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Patriots take field for OTA with no Brady, no Gronk

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Seven-on-seven drills. Playbook run-throughs. Pretending that everything is normal. It’s all part of the New England Patriots getting ready for the regular season. Three months after losing the Super Bowl to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Patriots held their second organized team activity on Tuesday — without Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski. Coach […]

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Gronk: Belichick knows to how help Patriots avoid distractions

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Rob Gronkowski says coach Bill Belichick makes it easy for the New England Patriots to ignore distractions such as the one created by last week’s ESPN report. “Throughout my years here I’ve seen a lot of negative, a lot of positive,” Gronkowski said Tuesday as the Patriots prepared for Saturday night’s divisional […]

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Patriots catch a break, edge Steelers

  PITTSBURGH — Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski did it to the Pittsburgh Steelers again. One questionable decision by Ben Roethlisberger helped. Brady fed Gronkowski repeatedly to set up Dion Lewis’ go-ahead 8-yard touchdown with 56 seconds remaining and Roethlisberger was intercepted in the end zone with 5 seconds left as the New England Patriots […]

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Brady, Belichick donate to J.J. Watt’s hurricane relief fund

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady takes questions from reporters following practice Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has donated $100,000 to the Hurricane Harvey relief fund started by Texans pass-rusher J.J. Watt, and New England coach Bill Belichick has pitched in $50,000. Watt called the donations […]

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A toast, to the greatest marriage in sports

Spoiled, spiteful Patriots fans, let that sink in while you walk down to your wine cellar to pick out the right champagne to pop at around 10 p.m. Sunday night. Seven Super Bowls together. Brady and Belichick. Bradychick. The eternal marriage of quarterback and coach, outlasting countless celebrity mergers and at least two presidential administrations.  […]

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Brady talks about his decision

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Addressing reporters for the first time since opting not to pursue further appeals of his four-game suspension in the “Deflategate” saga, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady called it a personal decision and said he is trying to move on. The four-time Super Bowl winner spoke to the media Friday at […]

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The Hot Corner: Two, too great to compare, too polarizing to enjoy

In a 2015-16 New England Patriots’ news cycle that was dominated by embarrassing (for everyone involved except the Patriots) lunacy, let’s start the next one with some real talk. The Patriots aren’t heading west to Tom Brady’s neck of the woods to defend their Super Bowl title, to make the franchise’s ninth Super Bowl appearance […]