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8:39 AM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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Earlier this month we cited an ESPN poll that rated the Patriots the second-most hated franchise in the NFL -- just a bit behind the perennially obnoxious Dallas Cowboys. But if they do end up landing Michael Vick (of course,......
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3:06 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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A panel of 118 Hall of Famers, championship coaches and other experts assembled by Sporting News Magazine has named Patriots coach Bill Belichick number 20 on its list of the 50 greatest coaches of all time. The Celtics' Red Auerbach......
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9:44 AM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe's Mike Reiss notes today that with an average age of 27.2, the New England Patriots' roster entering training camp is the oldest in the National Football League, even though it is actually not as old as it......
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8:38 AM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Bloomberg Plaxico Burress will testify today before a Manhattan grand jury that will decide if the former New York Giants wide receiver should be indicted on gun charges. "My hope is that, by telling the truth and stressing the mitigating......
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4:41 PM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have officially announced the signing of safety Patrick Chung, their top pick in the 2009 Draft. The team did not disclose terms of the deal. New England also announced the release of safety Antwain Spann.......
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9:29 PM Sat, Jul 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Patriots and the Steelers have played 24 times, and Pittsburgh enjoys a 14-10 series lead. But in this decade, the Patriots have won five of the seven meetings between the two. Here are some highlights:......
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1:06 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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Almost every player in pro sports today will say at some point in his career that his team has "the best fans in the world." The NFL Network's Jamie Dukes set out to compare the fan bases of the 32......
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7:53 AM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON (AP) - NFL players blitzed Capitol Hill Wednesday to lobby about a dozen members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, for political support in a possible labor showdown with team owners. About 20 current and former players were......
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10:11 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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Fans were only allowed five choices, but according to an ESPN SportsNation poll, the Dallas Cowboys are the team that football fans most love to hate. Bill Belichick's Patriots made it close, though. The Cowboys got 36 percent of the......
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11:57 AM Wed, Jul 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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In a wide-ranging interview with Nancy Gay of FanHouse.com, former Patriots safety turned NBC studio analyst Rodney Harrison says that he should be in the Hall of Fame, but predicted he would not get fair consideration from the Pro Football......
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1:31 PM Mon, Jul 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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For the rest of July, the New England Patriots are asking fans to choose their 10 favorite moments from the history of the franchise, out of a list of 50 moments selected by a panel of experts. Voting is taking......
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8:17 AM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- Curt Schilling is one of seven Boston-area sports figures honored at a museum fundraiser. The former Boston Red Sox pitcher was recognized at the eighth annual Tradition held Wednesday night on behalf of the Sports Museum located......
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10:49 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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I'm not sure how legitimate any of this was, but Buffalo Bills receiver Terrell Owens looked pathetic in being eliminated -- along with his angry partner, model Joanna Krupa -- in the first round of a new reality show called......
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1:53 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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DALLAS (AP) -- NFL offensive linemen bang heads all the time. A trio of Dallas Cowboys linemen are now professional head-bangers, too. Leonard Davis, Marc Colombo and Cory Procter have signed a recording contract as part of a heavy metal......
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11:18 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Go to CBS Sports' web site this morning and you'll see a big picture of Patriots second-round draft pick Patrick Chung. That's because Chung is one of 10 defensive players listed by NFLDraftScout.com writer Rob Rang as rookie diamonds in......
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9:40 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi told The Boston Globe's Mike Reiss on Monday that this coming season might be his last -- but it might not be. Bruschi's contract expires at the end of this season. Speaking before a charity golf......
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9:11 AM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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USA Today is beginning a 10-part series in which each of the original American Football League teams will be examined, and the first installment is all about your New England Patriots. Sean Leahy's story opens with the tale of Patriots......
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1:49 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- Is she or isn't she? People.com is reporting Gisele Bundchen is pregnant. Citing two anonymous sources, the report says Tom Brady's wife is due early next year. Brady's mother, Galynn, told the Associated Press on Friday that......
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9:27 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots are looking for a good South Dakotan (well, any South Dakotan will do) to visit the Hall at Patriot Place, and do it soon. The team announced yesterday that, since its opening last year, the interactive......
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3:38 PM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Patriots today released linebacker Antonio Appleby, an undrafted rookie from the University of Virginia. Appleby, 22, played in 48 games in his career at Virginia. The 6-foot-3-inch, 245-pound linebacker totaled 227 tackles in his collegiate career, including 16.5 tackles......
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11:59 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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MIAMI (AP) -- Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth is going to serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty in Florida to a DUI manslaughter charge. The plea deal announced Tuesday calls for the 28-year-old Stallworth to also serve......
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10:18 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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MIAMI (AP) -- Former Patriots wide receiver Donte' Stallworth and the family of the pedestrian he is charged with hitting and killing with his car have reached a financial agreement to avoid a lawsuit. A person close to the settlement......
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10:12 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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According to reports by ProFootballTalk.com and ESPN, former Patriots wide receiver Donte' Stallworth has reached a plea deal in the accident that killed a 59-year-old pedestrian in Miami Beach earlier this year. Both reports say the agreement will be announced......
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2:14 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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11:37 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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10:24 AM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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Patriots fans ages 16 to 21 are invited to vie for a chance to host Channel 38's "Totally Patriots" TV show during a talent competition in Foxboro on Saturday, June 20. Several winners selected from the "Totally Patriots Talent Search"......
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2:46 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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Vince Wilfork, who was appearing in Boston on behalf of his foundation's diabetes research fundraising efforts, said that he was not sure whether he would be in attendance next week, when the Patriots begin mandatory minicamps. Wilfork is unhappy with......
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1:18 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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NBC Sports says it is not afraid that Rodney Harrison will call things as he sees them when he joins the studio team for Sunday night's "Football Night in America" program, and at today's conference call announcing Harrison as a......
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1:16 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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The following is a news release from the Patriots: Veteran safety Rodney Harrison has announced his retirement from professional football after 15 NFL seasons. Harrison spent the last six seasons with the New England Patriots (2003-08) after playing nine seasons......
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1:12 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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RH: Today is a very exciting day for me. Contrary to what you guys may have heard, I just got off the phone with Coach Belichick and I decided to return with the Patriots. I am very excited about getting......
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11:21 AM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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NBC has announced that Patriots safety Rodney Harrison will join Tony Dungy, the former head coach of New England's rival, the Indianapolis Colts, as analysts on NBC's "Football Night in America." NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol had the following to......
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1:13 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photos / Mary Murphy At today's OTA, Tom Brady continued to work his throwing arm back into shape, and Bill Belichick spoke to linebacker Adalius Thomas.......
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10:12 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A former NFL linebacker has been extradited from Connecticut to Orange County to face a murder charge in the 1994 shooting death of his ex-lover's millionaire boyfriend. Eric Naposki, 44, who played for the New......
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5:23 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have re-signed Tom Malone, a punter who spent time on New England's practice squad last season and in 2006, the team announced today. Last week, the Patriots released undrafted rookie punter Aaron Perez.......
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5:03 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have released undrafted rookie punter Aaron Perez, whom the team signed as a free agent earlier this month. The 22-year-old Perez was the leading punter in the Pacific 10 and had the sixth-best punting average in the country......
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1:17 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Quarterback Tom Brady practiced this morning in front of the media for the first time since his knee injury, and the sporting news corps was out in force. Shalise Manza Young reports that there were 16 video cameras and at......
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9:03 AM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A former NFL linebacker and his ex-lover were charged Wednesday with killing a wealthy Orange County businessman for financial gain nearly 15 years ago. Nanette Packard McNeal and Eric Naposki, who played in the late......
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8:30 AM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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A 25-year-old interior designer who is now studying in Korea is suing Matt Light, claiming the Patriots' 6-4, 305-pound offensive tackle broke his nose during an altercation at a nightclub inside Connecticut's Mohegan Sun. Light's attorney declined to comment on......
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9:18 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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A Twitter account opened in the name of former Patriots cornerback Asante Samuel continues to Tweet away, even though it has been identified by Samuel's current team, the Philadelphia Eagles, as phony. Last weekend, the Philadelphia Daily News reported that......
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8:50 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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According to reports first on ESPN and now by WEEI's Christopher Price, the Patriots are considering a trade that would send a second- or third-round draft pick to Oakland for disgruntled Raiders linebacker Derrick Burgess. With the Patriots looking very......
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11:52 AM Thu, May 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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Fox Sports' Alex Marvez is reporting that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are prepared to cut quarterback Brian Griese, and he speculates that the New England Patriots could be a landing spot for the 34-year-old veteran: Griese was a college teammate......
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9:12 AM Thu, May 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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Wide receiver Kelley Washington, who has spent the past two seasons primarily on special teams with the Patriots, has signed with the Baltimore Ravens, according to Fox Sports' Alex Marvez, who reported that the deal will be finalized Friday pending......
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8:11 AM Thu, May 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Armando Salguero The Miami Herald MIAMI - Aspiring actor Jason Taylor already has a penchant for drama. He returned to the Dolphins on Wednesday, a hero who turned down the temptations of more money and grander promises from those......
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1:31 PM Wed, May 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer With the news that defensive end/linebacker Jason Taylor has gotten his wish and is returning to the Miami Dolphins with a one-year, $1.5-million deal confirmed today by his agent, what are the New......
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10:23 AM Wed, May 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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Well, the weather is nicer down there, after all. While many Patriots fans would like to see Jason Taylor playing for their team's defense next year, the possibility remains that he could end up playing against the ESPN writer Tim......
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9:53 AM Thu, May 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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In a telephone interview with The Boston Herald's Karen Guregian, Patriots running back Laurence Maroney said that the coming season will be the one in which he must silence everyone who has called him a first-round-draft bust. "I feel like......
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3:03 PM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Rookie mini-camp ended less than a week ago, and the Patriots have already suffered their first season-ending injury, according to The Boston Globe's Christopher Gasper. Tyrone McKenzie, a linebacker selected out of the third round out of South Florida, will......
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11:52 AM Wed, May 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Patriots running back Laurence Maroney, who was born premature at just 4 pounds 7 ounces, will be honorary co-chair along with his mother of the Boston March for Babies walk on Saturday. The three-mile walk supports the March of Dimes.......
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11:01 AM Tue, May 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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ESPN's John Clayton is reporting this morning that the New England Patriots have reached a two-year agreement with former Chicago Bears safety Brandon McGowan, a University of Maine product who missed most of last season with an ankle injury. McGowan......
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10:54 AM Tue, May 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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AP photos / Peter Kramer Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen were among the many celebrities in New York on Monday night for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala. Others in attendance included Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Kate Moss, Tyra......
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10:26 AM Tue, May 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills, both original members of the American Football League, will wear historic uniforms for their regular-season-opening game in Foxboro on Monday night, Sept. 14. The game has been tagged by the NFL as......
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3:37 PM Thu, Apr 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Former Syracuse football coach Dick MacPherson is a Hall of Famer. MacPherson is a member of the 2009 class announced Thursday by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame. He compiled a 111-73-5 record......
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9:58 AM Thu, Apr 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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On the day that Patrick Chung is set to appear in Foxboro for the start of rookie mini-camp, The Boston Globe's Christopher Gasper has an article today about Chung's family background. His mother, Sophia George-Chung, was a reggae singer in......
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10:36 AM Mon, Apr 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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Undrafted former Michigan State quarterback Brian Hoyer has signed a free-agent deal with the Patriots, according to a report by the Detroit Free Press. The report quoted Hoyer, who issued a statement through his marketing representative, as saying: "While it......
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2:10 PM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here's a video to accompany Shalise Manza Young's draft profile of the Tennessee star:......
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5:01 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here's a video to accompany Shalise Manza Young's draft profile of Liberty's Rashad Jennings.......
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4:50 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here's a video to accompany Shalise Manza Young's profile of Draft prospect Rulon Davis, from California.......
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11:56 AM Wed, Apr 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here's a video to go with Shalise Manza Young's latest Scouting the Draft profile, of the big Alabama offensive lineman:......
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3:53 PM Tue, Apr 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here's a highlight video to go with Shalise Manza Young's draft profile of Wake Forest's Alphonso Smith.......
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5:56 PM Mon, Apr 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here's a video of Jasper Brinkley, the subject of today's draft profile by Shalise Manza Young, in action for South Carolina against LSU.......
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4:48 PM Sun, Apr 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here's a video from YouTube to go along with Shalise Manza Young's draft profile of the LSU lineman.......
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4:42 PM Sun, Apr 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here's a video from YouTube to go along with Shalise Manza Young's draft profile of the Virginia linebacker.......
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2:09 PM Fri, Apr 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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Ohio State defensive back Malcolm Jenkins is the subject of Shalise Manza Young's latest draft profile. Here's a video that will show you a little bit of what Jenkins has to offer:......
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2:59 PM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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The complete NFL schedule will be unveiled live on the NFL Network at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14. The network is planning a two-hour special to herald the announcement.......
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2:50 PM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here's footage -- from a couple of years ago -- of Brandon Tate returning a kick a long way for a touchdown against Notre Dame. Shalise Manza Young profiles Tate in today's Scouting the Draft feature.......
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3:30 PM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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I couldn't find a great highlight video of McKenna "Bear" Pascoe, the subject of Shalise Manza Young's latest draft profile. However, as Shalise explains, Pascoe is an experienced rodeo roper. And that, I did find video of:......
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10:35 AM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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Officials in Newark, N.J., have decided to name a new synthetic grass football and soccer field after Patriots Hall of Fame linebacker Andre Tippett, whose family moved to Newark from Birmingham, Ala., when Tippett was 7. Tippett, who is the......
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11:47 AM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young today profiled draft prospect Darius Butler of UConn. Below, find a video from YouTube that will show you a little bit of what Butler has to offer.......
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11:36 PM Sun, Apr 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- New England Patriots star Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen reportedly were married again on Saturday. Al Dia, a Costa Rican newspaper, reported Sunday that 50 guests attended the wedding in Santa Teresa, a beachside......
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5:39 PM Sun, Apr 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young today profiled draft prospect Antoine Caldwell of Alabama. Below, find a video from YouTube that will show you a little bit of what Caldwell has to offer.......
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3:39 PM Fri, Apr 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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According to the football experts at People Magazine, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen are planning a second wedding ceremony for friends, family, Patriots teammates and Bundchen's modeling friends -- everyone who couldn't make the small February......
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10:11 AM Thu, Apr 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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Answering questions in a live chat on NFL.com, veteran linebacker Willie McGinest stated that he hopes he can finish his career where it started: with the New England Patriots. "I enjoyed my run there," McGinest wrote in response to a......
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8:18 AM Thu, Apr 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tim Cowlishaw The Dallas Morning News DALLAS - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell favors expanding the league's regular season. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones likes the idea of an 18-game schedule. I think it's a big mistake. NFL owners discussed shortening......
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7:57 AM Thu, Apr 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young today profiled draft prospect Louis Delmas of Western Michigan. Below, find a video from YouTube that will show you a little bit of what Delmas has to offer.......
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8:10 AM Wed, Apr 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young today profiled draft prospect Connor Barwin of Cincinnati. Below, find a video from YouTube that will show you a little bit of what Barwin has to offer.......
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1:41 PM Mon, Mar 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young today profiled draft prospect D.J. Moore of Vanderbilt. Below, find two videos from YouTube that will show you a little bit of what Moore has to offer.......
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9:17 AM Mon, Mar 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young today profiled draft prospect Pat White of West Virginia. Below, find two videos from YouTube that will show you a little bit of what White has to offer.......
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8:13 AM Mon, Mar 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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Free-agent defensive end Jason Taylor said last night at a charity event in Florida that he was flattered by the comments of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who said that he would like to have Taylor join the team. "I did......
