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Saturday Practice Closed

12:14 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Bruce Springsteen trumps Tom Brady. Because of the Bruce concert at Gillette Saturday night, the Patriots' practice at 2:30 is closed to the public. The only weekend viewing is allowed Sunday at 2:30.......

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Pats Schedule update

12:05 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Patriots fans hoping to see the Patriots practice Friday had best change their plans. The players will be off Friday. The Pats will practice once both Saturday and Sunday from 2:30 to 4:40. The team will practice twice Monday......

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Busy Day for the Pats

11:54 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The Patriots have concluded their morning workout, Bill Belichick has spoken and the Gillette Stadium workers are setting up for a visit from Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band. A busy day in Foxboro. The practice was highlighted......

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Bruschi speaks out

1:13 AM Mon, Sep 17, 2007 | |
By Kevin McNamara    Email

BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer FOXBORO – Bill Belichick may not be talking much but his players certainly felt the heat from last week’s spying scandal. When media, fans and especially other players around the NFL started calling into......

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Brady Talks on Fatherhood; Passing Game

1:02 PM Mon, Aug 20, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Tom Brady spoke in the Patriot's locker room a few minutes ago and addressed everything from the big hits he took in Friday's night's game against Tennessee, practicing without Randy Moss and the pending birth of his first child.......

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Mid-day Bill chat

12:17 PM Wed, Aug 01, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Before leading today's only practice (2:30 - 4:30) Bill Belichick hit on a few points in his media session. He said that in a competitive race at wide receiver, holdovers Jabar Gaffney and Reche Caldwell should benefit from playing......

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Coach Bill Speaks

12:03 PM Wed, Aug 01, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Bill Belichick just finished his daily media briefing. He announced that safety Mel Mitchell has been activated off the PUP list. Mitchell was lost for the 2006 season in training camp due to a arm injury. Besides that, the......

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Practice Sights

1:24 PM Wed, Sep 13, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

During the 15 minutes the media is allowed to view practice, star defensive end Richard Seymour was not spotted. No reason to be alarmed. He may have been late or given a day off for an unknown reason but......

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Replacing Deion Branch

1:05 PM Wed, Sep 13, 2006 | | Comments (1)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

With Deion Branch gone to Seattle, the Patriots' number one need clearly is better play at wide receiver. Building depth in that position is the first way to get things moving and after lining up with only three WR's......

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Tom Brady says goodbye to D.Branch

12:51 PM Wed, Sep 13, 2006 | | Comments (1)
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Tom Brady just finished his weekly press briefing and the topic of the day was clearly the trade of Deion Branch. Brady and Branch grew very close over the last few years, both on and off the field. He......

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Mangini on Patriots' tampering charge

12:30 PM Wed, Sep 13, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The Patriots have reportedly filed a grievance against WR Deion Branch seeking payment of the $500,000 in fines he accrued while holding out of training camp this summer but also repayment of 20 percent of his original $1 million......

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Eric Mangini's 1st Patriots Game

11:38 AM Wed, Sep 13, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Eric Mangini spoke to the New England press today and offered a bit more than Bill Belichick did on their history and relationship. Here are a few of the first-year Jet coach's words. ``I'm excited about the game because......

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Bill Not Biting

11:04 AM Wed, Sep 13, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Bill Belichick was asked several times about his feelings for first-year Jets coach Eric Mangini today but let's just say that the Pats' coach wasn't in a touchy-feely mood. Mangini was the Pats' defensive coordinator from 2000-2004 and worked......

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Busy Wednesday in Patriots Land

11:01 AM Wed, Sep 13, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

We're here for you Patriots fans on a busy Wednesday at Gillette Stadium. We'll have snippets from press conferences with Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and Jets coach Eric Mangini over the next few hours. KEVIN McNAMARA......

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Kicker Situation cleared up

5:19 PM Wed, Aug 23, 2006 | |
By Kevin McNamara    Email

It's official: Stephen Gostkowski will replace Adam Vinatieri as the Patriots kicker. The Patriots released veteran Martin Gramatica this afternoon. The move was made with an eye on freeing Gramatica up to chase another kicker's job in the final......

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Ty Warren, Mr. Steady

12:52 PM Mon, Aug 14, 2006 | |
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Tom Curran, the Journal's Patriots Beat writer, will have a feature on veteran defensive lineman Ty Warren on Tuesday's paper. He'll also flesh out Matt Cassel's performance last Friday night in Atlanta. Bill Belichick rarely chooses to speak with......

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The Big Boys

12:40 PM Mon, Aug 14, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

There are few professional athletes bigger - and wider- than football offensive linemen. The biggest of the big on this Patriot team is rookie Ryan O'Callaghan who stands 6-foot-7 and tips the scales at 330 pounds. The 23-year old......

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No Deion Branch

12:32 PM Mon, Aug 14, 2006 | |
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Today's Bill Belichick press briefing went off without much fanfare. He opened with a comment about celebrity practice visititor Jon Bon Jovi, a friend of the coach's since his days with the New York Giants. Asked what his favorite......

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Player Snippets

11:52 AM Mon, Aug 14, 2006 | |
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Here are a few notes and quotes from the post-practice bump with several players.. TEBUCKY JONES began his career in 1998 as a 1st round draftee by New England out of Syracuse. He went on to play 5 seasons......

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Slice & Dice

11:46 AM Mon, Aug 14, 2006 | |
By Kevin McNamara    Email

With training camp well into the dog days, the players try many things to keep things light and interesting. The many rookies on the team wore a well-shaven look today after the veterans decided to slap some generous hair......

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Practice Sked Update

11:18 AM Mon, Aug 14, 2006 | |
By Kevin McNamara    Email

This is your last week to get a glimpse of a Patriots practice. Fans can see the Pats work out Tuesday from 4:30-6:30; Wednesday from 9-10:30 and 2:30-4:30 and Thursday from 8:45-10:45. Today's weather was absolutely perfect for sitting......

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Pats Workout Updates

11:04 AM Mon, Aug 14, 2006 | |
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The Patriots just completed a brisk, if not sloppy, hour and a half practice. It is the team's only public workout of the day. They'll hold a closed practice later in the day. Running back Kevin Faulk wore a......

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Pats Back to Work

8:32 AM Mon, Aug 14, 2006 | |
By Kevin McNamara    Email

After a well-deserved day off, the Patriots are set to return to the training camp grind this morning outside Gillette Stadium. The team will practice for two hours this morning and then work through two practices tomorrow. We'll have......

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