WORCESTER – Only in New England would 10,000 people show up to a charity softball game on a miserable night weather wise. The first annual MayeDay Family Foundation Celebrity Softball Classic took place on Sunday night at a raw, rainy Polar Park. The ballpark was as full as it’s ever been and various New England Patriots players, other athletes and celebrities took part in a home run derby, accuracy throwing…

FOXBOROUGH – Upbeat, energetic, clearly eager to continue coaching the New England Patriots. That’s the easiest, simplest way to explain what Mike Vrabel was like on Wednesday before and during the team’s second OTA practice, but the first open to the media. Vrabel certainly had his fair share of longer answers in his first press conference since the draft. That was a bit noteworthy, but his passion and eagerness to…

FOXBOROUGH – The Patriots had their second OTA practice of the spring on Wednesday afternoon as the defending AFC Champs officially get some football activities going. This time of year is still considered voluntary, so there was some absences (noted below), but the majority of the team did take part in the light practice that lasted a little over an hour and a half. Here’s what stood out… -Absences included…

Back to (semi) normal football coverage on Wednesday. The first official voluntary OTA is slated for mid-afternoon down in Foxborough, with Mike Vrabel set to meet the media at 11:30 and then Drake Maye, Rhamondre Stevenson and Milton Williams slated to speak following practice around 2:00 p.m. While the crap storm that has been the offseason for Vrabel will certainly come up on Wednesday, once he speaks before the first…

FOXBOROUGH – There was a big event feel to what would normally be a regular Wednesday for Patriots players. The majority of the team has been in Foxborough during the voluntary part of OTAs, with mandatory minicamp set to begin in a couple of weeks. And while players have gotten adjusted to the new New Balance Athletics Center, there were some very special guests that got to visit the new…