the...
August 6, 2009 12:17 pm
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Patriots camp report: Lots of bold names missing the morning
The Patriots' 15th training camp session has wrapped up, one held in shells and shorts on a bright, sunny morning. There were 23 total players not spotted on the field, including the wideout triumvirate of Randy Moss, Wes Welker and...
August 6, 2009 11:36 am
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Sherry Returns to Cincinnati
Matt Sherry of Rumford, a former Journal All-State selection as a tight end for Bishop Hendricken who played college football at Villanova, has rejoined the Cincinnati Bengals. A sixth-round draft choice of the Bengals last year, Sherry spent the 2008...
August 5, 2009 7:37 pm
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Patriots camp notes: afternoon
Bill Belichick gave his players another physical respite, as New England has a walkthrough for this afternoon's session. As it was a walkthrough, every player was spotted, meaning Richard Seymour, Ty Warren, Tedy Bruschi and others who have missed time...
August 5, 2009 5:30 pm
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Photos from a hot day at Patriots' camp
Here's a slideshow of photographer Bob Thayer's images of today's camp session. Lots of young autograph seekers in attendance today....
August 5, 2009 4:01 pm
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NFL camp news roundup: More injuries to report
Journal wire reports -Broncos safety Brian Dawkins will be sidelined for at least several days with an undisclosed injury that he sustained yesterday. True to his background in the Bill Belichick school, Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels said that Dawkins...
August 5, 2009 3:50 pm
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Transcript: Bill Belichick's news conference
BB: We're really kind of right in the middle of camp here, going through two-a-days and just pushing along here. I don't even know what day it is, but I know we have practice this afternoon. We're kind of marching...
August 5, 2009 2:57 pm
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Afternoon session pushed back to 4 p.m. start
The Patriots have just announced that this afternoon's practice session has been moved back to a 4 p.m. start (from the usual 3:45 p.m.) and that weather may for the practice indoors. As always, check here, patriots.com or call 508-549-0001...
August 5, 2009 2:51 pm
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Patriots camp notes: Shanahan and Belichick together again
With apologies for the delay... Mike Shanahan was again roaming the sidelines, and Bill Belichick said after practice that it is nice to have Shanahan around and talk with without any competition between them: "As everyone knows, I have great...
August 5, 2009 1:40 pm
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Patriots camp report: Today's attendance
Rookie DL Darryl Richard was on the practice field this morning, and though there has been no formal announcement it's pretty safe to say he's been taken off the active/PUP list. (Update: The Pats announced via their Twitter page that...
August 5, 2009 12:38 pm
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Football Today: Former Patriot struggles with witnessing friend's death
-Jets tight end Kareem Brown, a former Patriots draft choice, had to return to Miami over the weekend to bury a friend who was killed in a one-car crash. Brown was in the car driving behind 24-year-old Jeffrey Nelson Jr....
August 5, 2009 9:30 am
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Transcript: Special-teams coach Scott O'Brien news conference
Here are Scott O'Brien's remarks to the media on Tuesday: Q: What was the connection between you and Bill Belichick? Did you know him before you worked together in Cleveland? SO: No, it started in Cleveland. I was at the...
August 5, 2009 7:23 am
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NFL camp news roundup: Shockey, Grant the victims of investment fraud?
projo wire reports -Saints defensive end Charles Grant and tight end Jeremy Shockey say they are owed a half-million dollars by a movie studio at the center of an investment dispute involving current and former New Orleans players. A lawsuit...
August 4, 2009 4:11 pm
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Photos from Patriots' morning practice
Here is a selection of Journal photographer Mary Murphy's images from today's morning session:...
August 4, 2009 2:39 pm
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Camp session #11 -- attendance and notes
Randy Moss took in his second morning practice out of six today, so the roster of who was missing is pretty familiar: DE Richard Seymour CB Shawn Springs TE Benjamin Watson CB Jonathan Wilhite LB Tedy Bruschi DE Jarvis Green...
August 4, 2009 12:08 pm
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Patriots opening-day history: Genealogy of starting quarterbacks
Journal photo / Bob Thayer Barring any training-camp disasters, when the Patriots start their season Monday night, Sept. 14, against Buffalo, Tom Brady (who was a cake target in honor of his 32nd birthday on Monday) will be the...
August 4, 2009 10:27 am
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Football Today: NFL coaches warn players against Twitter
-The Packers have threatened to fine players for using it during team meetings or coaching sessions. Dolphins coach Tony Sparano has effectively outlawed it. You don't notice too many Patriots using it, do you? It's Twitter, and Judy Battista of...
August 4, 2009 8:08 am
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Walter in, Gutierrez out
The Patriots have just announced via their Twitter account that they have signed QB Andrew Walter and released Matt Gutierrez. Walter was most recently with the Oakland Raiders. He likely will compete with Kevin O'Connell to become the backup to...
August 3, 2009 8:39 pm
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Pats interested in Kevin Carter?
According to FOXsports.com's Alex Marvez, the Patriots are interested in 14-year veteran defensive lineman Kevin Carter. Carter, who turns 36 next month, started all 16 games for Tampa Bay last year....
August 3, 2009 6:09 pm
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Camp session #10 -- attendance and notes
Randy Moss, as expected, was present for the afternoon's practice, which was held in shells and shorts (except for rookie Jake Ingram, who was in his pads pants). The rest of the absent list was much the same as this...
August 3, 2009 5:44 pm
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Getting his cake...
After this morning's practice session, Matt Light was asked if he had any plans for Tom Brady's birthday. Light lamented that while Brady is getting "old" at 32, his teeth are nice, so he couldn't get denture cream, and his...
August 3, 2009 5:30 pm
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Camp session #9 observations
Today is Tom Brady's 32nd birthday, or as one sign in the crowd announced "Aug. 3, 1977: the day greatness was born." During position drills, Joey Galloway woke the crowd out of its humidity-induced slumber with a great catch in...
August 3, 2009 12:30 pm
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Camp session #9 -- attendance
There were a high number of players not spotted for this morning's session: WR Randy Moss DE Richard Seymour CB Shawn Springs CB Jonathan Wilhite LB Tedy Bruschi TE Benjamin Watson DE Le Kevin Smith OL Ryan O'Callaghan OL Stephen...
August 3, 2009 11:47 am
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Mr. Patriot takes in practice
The Patriots' afternoon practice today was held inside the Dana-Farber Fieldhouse, and among the t-shirt and shorts wearing players was someone who was in their shoes not too long ago: Troy Brown. Yesterday named as one of the members of...
August 2, 2009 5:47 pm
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Afternoon session moved indoors - closed to public
Via their twitter account, the Patriots have just announced that this afternoon's practice, which is slated to be a walkthrough, has been moved indoors and therefore will not be open to the public....
August 2, 2009 2:41 pm
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Camp session #7 - attendance and notes
Today was "mud day," the annual day of camp where rookies have to throw themselves into a freshly-made mud puddle on the back corner of the field. Making matters worse, Tom Brady holds the hose and sprays the players while...
August 2, 2009 12:24 pm
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LB Redd released; LB Ninkovich, DB Love signed
The Patriots have made a couple of roster moves (so far) today, releasing LB Vince Redd and signing LB/DE Rob Ninkovich and DB Jamar Love. Ninkovich, listed at 6-foot-2, 255 pounds, is a 25-year old Purdue product who split time...
August 2, 2009 11:34 am
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Today's afternoon session pushed back
The Patriots have just announced that the start of today's afternoon training camp session has been pushed back 30 minutes, and will begin at 4:15 p.m. It is expected to run until 5:30. I'm assuming the change is because there...
August 2, 2009 9:22 am
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