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11:55 PM Sun, Mar 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young on Sunday profiled draft prospect Brian Cushing of USC. Below, find two videos from YouTube that will show you a little bit of what Cushing has to offer.......
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11:04 PM Fri, Mar 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young today profiled draft prospect Clay Matthews of USC. Below, find two videos from YouTube that will show you a little bit of what Matthews has to offer.......
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10:35 AM Fri, Mar 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young today profiled draft prospect Larry English of Northern Illinois. Below, find two videos from YouTube that will show you a little bit of what English has to offer.......
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8:21 AM Thu, Mar 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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If you believe anything that Carolina Panthers head coach John Fox says, then you can't possibly believe that the Patriots are going to land Julius Peppers for a second-round draft pick. Fox spoke to reporters yesterday at an NFC coaches......
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3:39 PM Wed, Mar 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) - Roger Goodell wants the NFL regular season to expand to 17 or 18 games. The commissioner hopes to have a proposal to present to league owners in May. The matter was discussed at length during......
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12:53 PM Tue, Mar 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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Christopher Gasper of The Boston Globe, quoting a source close to defensive end Julius Peppers, reported this morning that the New England Patriots are among "a very short list" of teams that Peppers would agree to be traded to. Peppers......
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12:14 PM Mon, Mar 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Miami Beach police are awaiting the toxicology report for former Patriots wide receiver Donte' Stallworth before releasing information into his car accident that killed a pedestrian. Police spokesman Juan Sanchez said Monday that the routine......
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8:47 AM Mon, Mar 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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Veteran wide receiver Joey Galloway has a one-year deal with the New England Patriots, according to the player's agent, Shawn Trell, who was quoted in The Boston Globe. Galloway, 37, was released by Tampa Bay last month following a season......
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9:33 AM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist David Hyde writes today that dancing defensive end Jason Taylor, long a Miami icon, has a "rather obvious, and enviable, landing spot in New England," despite the desire of some Dolphins fans to see Taylor wear......
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1:27 PM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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ESPN's John Clayton is reporting that the contract the Patriots have with veteran cornerback Shawn Springs is for three years and more than $10.5 million. Springs could make as much as $13 million because of performance incentives. Springs' signing becomes......
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9:40 AM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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Does Terrell Owens make the Buffalo Bills, who have gone nine consecutive seasons without a postseason berth, an upper-echelon team in the AFC? Probably not. But what might Owens finally be able to do that Buffalo has not gotten done......
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3:58 PM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Adam Schefter of the NFL Network is reporting that the Patriots have acquired wide receiver Greg Lewis in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles. Terms of the deal are not yet known. Lewis has been with the Eagles for all......
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9:56 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Free-agent wide receiver Joey Galloway, a 14-year veteran, and quarterback Patrick Ramsey both visited Foxboro on Wednesday, according to Mike Reiss of The Boston Globe. Galloway, 37, played in just nine games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last season, making......
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7:16 AM Thu, Mar 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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According to multiple media reports quoting anonymous sources, the Dallas Cowboys have decided to part ways with super-talented, high-maintenance wide receiver Terrell Owens. The Dallas Morning News reports that Owens was cut late last night, despite recent comments by owner......
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2:55 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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The big news in the desert is that quarterback Kurt Warner will be back with the team next year. On a lesser note, nose tackle Mike Wright, who has been Vince Wilfork's backup in New England since 2005, is making......
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Running back LaMont Jordan, who played an injury-shortened season in New England last year, has reached agreement on a two-year, $2.5-million contract with the Denver Broncos, according to Fox affiliate KVDR in Denver. Jordan had 80 carries for 363 yards......
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8:38 AM Tue, Mar 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Adam Teicher The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Quarterback Matt Cassel waited a long time -- five years in college at Southern California and four more with New England -- to find a football team to call......
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12:44 PM Mon, Mar 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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Online columnist and TV talking head Jay Mariotti has written that the Patriots' trade of Matt Cassel and Mike Vrabel to Scott Pioli's Kansas City Chiefs is a "sweetheart deal" that should be investigated by the National Football League. Mariotti......
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10:47 AM Mon, Mar 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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Welcome to the NFL head coaching ranks, Josh McDaniels. According to multiple media reports, the young former Patriots offensive coordinator made a bid to get his former student, Matt Cassel, from the Patriots in a three-way trade involving the Tampa......
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2:33 PM Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired quarterback Matt Cassel and linebacker Mike Vrabel from the New England Patriots in a trade for their second-round draft pick. Cassel had been the backup in New England when......
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2:47 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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Adam Schefter of NFL.com is reporting that veteran outside linebacker Mike Vrabel is in Kansas City getting a physical, and that Vrabel will be traded to the Chiefs if he passes. The Patriots would receive an undisclosed draft pick in......
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2:37 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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Former New England Patriots long snapper Lonie Paxton has signed a free-agent deal with the Denver Broncos, according to The Boston Globe.......
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1:59 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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The state may issue special license plates to benefit the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation. The Rhode Island General Assembly's House Committee on Constituent Services will review a proposal that would authorize the special plates at a meeting on Tuesday.......
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7:23 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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US Magazine.com is reporting that Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady were married Thursday at the St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, Calif.: The magazine reports that Gisele wore a "form-fitting ivory lace strapless gown with a trumpet skirt, scalloped......
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1:57 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Former Patriots star Lawyer Milloy will apparently be looking for a new team next season, as the Atlanta Falcons have decided not to re-sign the veteran safety, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Milloy has played the last three seasons in......
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1:20 PM Thu, Feb 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Linebacker Tedy Bruschi will come to Bryant University's main gym on Monday night at 7:30 to speak about overcoming obstacles. Tickets are $5. Bruschi will not be taking questions or signing autographs at the event. Click here for more information.......
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11:02 AM Tue, Feb 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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Even if you're a big Patriots fan, you probably have to think hard to remember Brock Williams. A third-round draft choice out of Notre Dame in 2001, Williams tore a knee ligament in training camp and never saw action during......
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8:02 AM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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Patrick Graham, just hired last month to be defensive line coach at the University of Toledo, has quit that job before the start of the season to take an unnamed position with the New England Patriots, according to a report......
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8:01 AM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Denver Broncos on Monday hired Roman Phifer as assistant coach- linebackers. Phifer, a 15-year NFL veteran and three-time Super Bowl champion, is starting his first coaching assignment after retiring from the NFL in 2005. He will assist Don Martindale......
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3:30 PM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots, joining a growing list of sports franchises, will not increase ticket prices for next season. Prices will remain frozen at last season's levels, which range from $49 for standing room to $169 for lower-level sideline. Mike......
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8:40 AM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bernie Miklasz St. Louis Post-Dispatch TAMPA, Fla. - As Kurt Warner's incredible journey continues, it's obvious that this is a man who has everything: the enrichment of faith, a fantastic marriage, seven children, professional and personal respect, good health......
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2:56 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris, speaking to reporters at the site of Super Bowl XLIII, has confirmed the hiring of former Patriots assistant Pete Mangurian as the Bucs' new offensive line coach. "He's a good offensive line coach who......
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9:58 AM Tue, Jan 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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LONDON (AP) -- The first 70,000 tickets for the NFL's third regular-season game in London have been sold, with 20,000 bought in the first seven minutes of availability, the NFL said Tuesday. The New England Patriots will face the Tampa......
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3:05 PM Fri, Jan 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe reports that tight ends coach Pete Mangurian is the latest member of Bill Belichick's 2008 coaching staff who will not return to the team for the 2009 season. The newspaper quotes an unnamed league source. Mangurian has......
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12:40 PM Fri, Jan 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Random notes on an uneventful Friday, more than a week away from the Super Bowl: THEY'RE OLD SCHOOL: According to a Globe survey, fans easily prefer the old Pat Patriot logo to the Flying Elvis unveiled at the start of......
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THEY DON'T WANT THE DRAMA: Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt and Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger are both going out of their way to downplay reports of a feud between them that date back to Whisenhunt's days in Pittsburgh. Both of them......
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10:50 AM Thu, Jan 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Bill O'Brien, the man reportedly tapped by the Patriots to be quarterbacks coach and to assume some of the duties of offensive coordinator, was a linebacker and defensive end at Brown University from 1990 to 1992. After graduating, he began......
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8:40 AM Thu, Jan 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe is reporting today that, according to two unnamed sources, the Patriots will promote former wide receivers coach Bill O'Brien to quarterbacks coach; O'Brien will also inherit some of the offensive coordinator's responsibilities. Josh McDaniels, who was quarterbacks......
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3:54 PM Wed, Jan 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will give an interview with a Toronto radio station today at 5:30, what the station says will be Brady's first detailed comments since he suffered a season-ending knee injury in September. Here's the link to the......
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10:27 AM Wed, Jan 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Larry DiTore Bloomberg The New England Patriots, who failed to make the National Football League playoffs this season, are favored to win the Super Bowl next year by Las Vegas oddsmakers. The Patriots, with former Most Valuable Player Tom......
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10:26 AM Wed, Jan 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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Anquan Boldin is a tough and productive player, not a person who likes to call attention to himself, a very popular teammate and the director of a foundation that has helped countless underprivileged children. And yet here he is, about......
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12:03 PM Tue, Jan 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEEDED: AN ENFORCER: Many of us suspected all season that there was plenty of chaos in the locker room of the Dallas Cowboys, so it is kind of an eye-opener to read in the Dallas Morning News that, according to......
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11:42 AM Mon, Jan 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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EXPERIENCE COUNTS: When the Arizona Cardinals face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII, it will be the first Super Bowl appearance in the history of the Arizona franchise, and the seventh in the history of the Steelers. The game......
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7:30 AM Mon, Jan 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Dom Capers, the veteran coach who spent last season as special assistant under Bill Belichick in New England, has accepted an offer to become defensive coordinator of the Green Bay Packers, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Capers,......
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1:00 PM Fri, Jan 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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COULD BE A FIRST: If the Eagles and the Steelers do face off in the Super Bowl, much of the attention will be on the fact that the two teams are from the same state, which would create just the......
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12:01 PM Thu, Jan 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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It's all a bit premature, since the Eagles and the Steelers are still one win away from making the Super Bowl, but Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (a former Philadelphia mayor and outspoken Eagles fan) says he's sensitive to security concerns......
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9:23 AM Thu, Jan 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Randy Covitz Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo.- - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft made it perfectly clear. He did not want to lose Scott Pioli. But with coach Bill Belichick being all things football in New England,......
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12:12 PM Wed, Jan 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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Now that Scott Pioli has landed in Kansas City, might the Chiefs be a landing spot for Matt Cassel, either as a free-agent signee or by a trade? Possibly. The Chiefs have the high draft picks to get a deal......
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11:42 AM Wed, Jan 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Several months after he was charged with raping a South Carolina woman, former NFL running back David Meggett was in jail Wednesday on allegations of another sexual assault. Meggett, 42, was arrested and charged with raping......
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3:36 PM Tue, Jan 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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ESPN's Michael Smith is reporting that New England Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli has agreed to lead football operations for the Kansas City Chiefs, ending a successful nine-year tenure in New England. An unnamed team source told......
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12:03 PM Tue, Jan 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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I have no doubt that Tony Dungy is a great man, and his wins and losses record (in the regular season, anyway) speaks for itself. If you didn't know by now, Dungy was the first black coach to win a......
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12:02 PM Mon, Jan 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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There were a lot of interesting stories from this past weekend's NFL playoff games, but the most remarkable one involved a person who was nowhere to be seen on your TV screen. It's the story of how one man's stupidity......
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11:23 AM Mon, Jan 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Tony Dungy, the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts during many recent showdown games with the Patriots, will step down at a news conference this afternoon, according to Fox Sports' Jay Glazer, who is citing anonymous team sources. Glazer writes......
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7:37 AM Mon, Jan 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By David Ramsey The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Within 15 minutes of the first reports of the Denver Broncos hiring Josh McDaniels as football coach, an e-mail arrived from one of The Gazette's faithful readers. "I have socks older than......
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2:46 PM Fri, Jan 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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Wes Welker made second team at wide receiver in the AP poll, while place kicker Gostkowski became one of 15 players to make the first-team All-Pro team for the first time. Here's the full list: First Team QB -- Peyton......
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12:01 PM Fri, Jan 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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THEY'VE SEEN HIM BEFORE: Members of the University of Rhode Island football team will be watching a familiar face when they see rookie quarterback Joe Flacco lead his Baltimore Ravens into a divisional playoff game Saturday in Tennessee. As quarterback......
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12:00 PM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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JOB OFFER? With Eric Mangini now the man in charge of the Browns, you would think that Scott Pioli is no longer considering Cleveland as his future home. Browns team sources told the Cleveland Plain Dealer last night that Pioli......
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10:44 AM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) - Eric Mangini is starting over where he started out. Mangini, who began his NFL career as a ballboy for the Browns, was introduced as Cleveland's 12th full-time coach on Thursday, less than two weeks after he......
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10:18 AM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Judy Battista The New York Times Eric Mangini, fired by the New York Jets 10 days ago after a disastrous end to the season kept them from the playoffs, was not unemployed for long. The Cleveland Browns announced Wednesday......
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12:00 PM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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It's been a real shame for Boston College that on a week in which the Eagles basketball team upset the number-one ranked North Carolina Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, the biggest news story to come out of The Heights has......
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10:40 AM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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Tom Curran, writing on NBCSports.com, quotes "a source who will be directly involved in the call" as saying that the Patriots have not made a decision to use the franchise-player tag on free-agent-to-be quarterback Matt Cassel, as had been reported......
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2:40 PM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A former NFL lineman and high school football coach in Walpole will be released on bail as he awaits trial on charges he raped a 15-year-old girl. Daniel Villa posted $7,500 bail and was being fitted......
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11:20 AM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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One of them they probably would have kept, if they could only afford to do so. The other one -- well, most of you probably didn't even notice when he was gone. But both of them -- former Patriot cornerback......
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11:01 AM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Erik Matuszewski Bloomberg Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan is the favorite to get the New York Jets' coaching job, followed by Steve Spagnuolo of the New York Giants, according to the Internet gambling Web site BetUS.com. Ryan was......
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11:59 AM Mon, Jan 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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SEEDING CRAZINESS: You knew there was something wacky about these NFL playoffs when all four of the road teams were favored to win in Wildcard Weekend (it turned out that only two of them did). But the strangeness won't stop......
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12:02 PM Fri, Jan 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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Due to computer problems, I'm unable to file a full version of Football Today -- but I'll be back on Monday. Until then, here are my predictions for the first week of the playoffs, with home teams listed in caps.......
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4:02 PM Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Cleveland Browns have scheduled an interview Tuesday with fired New York Jets coach Eric Mangini, a person with knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press. Mangini, dismissed Monday by the Jets after they collapsed down......
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1:26 PM Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to see and hear this season's final edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: Why the Patriots have themselves to blame more than the Jets for their failure to make the playoffs;......
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11:42 AM Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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I'll be taking the next two days off for travel, but I'll be back on Friday morning with a new column, including my playoff predictions, such as they are. COWHER WANTS IT HIS WAY: ESPN's John Clayton reported this morning......
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11:40 AM Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) - A former NFL lineman and high school football coach has been ordered held on $100,000 cash bail after he was charged with raping a 15-year-old female student over a three-month period. Daniel Villa, who also was......
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10:47 AM Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Romeo Crennel, the former Patriots defensive coordinator who was fired yesterday as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer last night that he was willing to work under the new Browns head coach, but only if......
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9:33 AM Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photos / Bob Thayer Goodbye Patriots; New England fans will miss you. But what's with the clothes? Ellis Hobbs had a Yankees cap while Antwain Spann was decked out in a Lakers hat with matching purple shorts as......
