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October 11, 2009 - October 17, 2009 Archives
2:42 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver  Email
By CHRIS HINE The New York Times SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- When Notre Dame wins -- and especially when the Irish lose -- Maura Weis hears about it. With each loss comes a barrage of negativity that Weis, the wife......
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4:05 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Patriots DID NOT PARTICIPATE -Matt Light (knee) -Randy Moss (not injury related) -Fred Taylor (ankle) LIMITED PARTICIPATION -Jarvis Green (knee) -Nick Kaczur (ankle) -Jerod Mayo (knee) -Stephen Neal (not injury-related) -James Sanders (shoulder) -Shawn Springs (knee) -Ty Warren (calf) -Ben......
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1:57 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Fox has issued an apology for a cartoon skit in its Sunday NFL pregame show that made fun of Jessica Simpson, the former girlfriend of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, over her weight. Here's an account of the skit, as......
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1:27 PM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Just off a very cold practice field, where the Patriots today are in full pads for practice. There were just two players not spotted: Matt Light and Fred Taylor. Light was spotted in the locker room today sans crutches or......
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11:10 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
We were a very mediocre 9-5 last week, but still a respectable 55-21 this season. So now off to this week's picks, with the home team listed in caps: BENGALS over Texans: As much credit as Josh McDaniels and the......
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3:35 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Titans running back Chris Johnson, who leads the NFL in total yards entering this week's game against the Patriots, said today that the Patriots' defense can be vulnerable against the run and that establishing the run will be important to......
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1:42 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots are holding their first day of on-field preparations for this week's game with the Titans, and the consensus is that there were four players not spotted: Randy Moss, Matt Light, Ty Warren and Fred Taylor. The players were......
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1:13 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The signing of Junior Seau is finally official, as the Patriots welcomed the veteran linebacker back to the locker room today. To make room for Seau on the roster, the Patriots released defensive lineman Terdell Sands. Seau told reporters that......
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11:42 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce has blasted the latest hole in the sorry ship that is the Oakland Raiders, saying that New York's 44-7 shellacking of the Raiders last weekend "felt like a scrimmage." Pierce, who said he grew up a......
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11:05 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here's one theory -- other than hometown pride -- for why Rush Limbaugh might be interested in having a hand in the St. Louis Rams' new ownership. According to Robert Schlesinger of U.S. News & World Report, who cites figures......
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10:47 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri needs knee surgery and may miss more than a month of action, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. The Colts yesterday worked out veteran Matt Stover as a possible replacement, while declining to comment on Vinatieri's......
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10:46 PM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Sports Illustrated annually conducts anonymous surveys with players from each of the four major sports and publishes the results during the respective seasons. In this week's Sports Illustrated, the magazine reveals who the 264 respondents of the NFL poll consider......
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3:56 PM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Bill Belichick BB: Tennessee is one of the most talented teams that we've seen in awhile. I know what their record is. But as far as what we have to prepare for, the team that we're seeing, their coaching staff,......
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3:52 PM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Veteran linebacker Junior Seau says he has signed a deal with the Patriots, although team officials would not confirm that today. Seau made the announcement on Versus.com, the web site of the Versus TV network, which airs the reality show......
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2:21 PM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ESPN's Adam Schefter is reporting that Patriots offensive tackle Matt Light does not have significant ligament damage in his ankle or knee, although he adds that a return date for Light is not known. Light was injured Sunday in the......
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2:10 PM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- The kickoff times of the Giants-Eagles and Vikings-Packers games Nov. 1 have been flipped because of the possibility of a World Series game in Philadelphia that night. Giants-Eagles will now start at 1 p.m. EST, with......
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9:52 AM Tue, Oct 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Tennessee Titans, limping along at an abysmal 0-5, are still committed to Kerry Collins at quarterback, but head coach Jeff Fisher is hearing more and more questions about when Vince Young might return to the first-string role he once......
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2:00 PM Mon, Oct 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
HEAD COACH BILL BELICHICK PRESS CONFERENCE October 12, 2009 BB: OK. Well, it was -- like for all of you I'm sure -- a short night. So we're kind of scrambling a little bit here this morning, getting back on......
