ST. PAUL, Minn. — Tom Brady wore a black wool stocking cap and a big smile. Bill Belichick sported a full suit. The guy in the shark costume, well, he was just trying to not wear out his welcome. The New England Patriots were the first team on stage Monday at Super Bowl opening night, […]
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Tom Brady cuts off radio interview over remark about daughter
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he’s reconsidering whether to continue a long-running weekly radio appearance after a host at the station called his daughter “an annoying little pissant.” Brady cut short an appearance on Monday morning and said, “I’ll obviously evaluate whether I want to come on this show again.” WEEI […]
Thousands of fans give New England Patriots a super sendoff to Minneapolis
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady praised the Philadelphia Eagles, dropped the microphone and then walked off stage Monday to lead the New England Patriots on the road to the Super Bowl. “It’s going to be fun, it’s going to be a lot of hard work, we’re playing a great team, but I tell you […]
Brady practices without glove as Gronk returns to practice
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Two of the New England Patriots’ most important players are getting healthier as they prepare to head to Minneapolis for Super Bowl week. After getting stitches in his right hand and thumb prior to the AFC championship game last week, quarterback Tom Brady was on the practice field Saturday, gripping the ball […]
Brady limited participant in practice with right hand injury
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots say quarterback Tom Brady did not attend a scheduled AFC championship news conference Wednesday because he was meeting with the team medical staff for a right hand injury. According to New England’s first injury report of the week, Brady was a limited participant in the practice held earlier in the […]
Questions emerging as Tom Brady ages
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) celebrates after scoring a 1-yard touchdown during the AFC Championship game against the Baltimore Ravens, in Foxborough, Mass, in Jan. 2012. The Patriots’ 40-year-old quarterback will try to lead his team to a place in its seventh straight conference title game when it hosts the Titans. (AP Photo/Stephan […]
NFL analysts can’t seem to find signs that Tom Brady is aging
Saturday night, when the New England Patriots host the Tennessee Titans in an AFC Divisional Round game, Tom Brady will start the 35th playoff game of his career. It is possible none have come with the distinct strain of uneasiness currently surrounding him. Brady finds himself at a peculiar stage, still excellent and yet ancient […]
Patriots deny tension among Kraft, Brady and Belichick (It’s all good)
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — On the field, the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots are right where they want to be heading into the postseason. As the AFC’s top seed and the owners of a first-round bye, the 13-3 Patriots will get to rest up during the opening weekend of […]
Brady selected as No. 1 QB by AP NFL panel
There is little doubt the QB any NFL coach or player would want leading the way to win a big game right now is Tom Brady. So it makes sense he was a nearly unanimous choice as the No. 1 quarterback in the league by an Associated Press panel. Brady received nine of 11 first-place […]
NFL, NFLPA review of film, records shows no Brady concussion
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The NFL and the players’ union have found no evidence of deviation by New England’s medical staff from the league’s concussion protocol regarding Tom Brady last season.League spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement Wednesday that Brady released his medical records for review as part of the process. McCarthy said the review […]