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1:35 PM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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PIOLI HAS AN INTERVIEW: The Patriots' absence from the playoffs means that vice president of football operations Scott Pioli can interview for general-manager openings around the league. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports this morning that the Patriots have granted permission......
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11:00 AM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Here's the schedule for wild-card weekend:: Saturday Falcons at Cardinals, 4:30 p.m., NBC Colts at Chargers, 8 p.m., NBC Sunday Ravens at Dolphins, 1 p.m., CBS Eagles at Vikings, 4:30 p.m., Fox......
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7:19 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots' 2008 season is over. The Patriots beat the Buffalo Bills today, 13-0, in windy Ralph Wilson Stadium, but they were eliminated from the playoffs when the Miami Dolphins defeated the New York Jets, 24-17, clinching the......
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7:04 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Baltimore Ravens have clinched the second wild-card playoff berth in the AFC with an easy 27-7 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Ravens got two touchdown runs by Le'Ron McClain and 17-of-23 passing from Joe Flacco. Baltimore's win eliminates......
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5:49 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Baltimore Ravens are trouncing the Jacksonville Jaguars, 24-7, at halftime in Baltimore, as Joe Flacco has already thrown for 246 yards. The Ravens appear well on their way to wrapping up the AFC's second and final wild-card playoff berth.......
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5:05 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Baltimore Ravens have retaken the lead, 10-7, driving 78 yards down the field after Jacksonville had gone ahead with a touchdown. Le'Ron McClain ran in the go-ahead touchdown from five yards out. It's still scoreless in New Jersey.......
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4:53 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Things are looking up all the sudden in Baltimore, as the Jacksonville Jaguars have taken a 7-3 lead on a 23-yard touchdown pass from David Garrard to Alvin Pearman. The second quarter is just beginning in that game. Meanwhile, the......
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4:34 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Here's a quick look at what has transpired, outside of upstate New York, on this eventful final day of the regular season. -The Detroit Lions lost to the Green Bay Packers, 31-21, to become the first 0-16 team in NFL......
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4:24 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Baltimore Ravens took the opening kickoff and drove 65 yards before settling for a 32-yard field goal by Matt Stover to take a 3-0 lead over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Baltimore is looking to clinch the final AFC wild-card berth......
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3:21 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Miami linebacker Channing Crowder was active for the Dolphins' game Sunday against the New York Jets after being listed as questionable with a knee injury. Crowder, limited in practice time this week, said Friday he......
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3:04 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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If the Patriots do make the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Steelers loom as a potential second-round opponent. The Steelers are playing a meaningless home game against the Cleveland Browns today, but the game took a very serious turn late in the......
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2:18 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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WALPOLE, Mass. (AP) -- The lawyer for Danny Villa says the former New England Patriots player and high school football coach will plead not guilty to child rape charges. Villa, who had been working as the football coach at Walpole......
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1:43 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Aside from the obvious playoff implications, there appears to be plenty of behind-the-scenes intrigue surrounding today's Dolphins-Jets game. ProFootballTalk.com has assembled these nuggets from around the rumor mill this morning: -Brett Favre isn't happy playing for Eric Mangini in New......
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1:12 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / David Duprey High winds tilt the goalposts at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo before the kickoff of today's regular-season finale.......
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12:45 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Our old friend Tom Curran, writing on NBCSpots.com, today quoted an unnamed league source who told him that Tom Brady's rehab is well behind schedule, and that Brady's 2009 season might be in jeopardy. If true, the report would end......
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1:24 PM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters is doubtful for the Buffalo Bills' game against New England after missing his third straight practice on Friday because of a knee injury. Peters will likely miss his second......
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1:12 PM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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TMZ.com is reporting, based on unnamed sources, that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady proposed to supermodel Gisele Bundchen while the two were aboard a private jet on Christmas Eve, and that Gisele said yes.......
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11:33 AM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Wes Welker O.K., so the officials in Sunday's Patriots-Cardinals game had to penalize Wes Welker for playfully making a celebration in the end zone -- rules are rules and need to be enforced, no matter how......
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11:03 AM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Herald's Dave Wedge reports today that New England Patriots defensive lineman Ty Warren spent about $1,300 buying clothing for a Warwick family that was recently made homeless by a fire that started in their kitchen. Warren learned about......
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12:19 PM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Here's an abbreviated column for Christmas Eve. We'll return with predictions on Friday: THE MENTAL OVER THE PHYSICAL: Left tackle Matt Light, who played most of the first half of Sunday's game with a partially separated shoulder, says the key......
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2:36 PM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to see and hear the latest edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: Did the Cardinals mail it in in the snow on Sunday? Do the Patriots really enjoy playing in the......
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11:59 AM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Sunday night, as we were watching the Jets go down in Seattle (an outcome predicted in this column -- but I won't take too much credit, because I didn't get many other games right), sports editor Art Martone laid out......
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9:22 AM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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For a game after Christmas in Buffalo, this would be almost balmy. The early weather report is for a 32-degree high with partly cloudy skies. It is supposed to be windy, though.......
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1:57 PM Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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Today's Football Today column is late because of Christmas obligations. The Dallas Cowboys needed a win in their last regular-season game at Texas Stadium to stay in control of their own playoff destiny. What they got was a mistake-filled performance......
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1:18 PM Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Foxboro police have charged Todd Kobus, a 31-year-old fan from Attleboro, with assault and battery and trespassing after Kobus got onto the Patriots' sideline during yesterday's game and crashed into Junior Seau, knocking the startled linebacker to the ground.......
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1:07 PM Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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If the Patriots win in Buffalo on Sunday, they'll surely want to get in front of TVs, because both of the other games that will impact New England's playoff fate have been rescheduled to later on Sunday afternoon. The Dolphins-Jets......
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7:28 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New York Jets' late-season collapse continued today at snowy Qwest Field, as New York fell to the Seattle Seahawks, 13-3. The loss sets out a clear scenario for the Patriots to make the playoffs as the champions of the......
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6:05 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach A fan jumped over the stadium wall, ran onto the field and into linebacker Junior Seau before he was nabbed by security at Gillette Stadium today.......
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4:19 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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Renaldo Hill intercepted Tyler Thigpen with just under a minute to play to clinch a hard-fought 38-31 victory for the Miami Dolphins in Kansas City and further reduce the Patriots' playoff possibilities. The Pats must now hope for a Jets......
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4:03 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots certainly did all that they could do today to improve their playoff chances, blasting the Arizona Cardinals, 47-7, in snowy Gillette Stadium. The Patriots are now awaiting the scores of two other games today, including the......
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4:01 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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Chad Pennington found Anthony Fasano for a 14-yard touchdown pass to put the Miami Dolphins ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs, 38-31, with just over four minutes left. A Miami win combined with a Jets win later today would virtually......
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3:44 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Quarterback Matt Cassel looks for a receiver in the first quarter of today's game at Gillette Stadium. Cassel went 20 of 36 for three touchdowns and no interceptions before leaving today's game with the......
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2:38 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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No matter how much of a pounding they give to the Arizona Cardinals today, the Patriots still need help if they are to make the playoffs. They're getting some from the Kansas City Chiefs, who are leading the Miami Dolphins,......
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2:09 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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With more than 10 minutes left in the second quarter of today's Dolphins-Chiefs game, Kansas City leads, 21-17. The Dolphins took the lead back in their first drive of the second quarter by going 72 yards in just five plays.......
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1:51 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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As the Patriots roll out to a huge early lead, there is encouraging news now from the Midwest -- the Kansas City Chiefs have come back from a 10-0 deficit to score 14 straight points and take a 14-10 lead......
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1:28 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy The scene at Gillette Stadium today after the tarp was removed from the field.......
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1:13 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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Not to be the one bringing bad news, but it took almost no time for the Miami Dolphins to score in their game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Miami's Patrick Cobbs returned the opening kickoff 60 yards, and on the......
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11:17 PM Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Baltimore Ravens' 33-24 victory tonight in the final regular-season game at Texas Stadium not only puts the Cowboys' once-promising season on life support, it eliminates the easiest route for the Patriots to make the playoffs. Baltimore won tonight with......
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10:28 PM Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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Patriots fans really would like to see the Cowboys defend their home turf against the Baltimore Ravens tonight. Unfortunately, Baltimore is proving not only tougher, but better coached, than Dallas. The Ravens have extended their lead to 16-7, after extending......
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9:44 PM Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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Turnovers played a big role in a first half dominated by defense, as the Ravens capitalized on a late Tony Romo interception to take a 9-6 lead into halftime tonight at Texas Stadium. Romo threw a pick to Ed Reed......
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9:11 PM Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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Whoever thinks the Ravens are the same old all-defense, no-offense team has not seen Joe Flacco play quarterback. The rookie from Delaware has made some great throws in the early going, including a 23-yard pass on a third and 5......
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8:32 PM Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Dallas Cowboys are hosting the Baltimore Ravens in a game that is potentially critical to the Patriots' playoff hopes. A Dallas win means the Patriots assume control of their own destiny in the AFC playoff hunt. A Baltimore win......
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12:04 PM Fri, Dec 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Indianapolis Colts officially closed one door to the playoffs for the Patriots, beating the Jacksonville Jaguars and clinching one of the AFC's two wild-card spots. The Colts have now made the playoffs seven seasons in a row, a remarkable......
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9:04 AM Fri, Dec 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Wide receiver Anquan Boldin and running back J.J. Arrington could be sidelined for the Arizona Cardinals' game at New England on Sunday because of injuries. Boldin, named to the Pro Bowl for a third time on......
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3:21 PM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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Here is the practice participation reports for today for the Patriots. Randy Moss and Kevin Faulk, who both were limited in practice yesterday for non-football-related reasons, were back practicing fully today. Did not practice Tedy Bruschi (knee) Matt Light (shoulder)......
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1:31 PM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO (AP) - Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel says he always felt he would play against the Raiders last Sunday - which was six days after his father died. New England beat Oakland 49-26, and Cassel threw a career-high four touchdown......
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12:02 PM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Is it just me, or have the Patriots played an awful lot of football in the rain this season? If you look at the current forecast for Sunday afternoon in Foxboro, the best thing......
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10:17 AM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Tulumello East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.) Matt Cassel, a career backup in college and the pros, is the real deal. What do you know? The New England Patriots appear to have saved their season with a former seventh-round......
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11:06 AM Wed, Dec 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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A lot has been written these last couple of days about the New England Patriots' potent running game. Certainly it has been one of the stories of the season, ranking seventh in yards per game (137.6) and fifth in yards......
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1:06 PM Tue, Dec 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to see and hear the latest edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: Was the Patriots game in Oakland the best game they've played all season? problems on the way with Arizona's......
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10:12 AM Tue, Dec 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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It isn't exactly good news for the Patriots, but it could be worse, as The Boston Herald reports today that left tackle Matt Light suffered a separated shoulder in Sunday's game against the Raiders. According to an unnamed source, Light's......
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12:27 PM Mon, Dec 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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WHAT HAVE THEY SHOWN US? The Arizona Cardinals, who were handled easily yesterday by the Minnesota Vikings, will come into New England next week with a playoff berth secured, but with a 3-6 record against teams other than the 49ers,......
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10:04 PM Sun, Dec 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Through 14 games as the Patriots' primary quarterback (we include Week 1, when he did not start but entered the game in the first quarter for the injured Tom Brady), Matt Cassel has thrown for more yards, the same number......
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9:55 PM Sun, Dec 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Pittsburgh Steelers scored a game-winning touchdown on a 4-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes with less than a minute remaining to beat the Baltimore Ravens, 13-9, today in Baltimore. The outcome clinched the AFC North for the......
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6:27 PM Sun, Dec 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo Patriots fan Rachel Nichols greets Ellis Hobbs after Hobbs' 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter.......
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12:02 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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WES, WHERE ARE YOU? Fan voting for the Pro Bowl has concluded and Mike Reiss has the list of Patriots players who finished in the top five in the AFC at their respective positions (Boston Globe). No one finished number......
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3:58 PM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Quarterback Matt Cassel was indeed back on the practice field at San Jose State University today; leaving just three Patriots who were not sighted: safety James Sanders and linebackers Tedy Bruschi and Pierre Woods.......
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2:50 PM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young, out at San Jose State University, reports that quarterback Matt Cassel is back with the team and expected to practice today. Cassel missed yesterday's practice following the death of his father.......
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11:49 AM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Patriots and Raiders. Few franchises that are not division rivals have such a history of grievance. There was Sugar Bear Hamilton's roughing-the-passer call on Ken Stabler in the 1976 playoffs, which a lot of Pats fans still blame for......
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9:02 AM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for selling prescription painkillers to New England Patriots lineman Nick Kaczur. Federal Judge William Young says he would have given Daniel Ekasala of Saugus a longer......
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8:57 AM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jason Jones The Sacramento Bee ALAMEDA, Calif. - Kwame Harris has 11 false start penalties in 11 games. The New England Patriots have eight false starts this season. No other player has more than six false starts. That's why......
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2:51 PM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Patriots head coach Bill Belichick just said the following in his press conference at San Jose State University, where the Pats are preparing for Sunday afternoon's meeting with the Raiders: "Matt Cassel's father passed Monday night. Our thoughts and prayers......
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11:43 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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We don't know how Randy Moss feels about playing in Oakland again, but it's a safe bet to assume that the Raider fans -- who don't have much to cheer for -- will be ready to let Moss have it......
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9:10 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Herald's Karen Guregian reports today that Greg Cassel, the father of Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel, has died. The Patriots, who are in California preparing for Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders, gave players the day off yesterday, and......
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3:39 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to see and hear the latest edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: What the Patriots might be able to do on defense if Tedy Bruschi is lost for the season, Wes......
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12:45 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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If the Patriots went 11-5 and did not make the playoffs (perhaps due to one of the scenarios we outlined yesterday), they would be the first team since 1990, when the playoffs were expanded to six teams per conference, to......
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9:15 AM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Herald's Karen Guregian reports today that Tedy Bruschi will probably miss the rest of the season because of the knee injury he suffered Sunday in Seattle, on a play in which Bruschi was hit by teammate Mike Richardson,......
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12:46 PM Mon, Dec 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Now that the New England Patriots have escaped Seattle with a victory, they can focus on the Oakland Raiders, a team whose players were overheard laughing and joking after they were destroyed on national TV, 34-7, by the San Diego......
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6:56 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Deion Branch plays to the crowd at Qwest Field after his first-quarter touchdown catch.......
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4:00 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Linebackers Junior Seau and Rosevelt Colvin come out of the tunnel and onto the field before today's game in Seattle.......
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12:03 PM Fri, Dec 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots probably didn't have much of a choice but to sign Junior Seau to join their linebacking corps, but the signing -- along with that of Rosevelt Colvin earlier in the week - certainly shows you what a dire......
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12:33 PM Thu, Dec 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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TOUGH GUY WES: Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker confirmed what a lot of us already thought about him yesterday -- that he's a stand-up guy who is not going to let a hard hit like the one from Ryan Clark......
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3:55 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO (AP) - Former New England Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch is confident Tom Brady will make a solid comeback from his season-ending knee injury. Branch spent four seasons as Brady's teammate in New England and was named MVP in......
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3:28 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker spoke to reporters today for the first time since the hard hit from Steelers safety Ryan Clark that put him out of Sunday's game and ended his NFL record streak of 11 games with six......
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11:58 AM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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After they reached the second round of the NFC playoffs last season, and with Mike Holmgren on his farewell tour before ending his distinguished coaching career, the Seattle Seahawks were thought to be a Super Bowl contender entering this season.......
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10:04 AM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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NFL vice president of officiating Mike Pereira told The Boston Herald yesterday that the hit Sunday by Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark that knocked out Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker, while nasty to watch, was within the rules, except for......
