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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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1:38 PM Wed, Mar 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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12:01 PM Thu, Jan 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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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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