Patriots: Robert Kraft announces “Lights On!” initiative with partnership between Patriots, Revolution & New Bedford Police Department

December 16, 2021

Common sense and compassion are two things that have seemingly fallen off the face of the earth in the last couple years. So, when Robert Kraft, program director Sherman Patterson and New Bedford Police Chief Paul Oliveira briefly gathered at the 50-yard line on Thursday afternoon to announce the “Lights On!” initiative, it was a small step towards trying to bring both of those things back to the area. “Lights…

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Patriots: In many ways, Patrick Chung was the ultimate Patriot

March 24, 2021

Image courtesy of Matthew J. Lee/Boston Globe Patriots safety Patrick Chung announced his retirement last Friday after 11 seasons with the organization. Chung was a second round pick out of Oregon in 2009. The same draft class that produced Sebastian Vollmer and Julian Edelman. The Patriots traded out of the first round that year and ended up drafting 14 players. Chung was the first player picked. Upon arriving in New…

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Patriots: Let’s face it. The Patriots have egg on their face with Brady winning the Super Bowl

February 8, 2021

Image courtesy of the New England Patriots Tom Brady winning the Super Bowl last night was a bad look for the Patriots from a P.R standpoint. Sure, the organization tweeted out congratulating Brady and Rob Gronkowski but make no mistake about it. The Patriots have egg on their face after letting Brady walk last spring. Truth be told, no one thought the Buccaneers would win the Super Bowl in Brady’s…

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Patriots: It’s time for Bob Kraft to put Bill Parcells into the Patriots Hall of Fame

May 11, 2020

The Patriots announced this morning that defensive end Richard Seymour was elected by the fans as the latest inductee into the Patriots Hall of Fame. Seymour beat out teammate Mike Vrabel and former Patriots coach Bill Parcells. Seymour winning the fan vote is not a surprise. Big Sey was a fan favorite and a stalwart on three Super Bowl winning teams. You could say the same thing about Vrabel but…

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Patriots: The unimaginable has happened. Tom Brady is leaving the Patriots

March 17, 2020

By Kevin J. Stone/@kstone06/@newftbj March 17, 2020 – a day that will live in New England sports infamy. Fittingly, snow was falling on Tuesday morning when Tom Brady stunningly announced he’d be continuing his football journey somewhere other than New England via instagram. The man who seemingly provided some of his best football in bad weather had one final dagger to throw through the snow, but this one wasn’t headed…

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Patriots: Tom Brady’s agent to meet with the Patriots at the NFL Combine

February 25, 2020

Image courtesy of Jim Davis/Boston Globe According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Patriots are expected to meet with Tom Brady’s agent Don Yee at the NFL Combine. The news of the meeting reinforces the notion that Brady has an interest in returning to the New England and is willing to give the Patriots the first opportunity to sign him. League sources have been reporting the past two weeks that…

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Patriots: Tom Brady is playing mind games and quite frankly, I am over it

February 1, 2020

Photo courtesy of Tom Brady’s twitter account. The football world was abuzz on Thursday when Tom Brady posted this picture of him walking into an empty stadium on his Instagram account. Rumors started circulating that this was Brady walking into Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Others interpreted the picture as Brady possibly hinting at retirement. A few people mentioned that he was paying homage to Kobe Bryant who had a…

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Patriots: Tom Brady’s contract has us scratching our heads

August 8, 2019

The Patriots and Tom Brady announced a two year, $70 million dollar contract extension on Sunday. On the surface, this is great news. In reality, this is a year to year contract. In the short term, Brady got a raise for 2019. He will now make $23 million dollars instead of $15 million dollars. The new deal actually gives the Patriots $5 million dollars in cap space for this season….

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Patriots: Bob Kraft should be inducted into the hall of fame in 2020

July 20, 2019

According to the Boston Globe’s Ben Volin, Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being considered for induction into the NFL Hall of Fame Class of 2020 as a contributor. The NFL is considering adding more enshrinees to next year’s class. As many as 20 candidates could be inducted. The league usually inducts anywhere from four to eight candidates but because this is the 100th season of the league, they are considering…

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Patriots: Rob Kraft’s reputation is going to take a hit regardless of whether or not he is charged

February 25, 2019

(Gregory Payan/AP) When news broke on Friday that Patriots owner Robert Kraft was being charged with soliciting prostitution at a spa in Jupiter, Florida, I was stunned. Like most people, several thoughts crossed my mind. Why would Robert Kraft visit an establishment like this? Why would a 77 year old billionaire want to ruin his reputation by getting caught up in something like this? None of it added up to…

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