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9:20 AM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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Linebacker Rosevelt Colvin has signed a one-year deal to return to the New England Patriots, according to league sources quoted by The Boston Globe. Colvin, a Patriot from 2003 to 2007, was released by the team before the start of......
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11:37 AM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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CLARK REACHES OUT: Steelers free safety Ryan Clark is probably going to be fined by the league today for the hit that injured Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker and resulted in a 15-yard penalty on Sunday (the Patriots of course......
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12:35 PM Mon, Dec 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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Yesterday's Patriots game continued a frustrating trend in which the local football team has killed itself with mistakes. If you review the Patriots' five losses, three of them -- against the Colts, the Jets and the Steelers -- might have......
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8:25 PM Sun, Nov 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker did not return Sunday after being leveled late in the third quarter by Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark. The Patriots did not announce the nature or severity......
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11:59 AM Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Although it's long been a popular idea with fans outside of Michigan, I've never been a big proponent of taking the annual Thanksgiving Day football games out of Detroit and Dallas. When I was a kid, back in the days......
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12:00 PM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Matt Light and Channing Crowder have been fined $15,000 apiece by the NFL for what the league called "a verbal and physical altercation" in last week's game. Neither will be suspended. That's good news for Pats fans, as it means......
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9:22 AM Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers, unable to get their running game going recently without Willie Parker, may not have Parker or four other starters for Sunday's key AFC game at New England. Defensive end Brett Keisel could miss three......
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1:00 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Sorry for the belated posting today, which resulted from some technical problems. Without further ado: NO HE DIDN'T: You would think that Steelers safety Anthony Smith, who guaranteed victory against the Patriots last season (how did that work out for......
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12:06 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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TAMING THE WILDCAT: The Patriots were the guinea pigs for Miami's unorthodox offensive formation back in Week 3, and they were completely unable to shut it down. This time around, the Pats are focusing specifically on the Wildcat during practice,......
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11:56 AM Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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IT'S HUGE ALL AROUND: Jim Donaldson says, and I agree, that Sunday's game in Miami is a must-win if the New England Patriots are to make the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. But the Dolphins, too, are looking at......
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1:51 PM Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO (AP) - The New England Patriots get another shot Sunday to silence Joey Porter and the Miami Dolphins. Their first chance didn't go so well. Porter, who leads the NFL with 13.5 sacks, stated again how much he dislikes......
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11:48 AM Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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A NEW BRADY VIDEO: That great source for hard-hitting football news, TMZ.com, has posted what it says is a new video of Tom Brady leaving his New York townhouse without crutches and not looking too bad at all, really. He......
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8:09 PM Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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When Joey Porter said before this season's first Patriots-Dolphins meeting that beating New England with Matt Cassel at quarterback would not be "too hard," a lot of folks rolled their eyes. Then Porter went out and had a tremendous ball......
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10:09 AM Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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THE SECOND SHOWDOWN: The Dolphins almost blew it, but they drove 61 yards with less than five minutes left to set up a game-winning field goal that buried the Oakland Raiders. The Dolphins have now won four in a row......
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2:37 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to see and hear the latest edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. Today we talk about the sense that the Patriots let another win get away, Matt Cassel's breakthrough, and a potential "must-win"......
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2:24 PM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- John Lynch, a nine-time Pro Bowler with the Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, will announce his retirement on Monday in Tampa, Fla. The hard-hitting safety had 1,277 tackles and 26 interceptions in 224 regular-season games.......
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9:35 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Matt Cassel may not have led the Patriots to a victory last night, but he took advantage of a national TV audience and probably made himself a great deal of money with his NFL-record setting performance against the Jets (Cassel......
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11:42 AM Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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FIRST, A NOTE ON THE WEATHER: The hourly forecast for Foxboro on weather.com calls for the heaviest rain to fall on Gillette Stadium between 3 and 8 p.m., and for showers to continue until midnight. FIGHTING WORDS: An unnamed New......
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1:56 PM Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- Despite Brett Favre and a three-game winning streak, the New York Jets don't have what it takes to finally get over the hump and pass the New England Patriots atop the AFC East. That's according......
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11:47 AM Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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I apologize for my Monday and Tuesday absence, as I was enjoying some time with my family. Now back to commenting on the news of the day, with a big, big game coming up tomorrow: THE HATE FACTOR: Newsday reports......
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2:01 PM Sun, Nov 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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CBS broadcaster Dick Enberg is having kind of a rough time. He just announced that "Matt Vrabel" had checked into the Patriots' offense at tight end. Earlier in the same drive, he pointed out that BenJarvus Green-Ellis had not gained......
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3:32 PM Fri, Nov 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Albert Breer of the Sporting News is reporting that cornerback DeAngelo Hall, released earlier this week by the Oakland Raiders, is signing with the Washington Redskins. There had been various reports that the Patriots might have been interested in acquiring......
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1:00 PM Fri, Nov 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - The Bills will be without four starters when they travel to New England to play the Patriots in a key AFC East game on Sunday. Starting right guard Brad Butler (left knee sprain), starting defensive......
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12:00 PM Fri, Nov 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAKES SENSE TO US: The Boston Globe is one of several media outlets reporting that the Patriots might be interested in acquiring DeAngelo Hall, the talented 24-year-old cornerback cut loose by the Oakland Raiders this week. Hall would certainly fill......
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11:48 AM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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THE TEAM THAT WENT BEFORE THEM: As you all know by now, this weekend's matchup with the Buffalo Bills marks the Patriots' first of three consecutive games against division foes -- a stretch that could well make or break the......
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11:32 AM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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After the Patriots lost to the Colts on Sunday, many people seemed to be emphasizing the positives despite the final result on the scoreboard. Here's what Tony Massarotti wrote earlier this week on Boston.com: "The gains of this game far......
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10:16 AM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Herald's Inside Track reports that Caitlin Davis, an 18-year-old Foxboro High School graduate who is now a student at Johnson & Wales University, has been removed from the Patriots' cheerleading team after pictures appeared on Facebook showing "the......
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10:05 AM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO -- The New England Patriots have put rookie linebacker Shawn Crable on injured reserve, meaning that Crable will miss the rest of the season with a shin injury. Crable, a third-round pick out of the University of Michigan, has......
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11:42 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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LOOKING FOR A SILVER LINING: Rob Lee's story today about the Patriots' inability to stop teams in the red zone -- New England is 30th in the NFL in red-zone defense -- came as a surprise to me. An equally......
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11:55 AM Mon, Nov 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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The focus today is on bad plays and questionable use of timeouts -- but I'll leave those issues to Jim Donaldson and crew and focus on something else that hurt the Patriots last night, and that was the inability of......
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11:50 AM Mon, Nov 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. She gives general comments on New England's disappointing loss in Indianapolis, then talks about Bill Belichick's use of timeouts, the Patriots' decision not to throw more......
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2:19 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. She discusses why Patriots-Colts is still a big game to the players who will be on the field, the Patriots' keys to victory on offense and......
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11:53 AM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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GRASPING FOR ANSWERS: If Peyton Manning's knee is still bothering him following offseason surgery, the Colts aren't saying, but they don't have any other answers for Manning's inconsistency at quarterback this season (Boston Globe). Manning's stats are not good --......
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1:38 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis Colts could lose starting cornerback Marlin Jackson for the rest of the season after he injured his knee in practice. Coach Tony Dungy said Jackson was injured during Wednesday's workout when he tried to stop.......
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11:55 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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First, it occurred to everyone what you've been reading here for a couple weeks: When you compare Matt Cassel in 2008 to Tom Brady in 2001, the numbers aren't that different at all, despite the widespread concern that the Patriots......
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9:59 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Injured Indianapolis Colts safety Bob Sanders, running back Joseph Addai and cornerback Kelvin Hayden all practiced Wednesday. They could be healthy enough to play Sunday against archrival New England. "I expect that they will all be out......
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1:52 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Former Patriots linebacker Andre Tippett will receive a special honor for his recent Hall of Fame induction from Providence Mayor David Cicilline at 5:15 tomorrow afternoon, during the Providence Afterschool Alliance Police Activities League flag football tournament. Tippett will receive......
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1:29 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Daniel Barbarisi Journal Sports Writer Bill Belichick and the Patriots staff may stick to the line that no player is irreplaceable, but Dallas Clark knows better. The Colts tight end has faced off against safety Rodney Harrison for the......
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11:58 AM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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According to a story first reported by ProFootballTalk.com and later confirmed elsewhere, Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork will not be suspended by the NFL for illegal hits. The unnamed source who spoke to ProFootballTalk said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was......
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9:15 AM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) - The Kraft family, owners of the New England Patriots, have completed a new agreement that makes them the title sponsor of the Israel Football League. The league, which will now be called the Kraft Family IFL, is......
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11:58 AM Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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THE TREND WAS SET: The Patriots are getting a lot of attention for playing Sunday's game without committing a single penalty, but in reality they have been very stingy about committing penalties all season. The Pats are now first in......
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11:10 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Last season, the Patriots plowed through the NFL like an unstoppable force, until they ran into New York Giants in the Super Bowl. This year, after losing quarterback Tom Brady to injury, they are scrappy overachievers again. The Herald's John......
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11:59 AM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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KNEE-JERK REACTION: The Patriots strongly took issue yesterday with any suggestion that there was a rift between the team and Tom Brady over Brady's choice of surgeons, after The Boston Herald reported yesterday that Brady had undergone three procedures since......
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11:28 AM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. She discusses the challenges facing Brandon Meriweather and other defensive backs as they try to fill the void left by the injury to Rodney Harrison, how......
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11:10 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR: When we learned last week that Tom Brady had to have an additional surgical procedure done to help clear out an infection in his injured left knee, it didn't sound good. Now that we......
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8:08 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Doctors are so concerned with the infection in Tom Brady's left knee that they have performed three procedures in an attempt to eliminate it, according to The Boston Herald, which quotes an unnamed West Coast source familiar with the Patriots......
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11:18 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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The loss of safety Rodney Harrison to a season-ending quad injury will force the Patriots to make some significant changes on defense. Through the first five games of the season, only one other New England defender (linebacker Adalius Thomas) had......
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1:37 PM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO -- Patriots safety Rodney Harrison's season appears over after he was injured in Monday night's victory over Denver. He reportedly hurt the quadriceps muscle in his right leg. This could mean the end of Harrison's career. The 15-year veteran......
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11:23 AM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Heath Evans Foundation, a charity started by the Patriots fullback to support sexually abused children, is sponsoring an online raffle in which one fan will win a chance to watch the Celtics' season opener from a luxury suite at......
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11:06 AM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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They're 4-2 now, and in a league that has been more confounding than usual this season, the Patriots are about as confounding as a team can be. If you believe (as I do) that the Chargers and the Broncos are......
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2:31 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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When the Patriots take on the Denver Broncos tonight, all eyes will be on what happens when the visitors have the ball. Despite the fact that the offense's problems are arguably a bigger concern than the defense's, there is no......
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2:30 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Jim Donaldson's comments, recorded this morning. He discusses the stakes of tonight's game for both teams -- the Broncos looking to take control of their division and the Patriots looking to keep pace......
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11:35 AM Fri, Oct 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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SECOND SURGERY FOR BRADY: The injured Patriots quarterback was back in Los Angeles for treatment of an infection that resulted from his first knee surgery, back on Oct. 6, according to an unnamed West Coast source quoted in The Boston......
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3:43 PM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Q: Coach Bill Belichick said earlier this week that he was sticking with you as the starting quarterback. Was it ever in doubt in your mind? MC: No, unless told otherwise. I am just going to go out there and......
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9:31 AM Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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It could be the perfect storm -- an explosive Denver Broncos offense coming to Gillette Stadium to take on a reeling Patriots defense. But the Broncos and the Patriots are not two teams that have followed a script lately, so......
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10:28 AM Wed, Oct 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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This past weekend taught us a lot about who is really good in the NFL. The answer: No one. Certainly not our New England Patriots, who looked helpless against the San Diego Chargers -- a team that might be considered......
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2:28 PM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Was there anything positive that people associated with the Patriots saw on Sunday? How do the defensive backs avoid getting torched again this week?......
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2:05 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the Chargers' defensive and offensive vulnerabilities, LaDainian Tomlinson's health and the threat posed by Darren Sproles, the revival of Philip Rivers, and the health......
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11:29 AM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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In the San Diego Chargers, the New England Patriots will be facing a team that at first seems to be a riddle. They've outscored opponents by 19 points on the season, and yet they're 2-3. Add to this that quarterback......
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11:20 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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AFC POWER PLAY: This year, the Patriots and the Chargers enter their matchup in San Diego as just two teams in a crowded AFC pack, one in which the teams that are not in the race (Texans, Bengals, Chiefs, Raiders)......
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9:58 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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ON THE HOT SEAT: Hobbled by turf toe, Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson is having some of the toughest times of his stellar career. Last week he picked up 35 yards on 12 carries as the Chargers lost to the......
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3:57 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: how the Patriots' defense turned around a poor start in San Francisco, Matt Cassel throwing the deep ball, Laurence Maroney hearing the criticism, and......
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10:20 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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CONTROLLING THE BALL: Players on the Patriots' defense gave a lot of credit for their success on Sunday to the offense's ability to control the ball for nearly 40 minutes of the game. (projo.com) Part of what the Patriots were......
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12:02 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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We said it last week -- no one knew which Patriots team was going to show up on Sunday in San Francisco. What we ended up getting was a quarter's worth of the same team that gave up 38 points......
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2:23 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have no surprises on this week's injury report. Linebacker Eric Alexander, cornerback Lewis Sanders and wide receiver Kelley Washington -- each of whom has been held out of practice -- are all listed as doubtful. Wes Welker, who......
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12:16 PM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: which Patriots team will show up on Sunday? the heavy blitzes that Matt Cassel and J.T. O'Sullivan expect to see, getting Randy Moss more......
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9:02 AM Fri, Oct 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy A STATISTICAL FREE-FALL: That's what the folks at coldhardfootballfacts.com see when they look at the 2008 New England Patriots. The see a team that has fallen from first in the league in average passing......
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3:48 PM Thu, Oct 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots' latest injury report adds a big name: wide receiver Wes Welker, who had limited participation in practice because of a groin injury. The injury list also includes wide receiver Kelley Washington (ankle), linebacker Eric Alexander (hamstring) and cornerback......
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9:10 AM Thu, Oct 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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A TEAM TO TAKE SERIOUSLY: For most of this decade, the San Francisco 49ers have not been a very good team. How good they can be this year is still to be determined, but they do present a lot more......
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1:18 PM Wed, Oct 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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According to a report on ESPN.com, Bill Belichick briefly addressed the allegations made yesterday by Raiders owner Al Davis that the Patriots tampered with wide receiver Randy Moss while Moss was still with Oakland: "I've told the story about Randy......
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9:00 AM Wed, Oct 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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After his news conference announcing the firing of head coach Lane Kiffin, Raiders owner Al Davis answered questions from individual reporters, including Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News. In the Kawakami interview, Davis said that the Raiders traded......
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8:58 AM Wed, Oct 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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A LESSON IN STRENGTH: Bill Belichick spoke to children at the fancy new movie theater at Patriot Place before a showing of "The Express," the soon-to-be-released movie about Ernie Davis, the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy. (Boston.com)......
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9:38 AM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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J.T. O'Sullivan, the 49ers' starting quarterback, was a member of the Patriots' practice squad during the 2006 season. At the time, O'Sullivan was already a journeyman, having been drafted by the Saints and from there going to the Packers, the......
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9:21 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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The day started with that notorious Patriot hater, ESPN's Tom Jackson, stating that the Dallas Cowboys could go down as the best offensive football team in the history of the NFL. It ended with the Cowboys as just another 3-1......
