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Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman spikes ceremonial puck drop at Bruins game
Tuesday night at TD Garden, the Super Bowl champs were in the house for a special pregame ceremony before the Boston Bruins hosted the New York Islanders. First, the nearly two dozen Patriots on hand got to greet captain Zdeno Chara in the locker room before the Bruins hit the ice: Welcomed onto the ice with a video presentation with…
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Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman lauded as âa fighter'
Julian Edelman, one of the great storytellers in the Patriots’ locker room, was mostly humble and deferential in his post-game reflections after taking home Super Bowl MVP honors. At the podium, asked if he’d thought of a celebratory drink yet, the wide receiver laughed, “I’ll take a water, thanks”, as a staffer handed him a bottle of Aquafina. On...
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Brady credits defense for setting the tone in Super Bowl LIII
Sunday night’s Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta provided quite the contrast from last year’s Super Bowl LII loss in Minneapolis, when Tom Brady set a Super Bowl record with 505 in a futile effort, coming up on the losing end to the Philadelphia Eagles. Brady only had half his passing yards (262) from a year ago, and didn’t throw...
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LA Rams punter Johnny Hekker: âHumbling' to hear Belichick's famous âweapon' praise
Los Angeles Rams punter Johnny Hekker has been the subject of some of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s heaviest praise over the years. It’s gone back years, but really picked up in late November of 2016 prior to the Rams’ regular-season visit to Foxborough. Lacking in much positive hyperbole to say about Jeff Fisher’s mightily-struggling outfit, Belichick unfurled...
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Petition to hold NFC title game rematch closing in on a half-million signatures
One of the most controversial endings in NFC Championship Game history has sprung one of the NFL’s most passionate fanbases into full-sprung action. An online petition on Change.org, started by Mississippi resident Terry Cassreino, calling for a rematch of Sunday’s title game on Jan. 27Â is nearing a half-million signatures, having collected more than 460,000 as of 9 p.m. Monday...
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If this was Rob Gronkowski's last home game as a Patriot, he went out with a bang
FOXBOROUGH â As the rumors of Rob Gronkowskiâs potential flirtation with retirement swirl once again, one canât help but wonder if Sunday afternoon was Rob Gronkowskiâs final walk off the Gillette Stadium turf of his NFL career. Asked about this possibility following the Patriotsâ 41-28 thrashing of Los Angeles in an AFC divisional round matchup, Gronkowski said his focus was on...
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Phillip Dorsett steps up when Patriots need it most: In playoffs against Chargers
FOXBORO — Julian Edelman told him to be ready when the play comes. And in a season for him that’s been defined by pouncing on whatever opportunities he can grasp, Philip Dorsett took full advantage. Facing third-and-6 from the Chargers’ 15 early in the second quarter, the speedster lined up in the slot aside Edelman, who motioned in from outside…
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Tale of the Tape: Kansas City vs. New England
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Inactives for Patriots, Chargers for AFC divisional round playoff
Inactives for this afternoon’s AFC Divisional Round Playoff at Gillette Stadium are out: Among the most noteworthy inactives for New England is Deatrich Wise Jr. The 2017 fourth-round pick is coming off a strong regular-season finale, in which he tied a season-high in tackles (5) as the Patriots rolled the Jets 38-3. Click here to download the new MyTeams App by…
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Patriots will host Ravens-Chargers winner, unique history awaits
With the Indianapolis Colts jumping all over the Houston Texans to win the Wild Card round easily, locking themselves into a divisional round meeting at the Kansas City Chiefs next Saturday, we now know next weekâs opponent for the Patriots will be either the Baltimore Ravens or the Los Angeles Chargers, who square off Sunday at 1 p.m. Thereâs...