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1:06 PM Mon, Oct 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
How fortunate for the Patriots, who are 3-0 at Gillette Stadium but 0-2 on the road, that they're home again Sunday against the winless Tennessee Titans, who were blown out Sunday night in Nashville by the undefeated Colts, 31-9.......
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12:42 PM Mon, Oct 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
DENVER -- "We've got to do a better job of coaching." That's what Bill Belichick says just about every time his Patriots lose. He said it here Sunday, after the Pats blew a 17-7 halftime lead over the Broncos......
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12:05 PM Mon, Oct 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Bill Belichick just ended his Monday press conference. Among the topics talked about included the Patriots lack of 3rd down efficiency in the second half against the Broncos; opposing teams' recent ability to have long drives against the Patriots;......
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6:48 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
New England has announced that Matt Light has a knee injury and Benjamin Watson has a head injury. The return of both is questionable. Light has gone back to the locker room after suffering an injury to his right knee;......
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6:38 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
DENVER -- Left tackle Matt Light was helped off the field early in the first minute of the fourth quarter with what appeared to be a knee injury. He was replaced by 6-foot-8, 315-pound rookie Sebastien Vollmer, a second-round......
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6:25 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
DENVER -- The missed field goal from 40 yards by Pats kicker Stephen Gostkowski in the third quarter was only his second errant kick of the season. He missed his first attempt, in the season opener against Buffalo, but......
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5:46 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
DENVER -- Randy Moss, who has caught 872 career passes in the regular season (and another 42 in the postseason), made his first career interception at the end of the first half. The Pats use Moss as a defensive......
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5:25 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
DENVER -- Just prior to the snap on 3rd-and-3 at the Pats' 11, Denver WR Brandon Marshall, being covered by CB Shawn Springs, signalled with his hand to QB Kyle Orton to put the ball up in the air......
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5:13 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Everyone here in the press box thought the officials were wrong to call Chris Baker's catch a completion. And yes, it was egregious, but it was only for a three-yard gain, and Josh McDaniels already lost a challenge on Knowshon......
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4:45 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
DENVER -- The 53-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski with 3:51 in the first quarter is a career-long for the fourth-year kicker. It gave the Patriots a 10-0 lead, although that should have been 14-0 because, on the previous......
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4:39 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
DENVER -- Second-year linebacker Jerod Mayo, who strained the medial collateral ligament in his right knee in the first half of the season opener against Buffalo, returned to the Patriots defensive lineup this afternoon and, in his first series, stripped......
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4:32 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Tom Brady's perfectly placed pass for Wes Welker on third-and-3 from the 8-yard line for the first points of the game. It was the first passing touchdown the Broncos have allowed this season.......
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4:21 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
DENVER -- Josh McDaniels has come up with a new twist on the Broncos' offense for his old boss, Bill Belichick, using for the first time this season a variation on the "Wildcat" formation that Denver calls the "Wild Horse."......
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3:28 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
DENVER -- What does it say about second-round draft choice Ron Brace of Boston College that, for the second week in a row, he's inactive while sixth-round pick Myron Pryor of Kentucky will be playing for the Pats this afternoon......
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3:22 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
DENVER -- There are tear-away jerseys. There also are "throwback" uniforms. What the Broncos are wearing here this afternoon are throwaway uniforms. Wait 'tll you see those vertically-striped, mustard-yellow-and-brown socks! They look even worse in person -- and on......
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3:22 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Josh McDaniels -- who is wearing a hoodie, it should be noted -- is making the rounds during warm-ups. So far he's shared hugs with Tom Brady, Kevin Faulk, Laurence Maroney, Stephen Gostkowski, defensive coordinator Dean Pees, quarterbacks coach Bill......
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3:10 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Broncos' inactives are: QB Tom Brandstater - 3QB RB Corell Buckhalter ILB/FB Spencer Larsen G Seth Olsen DL Chris Baker T Brandon Gorin WR Brandon Lloyd OLB/DE Jarvis Moss......
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3:04 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
The Patriots have announced their game inactives for today, and the good news is that Jerod Mayo is not on the list. It remains to be seen whether he will start the game, but he will be in uniform less......
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1:27 PM Sun, Oct 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Good day - Welcome to a chilly Invesco Field at Mile High, where stadium workers are sweeping a light dusting of snow from some of the seats and walkways. Everything here today is geared toward the old school -- with......
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