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9:15 AM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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He played offense, he played defense, he played special teams. He never got himself into trouble, never mouthed off about the demands that were placed upon him. He was drafted by the Patriots in 1993, when they were coming off......
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2:31 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Troy Brown, who announced his retirement from the NFL at Gillette Stadium today, will be a regular contributor to Comcast SportsNet's "Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight." Brown will make his first appearance tonight at 10. Comcast said that Brown will focus......
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9:15 AM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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There's bound to be a lot of focus on the problems that have cropped up with the Patriots, but the team -- and the media -- took some time to focus on a positive aspect of the past few weeks,......
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10:24 AM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO -- The New England Patriots signed wide receiver Maurice Price today. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Additionally, the Patriots signed rookie offensive lineman Ryan Wendell to their practice squad and released rookie defensive back Mark Dillard from......
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9:58 AM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Two weeks ago against the Jets, the Patriots won a defensive-oriented battle in which both teams scored in the teens. As much credit as Matt Cassel and the defense got for that performance, it was just as much won by......
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12:54 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the lack of intensity shown by the defense on Sunday, whether the players would rather not have the bye right now, questions about Matt......
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9:15 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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One thing you have to say about Ellis Hobbs: He personally didn't deserve to get booed by the multitudes at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. His excellent work on kick returns gave the Patriots offense good field position much of the......
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11:27 PM Sun, Sep 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Miami Dolphins came into Gillette Stadium on Sunday with a suspect team but an excellent game plan, and their players ran the plan to near perfection with stunning results. It's not surprising that Miami players gave the game ball......
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12:35 PM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young reports: Laurence Maroney and Eric Alexander returned to practice. LaMont Jordan and Kelley Washington were still missing from practice. Practice was in shells and shorts/sweatpants. You can tell who has been with the Patriots and in New......
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11:42 AM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Joey Porter; the injuries to Laurence Maroney and LaMont Jordan and what that might mean to the Patriots' offensive philosophy; Jake Long's big test......
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9:13 AM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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News that former Patriot wide receiver Troy Brown might be retiring from football came as a shock to all of us at the Journal. I mean, who knew that Troy Brown hadn't already retired?......
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1:10 PM Thu, Sep 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO (AP) - New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel won't get into a war of words with Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter. Porter told reporters in Florida that Cassel isn't Tom Brady, "so if it's not Tom Brady, it shouldn't......
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8:59 AM Thu, Sep 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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Tony Sparano says he is trying not to panic about the Miami Dolphins' 0-2 start, which included a horrid loss last week to the Arizona Cardinals. Of course, if you're Sparano, why panic? Coaching your first season on a team......
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2:30 PM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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(On how his first NFL start went last week against the Jets) - "It went well. We got the win so I couldn't be happier with that." (On how he handled the pressure of being the quarterback of the Patriots......
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2:25 PM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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On his impressions of Chad Pennington the first two games and how much can he help the Dolphins) - "I'm sure he'll help them a lot. I've always been impressed with Chad ever since he came into the league. I......
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9:15 AM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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He may be off the field, but he's not out of the game. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick revealed yesterday that Tom Brady was in on the team's quarterbacks meeting on Saturday, and that Brady will be around Gillette Stadium......
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2:30 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO (AP) - Tom Brady took part in a meeting with other New England Patriots quarterbacks before Matt Cassel's first start in his place. Coach Bill Belichick said Tuesday that Brady was at the Patriots' quarterbacks meeting Saturday, the day......
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2:18 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the Jets' poor game defensive game plan in Sunday's game, Stephen Gostkowski's huge contribution to the Patriots' victory, and Brandon Meriweather coming through with......
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8:58 AM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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They knew what was coming. And they didn't do anything to stop it. As much praise as the Patriots are getting for winning on Sunday despite great adversity, the Jets are receiving a fair amount of criticism for their uninspired......
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1:02 AM Mon, Sep 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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The result was just what we've come to expect -- a 21st consecutive regular-season victory, but there was an awful lot that was unfamiliar about yesterday's Patriots win against the Jets. There was, of course, the quarterback, Matt Cassel, who......
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9:02 PM Sun, Sep 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Here were Matt Cassel's numbers today in the Patriots' victory over the Jets: 16 for 23, 165 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions. Here were Tom Brady's numbers on Sept. 30, 2001, in his debut as an NFL starter: 13......
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2:48 PM Fri, Sep 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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BB: We are winding down here in the week heading down to New York. The Jets are a good situational team. They do a real good job on a lot of those one-play, situation-type things in all three phases of......
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12:03 PM Fri, Sep 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Since many of the optimists out there have been comparing Matt Cassel's forced emergence as the starter in 2008 to Tom Brady's being pressed into service in place of the injured Drew Bledsoe in 2001, it is interesting to look......
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12:00 PM Fri, Sep 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Matt Cassel's challenge to get off to a good start, the status of Randy Moss and Jabar Gaffney, whether the Patriots surprise everyone and......
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8:39 AM Fri, Sep 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) - A Saugus man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that he sold New England Patriots offensive lineman Nick Kaczur about 300 Oxycontin pills. The charges against Daniel Ekasala were based on three transactions between the......
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12:00 PM Thu, Sep 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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As Brett Favre said yesterday in his conference call with members of the media, one of the major challenges confronting any quarterback in his first NFL start is reading the defenses and making lightning-quick adjustments to pick out the best......
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1:39 PM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Chris Simms, who this week visited Foxboro, joined the Tennessee Titans' practice Wednesday after agreeing to terms to back up veteran Kerry Collins at least for one week while Vince Young's sprained left knee heals. Simms......
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11:01 AM Wed, Sep 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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There has of course been a lot of talk in recent days about the shifting balance of power in the AFC. But even as the Patriots' aura has certainly been diminished by the loss of Tom Brady, the other glamour......
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2:11 PM Tue, Sep 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: pressure on the Patriots' other stars to pull together, the new balance of power in the AFC East, the stakes for Matt Cassel and......
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10:58 AM Tue, Sep 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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That sound you're hearing from down south? It's gloating, and gloating of the worst kind -- New York fans and media members appear to be positively giddy over Tom Brady getting injured. We mentioned in yesterday's column that there were......
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11:55 AM Mon, Sep 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Back on Christmas Eve 2006, Tom Brady scrambled for a seven-yard gain to pick up a key first down late in the Patriots' victory at the Jacksonville Jaguars. As Brady slid to the ground, Jaguars linebacker Clint Ingram speared Brady......
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2:57 PM Sun, Sep 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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From Jim Donaldson FOXBORO -- Now it's the Chiefs who have had to turn to their backup QB -- in this case, 12-year veteran Damon Huard, who played three seasons for the Pats, from 2001 through 2003. KC's young starter,......
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2:42 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Former Patriots wide receiver Chad Jackson worked out with the Miami Dolphins today, and is awaiting word from the team and his agent about whether he will be signed, according to the Miami Herald. If he is signed, the Herald......
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11:49 AM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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ALL SYSTEMS GO: Here we are, some 48 hours before kickoff, and the Patriots offense appears to be rounding into shape. Tom Brady is off the injury report and feeling confident about his ability to shake off the rust. And......
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11:24 AM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: upgrades in the New England backfield, the return of Tom Brady, and the tough challenge facing Brodie Croyle. Here's what Shalise said about the......
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11:58 AM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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IT BEGINS: The NFL season officially starts tonight, with the New York Giants taking on the Washington Redskins from the Meadowlands in an intriguing NFC East matchup. The Giants will be no doubt looking to make a statement to their......
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3:02 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the image above to try the first of our regular interactive Patriots quizzes. This one focuses on Patriots opening day history, as we get set to start the 49th season of Patriots football.......
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11:40 AM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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TRUTH OR FICTION? WEEI co-hosts John Dennis and Gerry Callahan this morning were discussing an unattributed rumor that Tom Brady has a cracked bone in his foot. The story goes that Brady, who happens to be a weekly guest on......
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8:57 AM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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The National Weather Service today issued a hazardous weather outlook for this weekend, warning that the remnants of Hurricane Hanna could be passing through New England. Although the track of the storm is unclear, there is the possibility of gusty......
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3:36 PM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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BB: We have a little bit of a luxury this week with an extra day with the long week from the Giants game. We are on a normal Tuesday schedule here with the players off. We had a chance to......
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4:00 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO -- The New England Patriots released four players today: second-year nose tackle Steve Fifita, first-year offensive lineman Jimmy Martin, fourth-year cornerback Jeff Shoate and rookie tight end Jonathan Stupar. Following today's transactions, the Patriots report 71 players on their......
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12:23 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the penchant of the Patriots' defense for looking really bad on first drives, the latest on the backup quarterback battle and the chances of......
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11:20 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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The celebrity web site TMZ is reporting today that Tom Brady just closed on an $11-million deal to buy a plot of land in California (reportedly on Arnold Schwarzenegger's street). Brady grew up in California, and his parents, son and......
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2:45 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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BB: So that is one of the things we have on the agenda today [reduction of roster] the other ones are our last day of preparations for the [New York] Giants and then we are off down there tomorrow. We......
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1:15 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Patriots reporter Shalise Manza Young reports that Tom Brady was not on the practice field today as his teammates went through today's workout. Before practice, there were a set of crutches at Brady's locker, but it is not known if......
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1:50 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the special teams lapses that led to two Philadelphia touchdowns Friday night, Stephen Gostkowski's impressive exhibition performance, the chances of Tom Brady playing Thursday......
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1:32 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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BB: We are back at it here. We are definitely on a regular season schedule now these two days. We are trying to put three days into two and treat today and tomorrow like a Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and compress......
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11:49 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, a guest on WEEI's Dennis and Callahan Show this morning, did not have any prediction as to whether he will play in New England's preseason finale on Thursday night against the New York Giants.......
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2:12 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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BB: This week is flying by pretty quickly, it is kind of like a Friday for us. It seems like we just played, well I guess we did. So we are chugging along here. Again, watching Philadelphia as usual and......
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12:44 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have taken the practice field at Gillette Stadium, and quarterback Tom Brady, who was held out of yesterday's session, was among them, in full pads. Shalise Manza Young will have more on the Pats right here as the......
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2:22 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Tom Brady's foot problem, the backup quarterback competition continues, and the secondary continuing to look bad. Here's what Shalise had to say about the......
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3:12 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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BB: As you know we put Barry [Stokes] on IR [injured reserve] and signed John [Lynch] so it keeps our roster at 80. I am excited to have John on the team. He is a guy I have admired for......
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12:14 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Surprising no one, the New England Patriots today officially announced the signing of veteran defensive back John Lynch. The team also announced that placed offensive lineman Barry Stokes was going on the reserve/injured list because of a back injury. The......
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2:06 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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BB: Good morning. This is kind of our day to transition into a little bit of a regular season schedule. It is similar to a normal Wednesday for us with the game on Sunday. It is still training camp, I......
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2:10 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Matt Cassel losing his grip on the backup quarterback job; young linebackers raising eyebrows; and the anticipated return of Junior Seau. Here's what Shalise......
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12:42 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- Tom Brady found some lessons in a book that may have helped him deal with the New England Patriots' loss in the Super Bowl that ruined their chances for a 19-0 season. The quarterback tells Esquire magazine......
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2:39 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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BB: We are kind of working our way into real game preparations. This is a transitional day for us where we go from true training camp days, where we have one practice, followed by a meeting, then another practice and......
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2:29 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young is on the practice field at Gillette Stadium and reports that linebacker Mike Vrabel is, too, meaning he has been taken off the physically unable to perform list. More from practice later this afternoon.......
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3:20 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Andre Tippett's role in the organization and his enshrinement over the weekend; which current Patriots are Canton-bound; and the state of the offensive line,......
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3:13 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the extended entry field to see the full text of the coach's remarks this morning at Gillette.......
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11:21 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have not yet released their training camp schedule for most of this week, but they did reveal today that there will be a single session with public access at Gillette Stadium tomorrow, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. We'll......
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1:38 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Rookie defensive back Jonathan Wilhite and veteran wide receiver Randy Moss today at Gillette Stadium.......
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9:16 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Shalise Manza Young reports that Tom Brady is back on the practice field today at Gillette Stadium after being given a day off yesterday.......
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1:17 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Here's how Bill Belichick started this morning's news conference at Gillette Stadium: "We just had our team meeting this morning, and the last thing we did when the team gathered together was kind of give Andre a little sendoff, and......
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11:30 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the spectre of last season, Lamont Jordan, Richard Seymour and what Brett Favre would do for the Jets. Here's what Shalise had to say......
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12:07 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photos / Gretchen Ertl Tom Brady and Vince Wilfork stretch during the morning camp session, while fans hope to catch glances of players entering practice in Foxboro.......
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7:47 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have just announced that due to the weather and field conditions, today's training camp sessions have been moved indoors and thus are not open to the public. Today is the first day of camp for the defending AFC......
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7:43 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe reported just after 6 a.m. that the Patriots and first-round pick Jerod Mayo had come to terms on a contract. Mayo is expected on the field this evening for the team's second training camp session.......
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3:46 PM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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WHITESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - New England Patriots offensive lineman Nick Kaczur pleaded guilty Tuesday to speeding in a deal with prosecutors that will put a misdemeanor drug possession charge on hold. The 28-year-old Kaczur was ordered to pay $355 in......
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10:11 AM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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WHITESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - New England Patriots offensive lineman Nick Kaczur is due in an upstate New York courtroom for arraignment on a misdemeanor drug possession charge. The Canadian-born Kaczur was arrested by police who said he was carrying a......
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2:40 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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The NFL Network has unveiled its TV schedule for the NFL preseason, and if you love exhibition football, man, will they have a lot of it for you. Here's a look at the full schedule, which includes 54 games over......
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11:07 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Pete Prisco, football writer on CBS Sportsline, is convinced. After taking plenty of flak from New Englanders last season about ranking Peyton Manning as the best player in the NFL, Prisco is changing course and putting Tom Brady at the......
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12:12 PM Mon, Jul 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal files / Bob Breidenbach Ben Coates in December 1998. From a team news release: FOXBORO - The New England Patriots announced today that tight end Ben Coates, who played for the team for nine seasons from 1991-99, was......
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10:25 AM Tue, Jul 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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Local Patriots fans will be able to hear the team's games on WPRO's AM (630) and FM (99.7) radio stations this season, the station announced today. The station will begin broadcasting the Pats games with the preseason opener, Aug. 7.......
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8:33 AM Mon, Jun 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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In an AP story primarily about his offseason work helping at-risk children in his hometown of Oklahoma City, Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker had some unkind things to say about cornerback Asante Samuel, who left the Pats as a free......
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3:37 PM Thu, Jun 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A federal judge has given a New York Jets season-ticket holder more time to amend a lawsuit that seeks millions from the New England Patriots and coach Bill Belichick for "deceiving customers" by videotaping opponents' signals.......
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Reported today by Greg Bishop of The New York Times: Sen. Arlen Specter clarified Thursday that his involvement in the New England Patriots' videotaping controversy was not over. Neither is his battle with the NFL. Specter, R-Pa., said in a......
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BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - Mike Dukes, who played linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers and two AFL teams from 1959 to 1965, was killed in a traffic accident earlier this week. He was 72. The longtime Beaumont resident was killed......
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In an interview with the editorial board of the Philadelphia Daily News, Sen. Arlen Specter says he has gone as far as he can go in pressing for more investigation of the Spygate story, and adds that he will not......
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Le Anne Schreiber's piece can be found here. It's interesting reading that takes some network personalities to task for their performances on the day that Matt Walsh met Roger Goodell.......
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AP photo / Gene Puskar Rodney Harrison, the defender who was closest to the play when David Tyree made his unbelievable catch late in Super bowl XLII, has written the introduction to Tyree's book, "More Than Just a Catch,"......
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. — Police say New York Giants Super Bowl rings were among the $2 million worth of items stolen from an Attleboro jewelry company sometime over the weekend. Police say thieves disabled the alarm system at E.A. Dion’s building,......
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By Rick Gosselin The Dallas Morning News DALLAS - There's an urge every NFL off-season to be different. Go against the flow. I did in 1996. The Cowboys were coming off their third Super Bowl championship in four seasons. I......
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AP photos / Stew Milne Bill Belichick talks with defensive lineman Santonio Thomas. Rookie quarterback Kevin O'Connell Owner Robert Kraft watches O'Connell work. Tight end David Thomas runs through drills. Rookie wide receiver Matthew Slater, foreground, and defensive back......
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DENVER (AP) - Former punter Todd Sauerbrun, whose 13-year NFL career included a brief 2006 stint with the New England Patriots, pleaded guilty Wednesday to disturbing the peace in a confrontation with a taxi driver last December and was sentenced......
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Journal photos / Mary Murphy Tom Brady Tom Brady and Sammy Morris Bill Belichick and Mike Vrabel New acquisition Victor Hobson New acquisition Fernando Bryant, talking to our own Shalise Manza Young......
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12:50 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New York Times has posted the entire transcript of an interview Wednesday in which Matt Walsh discussed his Patriots career with reporter Greg Bishop. It was Walsh's first interview with the news media, the Times says. The text casts......
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A day after its front-page apology to the Patriots made national news, the Boston Herald today is running an editor's note defending John Tomase, the reporter whose story about the Rams Super Bowl walkthrough eventually led to the apology, and......
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Following is the text of the statement that Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., put into the record of today's Senate floor proceedings shortly before his midday news conference at the Capitol. Editor's note: Specter's office, at 5:35 p.m., e-mailed a corrected......
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FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft complimented the Boston Herald on Wednesday for apologizing for a story that said his team videotaped a St. Louis Rams walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl. He's "very disappointed," though,......
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We recorded this interview with Shalise Manza Young this morning. She discusses covering the Spygate news conference yesterday in New York, whether the story will live on in the hearts of non-Patriots fans around the country, and whether the disclosures......
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., called today for a "transparent and independent" investigation into allegations that the New England Patriots tried to spy on opposing teams, asserting that the practice went on more frequently than has previously been known.......
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Following is a partial transcript of Patriots owner Robert Kraft's interview this morning with Scott Wapner of CNBC. Kraft spoke about Spygate and the Boston Herald's apology. WAPNER: ROBERT KRAFT IS THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS......
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U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter's news conference in Washington, which was expected at 4 p.m. after his meeting with former Patriots assistant Matt Walsh, has now been cancelled.......
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11:50 AM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Assistant Sports Editor Mark Divver just sent me this link from the blog ColdHardFootballFacts. Intriguingly, the post links to a New York Times story from 2002, as the Patriots were preparing to face the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl......
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Click here to see the video, from the AP, of the Spygate figure checking in to meet NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this morning. And check back here for much more throughout the day.......
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ESPN has the New England Patriots listed as still the team to beat in the National Football League on the network's NFL power rankings for May. Just behind the Patriots are the Colts, the Chargers, the Cowboys and the Jaguars.......
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ESPN's Mike Fish reports this morning that the tapes turned over by Matt Walsh to the NFL include evidence that the Patriots tried to steal offensive signals, not just defensive signals, as has been widely reported until now. Fish says......
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Journal photos / John Freidah Linebacker Jerod Mayo Quarterback Kevin O'Connell Defensive backs Jonathan Wilhite, left, and Terrence Wheatley......
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Tom Brady's girlfriend Gisele Bundchen is once again the world's top-earning model, according to Forbes magazine, and it ain't even close. The Forbes list, which you can read about right here, estimates total earnings over the past 12 months.......
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We'll have a live feed from AP Video as the New York Giants visit President Bush at the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl championship. Go to this link at 3:20 to see the whole miserable thing.......
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise's audio report on the Patriots' picks in the 2008 NFL Draft.......
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FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) - The New England Patriots signed three free agents Wednesday: tight end Marcus Pollard, punter Scott Player and defensive lineman Kenny Smith. Pollard has been in the league for 13 seasons with Indianapolis, Detroit and Seattle. He......
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NEW YORK (AP) - Former Patriots assistant Matt Walsh will meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on May 13 about New England's videotaping of opposing teams. The league reached an agreement with Walsh on Wednesday. The NFL had been negotiating......
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The Patriots have bolstered their defensive backfield by signing cornerback Jason Webster, according to The Boston Globe. Webster, a 30-year-old from Texas A&M, has eight years of NFL experience with the 49ers, Falcons and Bills. Last year with Buffalo, he......
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AP has just announced that it will not be carrying a live video of Green Bay's news conference to announce the retirement of Brett Favre, citing league rules.......
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There are a number of reports today that the Patriots are close to a deal with free-agent wide receiver Randy Moss. ESPN is reporting, citing unnamed sources, that the two sides are closing in on a three-year, $27-million deal. The......
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Through AP Video, we will have live coverage of today's hearings in the House of Representatives on drug use in sports. The hearings will begin at 9:30; go to this link to watch. Expected to testify: Former Sen. George Mitchell;......
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10:14 AM Tue, Feb 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Rich Hoffman The Philadelphia Daily News Watching in amazement as Sen. Arlen Specter and some attorneys from the Cincinnati area attempt to turn Bill Belichick and his video camera into a federal case, literally, the following is offered for......
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2:28 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - The New England Patriots won the Super Bowl and ended the season with a perfect 19-0 record - at least it looks that way in Nicaragua. The NFL donated 290 Patriots hats and an equal number......
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3:40 PM Wed, Feb 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Litke AP Sports Columnist One is going and the other isn't going anywhere, yet there's plenty Bill Belichick can learn from Bob Knight's departure. Knight completed the last perfect season in college basketball more than three decades ago,......
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LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - New England Patriots defensive back Willie Andrews was arrested during a traffic stop Tuesday on charges of possession of marijuana and driving an unregistered motor vehicle. The morning arrest came one day after the team returned......
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AP photos Coach Tom Coughlin Wide receiver Amani Toomer Sen. Charles Schumer and Gov. Eliot Spitzer Michael Strahan, general manager Jerry Reese, and Eli Manning......
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It's not pretty, if you're a Patriots fan, but here it is. Click here to download the file in pdf format.......
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Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl David Tyree celebrates a New York score. Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Randy Moss with the go-ahead touchdown. Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Eli Manning eludes the blitz. Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Steve......
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10:28 PM Sun, Feb 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Bill Belichick returns to the sidelines after halftime Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Osi Umenyiora hits Brady as he releases the ball. Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Tom Brady barks out signals. Journal photo......
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Journal photos / Bob Breidenbach Tom Petty performs for the Super Bowl halftime show.......
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Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Laurence Maroney and Matt Light celebrate Maroney's touchdown, the only TD by either team in the half. Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Maroney picks up yardage in the first quarter. Journal photo / Gretchen......
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AP photos Singer Alicia Keys performs the Super Bowl pregame show. Patriots owner Robert Kraft and referee Mike Carey. Kate Hudson and Kurt Russell Tom Brady and Randy Moss, on the field. Bill Belichick and the officiating crew Plaxico......
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5:33 PM Sun, Feb 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photos / Gretchen Ertl Tom Brady Junior Seau Dwight Churchill from Bedford, N.H. Ron Rogers from Providence with Super Giant Keith Arbeeny from Brooklyn.......
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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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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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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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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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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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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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AP pool photo / Stephan Savoia Brady set to throw this afternoon at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.......
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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11:53 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:01 PM Mon, Jan 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:10 PM Sun, Jan 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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6:06 PM Fri, Jan 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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This is the first 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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10:44 AM Thu, Jan 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Herald is outraged -- outraged -- at the New York tabloids' targeting of Tom Brady this week (the Post famously referred to Brady as "girlie man" on the day after the foot-cast image surfaced). So today, the......
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San Diego Chargers center Nick Hardwick, who had already accused Patriots defensive lineman of dirty play during the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, took his allegations a step further on yesterday in an interview on XX Sports Radio, claiming that......
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12:57 PM Wed, Jan 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Dr. John F. Murray, a sport performance psychologist whose insight has been sought out by such sports experts as Neal Cavuto, says the Patriots are a shoo-in to destroy the Giants in the Super Bowl. Murray, whose contributions to the......
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AP photo / Milk Processor Education Program Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker has touch-ups done to his milk mustache during a "got milk?" photo shoot yesterday in Mansfield, Mass.......
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3:51 PM Tue, Jan 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young and Mike McDermott look back on the AFC Championship victory and begin to talk about the Giants in this words-and-pictures presentation. Click on the play button below to see and hear the show.......
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10:13 PM Sun, Jan 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New York Giants have defeated the Green Bay Packers, 23-20, on Lawrence Tynes' game-winning 47-yard field goal in overtime. The Giants will face the Patriots in two weeks -- for the second time in about a month -- to......
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Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Philip Rivers passes for San Diego. Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Laurence Maroney gets to the outside in the fourth quarter. Maroney's numbers -- 122 yards rushing and 1 touchdown -- were identical to......
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Linebacker Adalius Thomas catches his breath during a timeout. Journal photo / Mary Murphy Chargers running back Darren Sproles gets around Randall Gay. Journal photo / Mary Murphy Tom Brady lets go of a......
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Michael Turner runs around Rodney Harrison. Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Junior Seau sacks Philip Rivers. Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Seau celebrates the sack. Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Quentin Jammer intercepts Tom......
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3:34 PM Sun, Jan 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) - The Patriots and Chargers began their game Sunday in windy conditions with a temperature of 23 degrees, the lowest of the three AFC championship games played in Foxboro. The previous low there for a title game......
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2:55 PM Sun, Jan 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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We asked readers on Thursday afternoon to begin voting on the outcome of today's game. Not surprisingly, we found Patriots fans to be supremely confident. Only 10 out of 218 people who voted thought the Chargers would prevail. Nearly 58......
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Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson Chargers head coach Norv Turner watches his players warm up. Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson Patriots wide receiver Donte' Stallworth. Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers. Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson......
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11:36 AM Fri, Jan 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young and Jim Donaldson talked Patriots-Chargers this morning with projo sports producer Mike McDermott. Click on the play button below to see and hear the show.......
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11:17 AM Wed, Jan 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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A Florida radio station has reposted a report, which had been pulled off its Web site earlier in the day, saying that Randy Moss has been hit with a temporary restraining order following allegations of dating violence. The radio station......
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2:41 PM Tue, Jan 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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During last season's Divisional Playoff Game, some Patriots players were observed mimicking the "Lights-Out Dance" of super Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, leading Merriman's teammate LaDainian Tomlinson to complain that the Patriots had no class at all. We're hoping that a......
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Knauss, join Patriots owner Robert Kraft on the sidelines at Gillette Stadium.......
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11:03 PM Sat, Jan 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots won their 17th game of the season and moved to within one game of the Super Bowl with a 31-20 defeat of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Tom Brady threw just two incompletions in 28 attempts, tallying 262......
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Journal photos / Glenn Osmundson Asante Samuel upends Maurice Jones-Drew. Kevin Faulk tries to get around the tackle of Scott Starks. David Garrard throws an incomplete pass under pressure from Rodney Harrison and Mike Vrabel.......
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Laurence Maroney scores a touchdown in the second quarter. Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Laurence Maroney scores a touchdown in the second quarter. Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Maroney celebrates. Journal photo / Mary......
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Click here to vote on whether Jacksonville's opening-drive score looked like a legitimate touchdown to you, or if David Garrard's knee hit the ground before he threw.......
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Now that the game is about to start, we've taken down our survey: "Are the Jaguars capable of upsetting the Patriots?" There were 417 votes this week, with 58 percent saying that yes, an upset could happen.......
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Journal photos / Gretchen Ertl Junior Seau Troy Brown Tom Brady......
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Journal photos / Mary Murphy Ben Watson on the field before the game Asante Samuel and Richard Seymour on the field before the game. Early-arriving fans hold a sign that says: "Brady is our hero; 17 and zero."......
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2:37 PM Fri, Jan 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young and Mike McDermott discuss the Patriots' upcoming playoff game. Click on the play button below to see and hear the show.......
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11:01 AM Fri, Jan 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Photographers Bob Breidenbach, Glenn Osmundson and Mary Murphy took some time this month to discuss their memories of the Patriots perfect regular season. Click the photo above to see their multimedia presentation -- with their favorite photos, how they......
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Head coach Bill Belichick answers questions from reporters Thursday as the Patriots returned to practice after time-off since last Saturday's win against the Giants. Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots was named the......
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1:21 PM Wed, Jan 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young and Mike McDermott discuss the Patriots' win over the Giants and look ahead to possible playoff foes. Click on the play button below to see and hear the show.......
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11:20 PM Sat, Dec 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots overcame a 12-point second-half deficit to beat the New York Giants, 38-35, and finish their season 16-0. The Pats took the lead for good with just over 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter, on a......
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9:09 AM Fri, Dec 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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On today's sports cover, Shalise Manza Young goes over the arguments -- from the Giants' point of view -- against using starters in Saturday's game against the Patriots. Also, Joe McDonald writes on the Red Sox' program of offseason physical......
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12:10 PM Thu, Dec 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young and Mike McDermott talk about the Patriots' quest to beat the Giants on Saturday and finish a perfect regular season. Click on the play button below to see and hear the show.......
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9:59 AM Thu, Dec 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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Today's Sports cover features Shalise Manza Young's story about Laurence Maroney, and his emergence as a more important part of the Patriots' offense as the weather gets cold. Also, Bill Reynolds writes about the URI Rams' ascent to the Top......
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1:50 PM Fri, Dec 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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8:54 AM Fri, Dec 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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On today's sports cover, Shalise Manza Young writes about the possibility that Rhode Islanders will not be able to watch the Patriots go for 16-0 against the New York Giants. Robert Lee writes about Junior Seau's resurgent season, and Bill......
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12:39 PM Thu, Dec 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Patriots are two games away from finishing the first 16-0 season in NFL history, and many fans in Rhode Island might not be able to see it happen. In case you're unaware, the Pats' season finale is Saturday, Dec.......
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10:54 AM Wed, Dec 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to relive Eugene Wilson's first-quarter touchdown in sound and pictures. Play of the Week archive......
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11:53 AM Tue, Dec 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young and Mike McDermott discuss the Patriots' win over the Jets and look ahead to potential playoff foes. Click the play button below to listen and watch. Here are some excerpts from Shalise's comments: On the defensive line:......
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3:50 PM Sun, Dec 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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It wasn't exactly the way Patriots fans thought it might be, but the New England Patriots won their rematch with the New York Jets today, 20-10, at Gillette Stadium. The Patriots became the first team since the 1972 Miami Dolphins......
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2:03 PM Sun, Dec 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl In the first quarter, Richard Seymour slammed into Jets quarterback Kellen Clemens as Clemens threw, top. The pass was intercepted by Eugene Wilson, who......
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11:10 AM Wed, Dec 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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Today's Sports cover begins our countdown to Sunday's rematch with the New York Jets. Click here to download the file in pdf format.......
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8:01 AM Wed, Dec 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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According to a report this morning in Newsday by reporters Bob Glauber and Tom Rock, the New York Jets were caught using a videotaping device in a game last season at Foxboro, resulting in the removal of a Jets employee.......
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3:47 PM Tue, Dec 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click the play button above to relive Jabar Gaffney's 56-yard trick-play touchdown in sound and pictures.......
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1:26 PM Tue, Dec 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young and Mike McDermott discuss the Patriots' win over Pittsburgh and look ahead to the Jets circus. Click the play button below to see and hear the show.......
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10:04 PM Sun, Dec 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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Hines Ward, Wide Receiver (On the game) We were going up and down the field, but they scored touchdowns and we didn’t. That is the biggest difference. We drove the ball fairly well and got down into the red zone......
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10:03 PM Sun, Dec 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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Q: Do you say, "If a couple red zone plays work out differently, you're right in it," or do you say, "Hey, major ground to make up?" BR: I say that we look at the scoreboard and realize that we......
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10:03 PM Sun, Dec 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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MT: Obviously, the Patriots were the better team today. They are to be congratulated for that performance. We couldn't stop them consistently. We couldn't make critical plays when we had to. Offensively, of course, we couldn't make critical plays when......
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10:01 PM Sun, Dec 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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Wes Welker, Wide Receiver (On guarantees from the opposing team) Yeah. We just went out there and executed and just did our thing out there. I don't think that it played too much, I think that we just went out......
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10:00 PM Sun, Dec 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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Q: Did the talk surrounding this week's game at all affect your preparation for this game? RM: I think our focus, with everything that's been said was really held in. Coach [Bill] Belichick and his coaching staff did a great......
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9:58 PM Sun, Dec 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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Q: What did you think of that lateral play for the touchdown? TB: That's the first time that's worked in weeks. It doesn't work against the scout team-they've seen it, but we've been practicing it. I told Randy [Moss] that......
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9:57 PM Sun, Dec 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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BB: That was a good win today for us. [I'm] really happy for the players, proud of them, proud of the way they played. I thought we played a smart football game and did a pretty good job of taking......
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9:53 PM Sun, Dec 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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PATRIOTS CLINCH FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF BYE By virtue of their victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers today, the Patriots have clinched a first-round playoff bye for the fifth time since the current NFL playoff format was implemented in 1990. New England has......
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7:22 PM Sun, Dec 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots today took a giant step toward a perfect regular season, easily defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers today in Foxboro. On a day when the Patriots handed the ball off only eight times, Tom Brady threw for 399......
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3:35 PM Sun, Dec 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy A plane carried this banner over Gillette Stadium today as the Steelers and the Patriots prepared to play ball.......
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11:32 AM Fri, Dec 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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The day is supposed to start clear, but things could get interesting by the afternoon. Click here to see the weather forecast for Foxboro.......
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10:33 AM Fri, Dec 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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Today's sports cover looks at some of the famous guarantees in sports history. Shalise Manza Young asks the question: Will Anthony Smith join the likes of Joe Namath, or the likes of Fred "the Hammer" Williamson? Also, Kevin McNamara reports......
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1:25 PM Wed, Dec 05, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young talk Patriots with sports producer Mike McDermott, and to see photos of Monday's game.......
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9:38 AM Tue, Dec 04, 2007 | Permalink |
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Today's cover highlights the Patriots' tense victory in Baltimore. Sean McAdam is on the Johan Santana beat at the baseball winter meetings in Nashville, Tenn., and Kevin McNamara previews the PC-URI showdown tonight. Download a copy of the page in......
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9:45 PM Mon, Dec 03, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Tom Brady and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels talk things over in the first quarter.......
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10:34 AM Thu, Nov 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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On today's sports cover, Patriots writers Shalise Manza Young and Jim Donaldson discuss the potential impact of the loss of Rosevelt Colvin. Paul Kenyon reports on URI's victory over Northeastern, and Joe McDonald gets Jon Lester's reaction to winning the......
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12:46 PM Tue, Nov 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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Here is this week's edition, in pictures and audio.......
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7:28 AM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Patriots had a tough fight on their hands against the Eagles, but they pulled it out to go to 11-0. Today's sports cover is all about the game. Download a copy of the page in PDF format......
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10:47 PM Sun, Nov 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson Philadelphia quarterback A.J. Feeley is pressured by Mike Vrabel and Richard Seymour.......
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9:48 PM Sun, Nov 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Tom Brady sets up a play at the line of scrimmage during the first half.......
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7:57 PM Sun, Nov 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson Wes Welker catches a pass during pregame warmups at Gillette Stadium.......
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2:22 PM Tue, Nov 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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Here it is at last, this week's edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. This week, we premiere our new look: PatsTalk in audio and pictures.......
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8:31 AM Tue, Nov 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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It was a busy day in sports, and there's lots of action on today's sports cover. Shalise Manza Young describes how Bill Belichick continues to drive his Patriots to greatness; Sean McAdam examines the Red Sox' deal with Mike Lowell;......
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11:44 AM Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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Back after an absence is the projo Play of the Week. Click the play button below to see Bob Breidenbach's photos of Ellis Hobbs' crazy touchdown run in the fourth quarter, which followed a big hit by fellow defensive back......
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9:52 AM Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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It was a stampede. That about sums up the Patriots' devastating win over Buffalo last night, and that story is the highlight of today's sports cover. We also discuss PC's loss to Miami and URI's win over UAB. Download a......
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10:21 PM Sun, Nov 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Randy Moss celebrates one of his four first-half touchdowns, jumping into the arms of tackle Nick Kaczur.......
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9:41 PM Sun, Nov 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Patriots teammates celebrate Laurence Maroney's first-quarter touchdown.......
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8:12 PM Sun, Nov 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Donte Stallworth warms up for tonight's game in Buffalo.......
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9:45 AM Fri, Nov 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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On today's sports cover, Shalise Manza Young discusses Laurence Maroney's attempt to change his running style to suit the Patriots' plans for him. Kevin McNamara reports on PC's season-opening victory over Temple in Puerto Rico, and of course we have......
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11:13 AM Thu, Nov 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to this week's edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: players coming off the bye week, lingering media hype, Wes Welker on the injury report, Buffalo's surprisingly successful season, the injury to running......
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11:03 AM Wed, Nov 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to today's edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: the gamesmanship of the Patriots-Colts rivalry; crowd noise conspiracy theory; the increasing chances of a perfect season; the toughest remaining tests; the wisdown of......
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9:51 AM Wed, Nov 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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Here's more fuel for the fire surrounding the Colts' alleged manufacturing of crowd noise at the RCA Dome. WBZ photojournalist Bryan Foley says in this video clip that he was on the sideline during Sunday's game, and asked a security......
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9:35 AM Tue, Nov 06, 2007 | Permalink |
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According to profootballtalk.com, the Opie and Anthony radio show has been pushing a rumor that Tom Brady failed a drug test. The site, which keeps a daily inventory on NFL rumors, throws cold water on the show's assertion. Click here......
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9:30 AM Tue, Nov 06, 2007 | Permalink |
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Today's cover goes into the latest allegations in the Patriots-Colts rivalry, as well as news that Curt Schilling is close to a deal with the Red Sox, and a report on URI's exhibition win over Concordia. Download a copy of......
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11:57 PM Sun, Nov 04, 2007 | Permalink |
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The cover story is, of course, the Patriots' come-from-behind victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Download a copy of the page in PDF format......
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7:23 PM Sun, Nov 04, 2007 | Permalink |
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They played poorly for much of the game and set a franchise record for penalty yards, but the New England Patriots still emerged undefeated from today's showdown with the Indianapolis Colts. The Patriots came back from a 20-10 fourth-quarter deficit,......
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7:42 AM Sun, Nov 04, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer It's time. After a week of hype and hyperbole, analysis and overanalysis, the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts face off today in one of the most highly anticipated regular-season games in......
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1:34 PM Fri, Nov 02, 2007 | Permalink |
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Dave Goldberg, Associated Press: Colts 38, Patriots 34 Peter King, Sports Illustrated: Patriots 40, Colts 31 Paul Zimmerman, Sports Illustrated: Patriots 34, Colts 24 Scouts Inc.: Patriots 35, Colts 31 Pete Prisco, CBS SportsLine: Colts 41, Patriots 27 Indianapolis Star:......
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10:59 AM Fri, Nov 02, 2007 | Permalink |
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Today's sports cover examines the history of the Tom Brady-Peyton Manning rivalry as the two quarterbacks prepare to meet for the 10th time. Download a copy of the page in PDF format......
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1:13 PM Wed, Oct 31, 2007 | Permalink |
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Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- This weekend's game between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts marks the first time two undefeated teams have played this late in a National Football League season, the league confirmed. Two teams with records of......
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11:16 AM Wed, Oct 31, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to today's edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: Good versus evil?extra motivation on both sides; does Peyton Manning have Bill Belichick's number now? the x-factor for the Patriots; improvements to the Colts'......
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7:15 PM Sun, Oct 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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After opening the season with second consecutive lopsided wins, the Patriots handed out their worst beating yet today at Gillette Stadium. And with a 52-7 win -- the second-largest margin of victory in franchise history -- the team made yet......
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11:54 AM Wed, Oct 24, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to today's edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: Randy Moss' latest receiving exhibition; is Matt Cassel still the backup quarterback? Washington's outstanding secondary; the state of the running game; and the endless......
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4:05 PM Sun, Oct 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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Tom Brady threw a Patriots franchise record six touchdown passes, five of them in the first half, as the 7-0 New England Patriots rolled over the 0-7 Miami Dolphins, 49-28, today in Miami. The win gave the Patriots their best......
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12:21 PM Sun, Oct 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson Lino Gouveia, of North Providence, tosses a football around the parking lot outside Dolphins Stadium before today's game.......
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11:11 AM Wed, Oct 17, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: Could we have seen this offensive juggernaut coming? If the blitz doesn't work, how do you defense Brady? Can Miami's defense have any of the success they've......
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2:28 PM Tue, Oct 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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We're a little late on it this week, we realize, but here it is. Click the play button at the bottom of the photo to see more pictures and listen to the narration. Click here to see other Plays of......
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2:17 PM Tue, Oct 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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Writing in The Dallas Morning News, Tim Cowlishaw reports that Wade Phillips remains unapologetic about his strategy for defending the Patriots in Sunday's game, even if the strategy sounds almost absurd now. "Phillips acknowledged at his Monday news conference that......
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8:58 PM Sun, Oct 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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With the running game weakened by injuries, Tom Brady took to the air, throwing a career-high five touchdown passes as the Patriots rolled to a 6-0 record. We'll post game stories and a photo gallery from the game tonight on......
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11:58 AM Fri, Oct 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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We're a little late on it this week, we realize, but here it is. Click the play button at the bottom of the photo to see more pictures and listen to the narration. Click here to see other Plays of......
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4:05 PM Thu, Oct 04, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Patriots just released their Thursday injury report. Dan Koppen, who yesterday was listed as "did not participate in practice," is the only change. Limited Participation in Practice: Rosevelt Colvin, ankle Randall Gay, thigh Dan Koppen, ankle Laurence Maroney, groin......
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12:45 PM Tue, Sep 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click the play button at the bottom of the photo to see more pictures and listen to the narration. Click here to see other Plays of the Week.......
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1:54 PM Fri, Sep 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to projo PatsTalk with Art Martone and Shalise Manza Young. Today's topics: a relaxed attitude leading up to Sunday's game; practice attendance and possible injuries; the league closing the books on the video investigation; the players......
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2:37 PM Tue, Sep 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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10:16 AM Tue, Sep 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click here to watch today's Senate committee hearing on the NFL's compensation system for former players. The Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee is holding a hearing focusing on the current compensation system for retirees with claims of advanced injuries......
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11:36 AM Mon, Sep 17, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to today's edition of projo PatsTalk with Art Martone. Today, Shalise Manza Young joins Art to talk about: the Patriots' reaction to last night's win; how the Chargers were left humbled; Bill Belichick's take; and whether......
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1:51 PM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Michael Dwyer Bill Belichick arrives for today's news conference at Gillette Stadium. By JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer FOXBORO, Mass. - It is what it is. That's one of Bill Belichick's favorite, fall-back clichés. He didn't......
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11:50 AM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to today's edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: the league's punishment and whether it's appropriate; how much losing a draft pick will hurt; the fans' mixed reaction; the next time the Jets......
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4:05 PM Wed, Sep 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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Here's a quick sampling of what some commentators from outside the New England area have to say about the Pats controversy: On Yahoo Sports, Dan Wetzel says that the Patriots' behavior is simply a product of the NFL system, one......
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2:01 PM Wed, Sep 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Michael Dwyer Bill Belichick meets the media, reluctantly, today. FOXBORO, Mass. - It's all in the delivery. Ron Meyer was a lovable rogue, a gridiron version of Buddy Cianci. In Meyer's mind, rules were made to......
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4:32 PM Thu, Sep 06, 2007 | Permalink |
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Here's the latest breakdown. Note the league has changed the categories on the report to reflect participation in the previous week's practice sessions. Randy Moss and Kyle Brady have been added to the "limited participation in practice" category (they were......
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3:18 PM Tue, Aug 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's newborn son is a JET. A publicist for actress Bridget Moynahan on Tuesday announced the name of the son she had with her ex-boyfriend - John Edward Thomas Moynahan - and......
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1:08 PM Wed, Aug 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photos / Bob Breidenbach Above, newly acquired cornerback Dante Wesley runs through a drill during the morning practice session inside the bubble at Gillette Stadium. Top, Bill Belichick addresses the team at the end of practice.......
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1:48 PM Mon, Aug 06, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photos / Bob Breidenbach Above, rookie safety Brandon Meriweather gets instructions from secondary coach Joel Collier. Above, Tom Brady meets the media after the morning practice session at Gillette Stadium.......
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11:57 AM Thu, Aug 02, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photos / Mary Murphy Laurence Maroney signs autographs, while Tom Brady clowns with Rodney Harrison after the morning practice session at Gillette Stadium today.......
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2:43 PM Tue, Jul 31, 2007 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Tedy Bruschi and his sons Rex (yellow shirt) and Tedy Jr. push the blocking sled today after the Patriots' practice at Gillette Stadium.......
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10:51 AM Fri, Jul 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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A couple thousand fans did make it to Gillette Stadium today for the morning session of the first day of Patriots camp. Tom Brady was there; Asante Samuel reportedly was not. The players who were there were signing autographs on......
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10:49 AM Fri, Jul 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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WESTWOOD, Mass. – A single-car crash on Route 95 north, south of exit 13, that closed both the northbound and southbound lanes of the highway for an hour so a helicopter could land, continues to tie up traffic. If you......
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10:54 AM Wed, Jul 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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With their training camp set to officially get under way on Friday, the Patriots have placed eight players on the physically unable to perform list, according to The Boston Globe. Wide receivers Troy Brown, Kelley Washington and Chad Jackson; defensive......
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9:23 AM Wed, Jul 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi is alive and well, the team reports, despite a wildfire rumor spreading across the region that Bruschi has died. The Journal last night received approximately 10 calls from readers who had heard the rumor.......
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3:53 PM Tue, Jul 24, 2007 | Permalink |
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Curtis Martin, the NFL's fourth all-time leading rusher and a former Patriots star, will announce his retirement this week, according to The New York Post. The newspaper said that an announcement will probably happen in Manhattan within the next two......
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3:02 PM Tue, Jul 24, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) - A jury found against Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis on Tuesday in his malpractice lawsuit against two doctors he claimed botched his care after he had gastric bypass surgery five years ago. The jury deliberated for......
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2:30 PM Mon, Jul 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Former NFL defensive tackle Chad Eaton was arrested for investigation of domestic violence. Eaton was arrested in Monroe, booked into jail in this city north of Seattle on Saturday and released Sunday on $2,500 bail, according......
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1:39 PM Fri, Jun 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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Here is the transcript from Shalise's chat today. Art Martone will be back at noon Monday for the next projo Sports Chat. You can submit your questions at 9 a.m. Monday in the sports chat room at www.projo.com/chat Warren: Shalise....What......
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3:08 PM Thu, May 31, 2007 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Stephan Savoia Coach Bill Belichick pulls newly acuired linebacker Adalius Thomas into position as Thomas works against defensive lineman LeKevin Smith today.......
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2:51 PM Tue, May 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., offered their support Tuesday to a bill that would help make the public more aware of the warning signs of strokes. Bruschi had a minor stroke......
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2:06 PM Mon, Apr 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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We won't really know for a few years which team had the best Draft weekend, but the Patriots are getting the headlines across the country. There is shock, awe, and, in many cases, agreement with Jim Donaldson that the Patriots......
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3:20 PM Fri, Apr 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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Shalise Manza Young will be blogging from New York City throughout both Saturday and Sunday. Check back often for the latest news on what the Patriots are up to. Barring any Draft-day maneuvers, New England has the 24th and 28th......
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9:29 AM Fri, Apr 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe reports today that tight-end David Thomas, a rookie during the 2006 season, broke his foot while participating in the team's offseason workout program. The report says that Thomas is expected to make a full recovery, but that......
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9:12 AM Thu, Apr 05, 2007 | Permalink |
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CHICAGO (AP) — Former New England Patriots receiver Darryl Stingley, who was paralyzed after a hard hit during an NFL exhibition game nearly 30 years ago, has died. He was 55. Stingley was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Thursday......
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11:56 AM Mon, Apr 02, 2007 | Permalink |
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Confirming earlier reports, the NFL announced today that the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will not meet in Beijing for an exhibition game before the 2007 season. The so-called American Bowl game had been set for Aug. 9.......
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8:11 AM Mon, Mar 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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Doctors found significant damage to the shoulder of Patriots running back Laurence Maroney while performing offseason surgery, The Boston Herald reports today, quoting an unnamed league source. The nature and long-term impact of Maroney's injury are unclear, according to the......
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10:54 AM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Quoted in The Boston Globe, NFL Players Association spokesman Carl Francis says the union has asked for details of the Patriots' trade with the Miami Dolphins for wide receiver Wes Welker, but is not concerned that the deal violates the......
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8:23 AM Fri, Mar 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Metrowest Daily News is reporting today that the New England Patriots are interested in adding 28-year-old Edgerton Hartwell to their revamped linebacking corps. The report cites an unnamed league source. Hartwell was a rising star with the Baltimore Ravens......
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8:05 AM Wed, Mar 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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Former New England Patriots tight end Daniel Graham has signed a 5-year, $30-million deal with the Denver Broncos, according to John Clayton of ESPN. Clayton reported that the contract includes $15 million in guaranteed money. Graham will be joining the......
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7:58 AM Wed, Mar 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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In Philadelphia and here in New England, they're trying to sort through the conflicting reports surrounding the future of free-agent wide receiver Donte Stallworth. Stallworth, who the Eagles picked up before last season in a trade with New Orleans, visited......
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1:45 PM Tue, Mar 06, 2007 | Permalink |
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Former New England Patriots linebacker Tully Banta-Cain has signed with the San Francisco 49ers, according to ESPN. Terms of the deal are not known. Banta-Cain, 26, who found his starting job gone when the Patriots acquired free agent Adalius Thomas,......
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4:21 PM Thu, Feb 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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10:13 AM Thu, Feb 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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Patriots wide receiver Chad Jackson suffered a torn anterior cruciate knee ligament in the team's AFC Championship game loss to the Colts Jan. 21, according to a report in today's Boston Globe. The newspaper based the report on sources in......
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2:36 PM Tue, Feb 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Brady is happy about becoming a father. "Tom and his family are excited about the pregnancy, and want to thank everyone who has shown support, and particularly for their consideration of Tom's privacy," Brady's agent,......
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11:51 AM Tue, Feb 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in a medical malpractice case brought by Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis after a juror collapsed and several doctors - including the two defendants - rushed to his aid. The......
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11:02 AM Tue, Feb 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) — A juror hearing the medical malpractice case brought by Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis collapsed during testimony Tuesday, and several doctors in the courtroom — including the two defendants — rushed to his aid. The juror,......
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11:35 AM Fri, Feb 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady testified Friday that he watched his mentor Charlie Weis move in and out of consciousness after the Notre Dame coach’s gastric bypass surgery. Brady testified during Weis’ medical malpractice lawsuit against......
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2:30 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe is reporting that Brian Daboll, the Patriots' wide receivers coach since 2002, is leaving to take a job with the New York Jets.......
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1:58 PM Wed, Feb 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) — Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis testified Wednesday he had gastric bypass surgery because he was afraid he would die if he didn't lose weight, but life-threatening complications resulted after the procedure. In his malpractice lawsuit, Weis claims......
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11:54 AM Wed, Feb 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson was on WEEI's Dennis and Callahan show, discussing the physical and psychological struggles that he and his doctors blame on the concussions he suffered in the NFL. Johnson took questions from callers, some......
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10:55 AM Fri, Feb 02, 2007 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Jets were cleared by the NFL on Thursday of tampering charges filed by the New England Patriots in connection with New York's talks with holdout wide receiver Deion Branch. The Patriots had given Branch permission......
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7:01 AM Fri, Feb 02, 2007 | Permalink |
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Former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson, who is just 34 years old, says he is addicted to ampehetamines, has become terrified of the outside world and sometimes cannot get himself out of bed for days at a time --......
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3:27 PM Fri, Jan 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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Projo.com will have full coverage before, during and after Sunday's AFC Championship Game in Indianapolis. Shalise Manza Young will begin filing blog reports before kickoff, and we'll also have John Freidah's photo gallery of the pregame scene from the Circle......
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8:51 PM Sun, Jan 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson, in his postgame news conference, accused the Patriots of disrespectful behavior at the end of today's game. Tomlinson was asked about an unsportsmanlike conduct call against the Patriots, which followed Nate Kaeding's missed......
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12:31 PM Thu, Dec 21, 2006 | Permalink |
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Wide receiver Troy Brown will be in North Attleboro tonight to host an advance screening of We Are Marshall, a movie based on the events that followed the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 Marshall University football players and coaches.......
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9:29 AM Wed, Sep 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Boston Herald reports today that an old, familiar -- did we mention old -- face was sighted at Gillette Stadium yesterday, and that it belonged to quarterback Vinny Testaverde, whom the team had apparently called in for a workout.......
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2:32 PM Tue, Sep 12, 2006 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots have re-signed wide receiver Jonathan Smith and released another wideout, Bam Childress. Smith, 24, from Georgia Tech, has past NFL experience with the Buffalo Bills. In 16 career games, the 5-foot-10, 194-pound Smith has 8 receptions......
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1:07 PM Mon, Sep 11, 2006 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots have traded disgruntled wide receiver Deion Branch to the Seattle Seahawks. In a statement, the club says that Branch has been traded for an undisclosed 2007 draft pick. ESPN has reported that the trade is for......
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12:51 PM Thu, Sep 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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Joining Bruschi at practice today is wide receiver Chad Jackson (hamstring) and offensive tackle Nick Kaczur (shoulder). All three missed practice on Wednesday and are listed as questionable for Sunday's game.......
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12:29 PM Thu, Sep 07, 2006 | Permalink |
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Tedy Bruschi is on the practice field. Bruschi (wrist) is listed as questionable for Sunday's opener against the Bills and Patriots coach Bill Belichick wasn't ready to update the status on his star linebacker during his press conference earlier today.......
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1:52 PM Fri, Aug 25, 2006 | Permalink |
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In an unusual move, the New England Patriots have posted on their Web site a two-sentence statement saying that they are giving wide receiver Deion Branch permission to seek a trade and negotiate a contract with another team. The statement......
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4:57 PM Thu, Aug 17, 2006 | Permalink |
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Other than the interest in Tom Brady's association with Greg Anderson, the final Patriots' practice open to the public went quietly. The crowd was one of the larger ones. Overall, those who have been here for the four years......
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4:38 PM Thu, Aug 17, 2006 | Permalink |
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Tom Brady long since has become accustomed to drawing crowds, but even by his standards yesterday was big. And this was not one of his most pleasant sessions. As soon as the Patriots finished practice this afternoon, television camera......
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1:43 PM Thu, Aug 17, 2006 | Permalink |
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It's an hour to the start of the scheduled practice, and the Patriots are out, in t-shirts and shorts, on the Gillette Stadium field doing walk throughs in preparation for Saturday night's game against Arizona. Inside, Stacey James, the......
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1:18 PM Thu, Aug 17, 2006 | Permalink |
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More on Belichick's press conference today. . . this one about jobs. The coach was unusually candid in response to a question about whether he has his mind made up on his 53-man roster for this season. On the......
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12:51 PM Thu, Aug 17, 2006 | Permalink |
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In football, perhaps more than any other sport, it is difficult for a fan to recognize progress for an individual player. In baseball, basketball and virtually ever other sport, players are in the open, their work easily visible to......
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12:32 PM Thu, Aug 17, 2006 | Permalink |
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Coach Belichick asked for a Mulligan today. Considering his track record, we'll give him one. The coach was late for his final press conference of training camp, nearly a half hour late. ``Do I get a Mulligan on this,''......
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4:45 PM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Patriots wrapped up today's afternoon session by running two-minute drills with the first- and second-team offenses and defenses. Loud music subbed for crowd noise. The first-team offense was efficient, and Tom Brady connected on the play of the day......
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4:01 PM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Patriots just went through pass drills, offense vs. defense, as the sounds of Bon Jovi, Guns n' Roses and the Rolling Stones blasted from the sound system. Tom Brady was pretty sharp, though Troy Brown dropped two straight passes......
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3:03 PM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Patriots took the field for their second practice session of the day around 2:30 this afternoon. The players are wearing shoulder pads, helmets and shorts for the light-contact session. Punter Josh Miller got some reps, launching punts to Troy......
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2:59 PM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots just announced the signing of Eddie Berlin, a 28-year-old wide receiver with five years of experience in the NFL. Berlin played four seasons with the Tennessee Titans before joining the Chicago Bears last year. He saw......
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1:45 PM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Patriots welcomed one more player to his first day of camp today: rookie tight end/fullback Garrett Mills, who many believe could be an impact player in the Patriots' offense. Mills was the team's fourth-round draft choice out of Tulsa.......
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1:01 PM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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Signs that the real season is still a ways away: While the Pats' workouts are on break at the practice fields, soccer practice is taking place on the main field at Gillette Stadium. A huge chunk of the seating is......
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12:59 PM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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AP photo Place kicker Martin Gramatica is, surprisingly, not the smallest Patriot. There are 92 players on the Patriots roster at this point, and 22 of them are listed at 300 pounds or more. One of the big guys......
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12:44 PM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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A little bit earlier we talked about the return of Randall Gay. Here's what Bill Belichick had to say this morning about Gay's ankle injury-shortened 2005 season: "It was a frustrating situation because it seemed like something that was going......
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12:33 PM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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There are quite a lot of unfamiliar faces catching passes for the Patriots during this camp, but few are as unfamiliar as Kelvin Kight. The 24-year-old wide receiver was signed by the team in late July. He was not drafted......
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12:17 PM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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Bill Belichick spoke to the media for about a half-hour today, taking a lot of questions about the return of Rodney Harrison. While the reporters seemed agog about Harrison's ability to return so early in camp, Belichick -- dressed in......
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11:26 AM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Patriot defense is beginning to look like itself, with the recent returns of Richard Seymour and Rodney Harrison. Another guy they're happy to have back in pads is third-year cornerback Randall Gay, who missed much of last year with......
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9:46 AM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots have begun their second-to-last day of practice before the team's first exhibition test, on Friday night against the Atlanta Falcons. There are a couple of hundred people here in Foxboro on a perfect summer day, with......
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10:16 AM Wed, Aug 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots have announced that today's practice session will start at 3 p.m., not 2:30 as originally scheduled. The practice will still conclude at 4:30.......
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12:50 PM Mon, May 15, 2006 | Permalink |
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New England's own Doug Flutie has announced the end of a professional football career that spanned 21 years. Flutie, the 43-year-old former Heisman Trophy winner from Boston College, had spent the offseason deciding whether to come back for one more......
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1:29 PM Tue, Apr 11, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that the New England Patriots are one of four teams in conversations about acquiring safety Ty Law. The Seahawks, as you would presume, are another, as are Romeo Crennel's Cleveland Browns and the Tennessee Titans.......
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2:07 PM Wed, Mar 29, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have announced that they have re-signed exclusive-rights free-agent safety Guss Scott to a deal with undisclosed terms. Scott, 23, was a fourth-round draft pick of the Patriots in 2004, from the University of Florida. He missed the entire......
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10:53 AM Wed, Mar 29, 2006 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots will play their first two exhibition games on national television, according to partial schedules released by the NFL today. The Pats will open their preseason on Friday, Aug. 11, at 8 p.m., in a game against......
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2:10 PM Mon, Mar 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots are one of four teams being mentioned today as potential destinations for disgruntled Buffalo Bills wide receiver Eric Moulds. The Houston Chronicle reports that the Houston Texans, Denver Broncos and Philadelphia Eagles are the others. Moulds,......
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3:39 PM Thu, Mar 23, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe's Mike Reiss reports this afternoon that offensive tackle Tom Ashworth has agreed in principle to a deal with the Seattle Seahawks. The Patriots have other options at the tackle position, including Matt Light, Nick Kaczur and Brandon......
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1:03 PM Thu, Mar 23, 2006 | Permalink |
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Associated Press photo As head coach Tony Dungy, left, and team president Bill Polian look on, Adam Vinatieri speaks to the media today about his new deal with the Indianapolis Colts. Adam Vinatieri heaped praise on the New England......
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10:48 AM Thu, Mar 23, 2006 | Permalink |
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According to reports this morning on the Web site of Sports Illustrated, free-agent place kicker Mike Vanderjagt, who had planned a visit to New England, has instead agreed to a deal with the Dallas Cowboys. Vanderjagt, who lost his place......
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10:09 AM Thu, Mar 23, 2006 | Permalink |
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Still no public appearance in Indiana by Adam Vinatieri, but the local media is beginning to appreciate the personality and the talent that is coming their way as a result of the Colts' signing of the former Patriots hero. In......
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3:41 PM Wed, Mar 22, 2006 | Permalink |
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Indianapolis Colts team president Bill Polian, interviewed this afternoon on WEEI's Big Show, said his team didn't think twice about casting aside its own star place kicker in favor of Patriots free agent Adam Vinatieri. The Colts yesterday signed Vinatieri......
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3:22 PM Wed, Mar 22, 2006 | Permalink |
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Fans responding to a Projo.com survey overwhelmingly predicted that the loss of place kicker Adam Vinatieri will come back to haunt the Patriots this coming season and beyond. But in addition to his reliability as a clutch kicker, fans seemed......
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12:42 PM Wed, Mar 22, 2006 | Permalink |
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Reporting today on nfl.com, analyst Adam Schefter says free-agent wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson is likely to visit the Patriots after talking with the New York Giants. Johnson caught 71 passes for 839 yards and 6 touchdowns with the Dallas Cowboys......
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9:28 AM Wed, Mar 22, 2006 | Permalink |
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There was plenty of exasperation and bitterness this morning among posts to the message board on the site patsfans.com, but some of the posters turned their bitterness on Adam Vinatieri's decision to take the Colts' money and run. One fan......
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3:38 PM Fri, Mar 17, 2006 | Permalink |
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On the same week in which they lost David Givens to free agency and the Tennessee Titans, the Patriots signed wide receiver Reche Caldwell to a contract with undisclosed terms, according to wire reports. Caldwell, a 6-foot, 215-pound receiver from......
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11:02 AM Wed, Mar 15, 2006 | Permalink |
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Patriots free agent kicker Adam Vinatieri is likely to visit Green Bay Packers team officials this week, probably on Friday, according to a report on the NFL Network and in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. The Packers are without a place......
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