Celtics win sixth straightRajon Rondo scored 17 points with 12 assists and 10 rebounds on Monday night to lead the Boston Celtics to a 100-89 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats. It was Rondo’s third triple-double of the season and the 26th of his career, including playoffs. Paul… |
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Boston.com Patriots news, boston.com FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - The New England Patriots have done just fine without Rob Gronkowski. |
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Boston.com Patriots news, boston.com The trash talk has begun... but the Patriots players aren't taking the bait. |
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Staff says John Kerry paid fair market value for tickets in Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s suiteJan 14
Boston.com Patriots news, boston.com The CBS Sports cameras made their traditional game-day pan of the owner’s box at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, catching not just Robert Kraft but also one of his highly recognizable guests: Senator John Kerry. That prompted instant questions about how Ker… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick had an unprecedented running performance, Denver’s Trindon Holliday had an unprecedented returning performance, and the Patriots keep winning games behind Tom Brady’s passing. Kaepernick, Holliday and Brady a… |
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Boston.com Patriots news, boston.com Ravens receiver Torrey Smith says this season has molded his team into a tight-knit group of warriors. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com We’ve got a rematch in the AFC Championship Game, which means the Ravens are trying to avoid a repeat of last year’s painful loss to the Patriots. Lee Evans couldn’t catch a pass in the end zone that he should have caught and then Billy Cundiff miss… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Let's go back to the halcyon days of 2007, when an unheralded sixth-round pick named Derek Anderson outplayed Charlie Frye and Brady Quinn to become the Browns starter. Anderson would make the Pro Bowl and win 10 games as he led Cleveland to its best se… |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com We'll certainly be covering all aspects of the conference championship matchups through the week at Shutdown Corner, but here are a few general observations about the upcoming AFC Championship game. AFC Championship Game Baltimore Ravens at New England … |
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The New England Patriots defeated the Houston Texans 41-28 Sunday in the divisional round of the playoffs. But the game would not have been that close if not for New England's poor kickoff coverage. Houston had 230 kickoff return yards against the Patri… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The injury news on tight end Rob Gronkowski was not good, but the Patriots appear to have dodged a bullet in regard to running back Danny Woodhead. Woodhead injured his thumb early in Sunday’s 41-28 victory over the Texans and did not return to the cont… |
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NBC Sports, yahoo.com All due respect to Rob Gronkowski and his unique skill set, but the Patriots will survive without their tight end's presence. Sidelined with a broken arm, Gronk is forced to miss the remainder of the postseason as the Patriots move on to face the Ravens… |
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Boston.com Patriots news, boston.com Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo is tweeting about the Patriots again today, but this time it's to apologize for comments he made Sunday night. |
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Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels said he was thrilled to have his former colleague back in New England, just in time for the playoff run. |
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Bill Belichick revealed nothing about the loss of Rob Gronkowski, but seemed to indicate that Danny Woodhead could return. |
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The New England Patriots' top-ranked offense will be fine without Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski, who reinjured his arm Sunday against the Houston Texans and is out for the playoffs. New England got plenty of practice and was 4-1 when Gronkowski brok… |
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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady discussed his team’s 41-28 win over the Houston Texans on WEEI’s Dennis & Callahan Show Monday and looked ahead to the AFC Championship Game Sunday vs. Baltimore. |
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Boston.com Patriots news, boston.com Patriots coach Bill Belichick had little to say about injured tight end Rob Gronkowski, but was more forthcoming about running back Danny Woodhead. |
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'Youth will be served,' they say. Don't tell that to Tom Brady. Surrounded by the future at QB in these playoffs, he won't give up his legacy without a fight, Michael Rosenberg writes. |
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The AFC East still has one team — the New England Patriots — remaining in the playoffs. Meanwhile, the rest of the division is currently examining its rosters and trying to figure out how to improve, This week the AFC East blog will rank and examine o… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Patriots put up an impressive performance against the Texans on Sunday afternoon, allowing them to advance to the AFC Championship Game for the second straight year. They’ll be facing the Ravens next week, just as they did last season, and Tom Curra… |
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At one point the Patriots had a 24-point lead in the final quarter and the Ravens mounted a spirited rally, but New England improved to 3-2 en route to the Super Bowl with the win in Baltimore. |
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Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo stars in a new commercial for ESPN's Sportscenter |
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The Patriots ended a three-game losing streak with a 20-3 win in the season finale, in what was likely Pete Carroll’s final game as the team’s head coach to conclude an 8-8 season. |
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Lynn Zinser, nytimes.com The sum total of the weekend's four N.F.L. games: 3,598 yards, 35 touchdowns and that whole defense-wins-championships canard takes one right in the kisser. |
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The win over the Texans elevated Brady past his boyhood idol, Joe Montana, with 17 career postseason victories. |
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Monday morning one-linersJan 14
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com LB Bryan Scott hopes the new regime in Buffalo wants to keep him with the Bills. Did the Marlins make it harder for the Dolphins to get the stadium money they want? Shane Vereen made sure the Patriots didn’t suffer because of Danny Woodhead’s injury. … |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com During the pre-game lull of storylines, Texans defensive end J.J. Watt spitting and wiping his feet on the Patriots logo was the kind of thing that got a lot of attention. But after his team absorbed a 41-28 loss, Watt said it wasn’t a symbolic gesture,… |
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Boston.com Patriots news, boston.com FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Tom Brady made history. Now it's his coach's turn. |
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It’s a bit of a letdown that Tom Brady and Peyton Manning won’t battle it out in the AFC Championship Game next week with a chance for Manning to close the gap on Brady on the list of the all-time greats. |
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A few days after Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips called him “not that big or a real athletic guy,” Wes Welker led the Patriots with eight catches for 131 yards in Sunday’s 41-28 victory. |
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With his third-quarter interception against the Texans on Sunday night, Rob Ninkovich provided yet another example why it might be a toss up between he and Superman on who has the best timing. |
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Coming in Texans coach Gary Kubiak knew the game would come down to the quarterbacks. |
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Boston.com Patriots news, boston.com Shane Vereen, thrust into a larger role because of an injury to fellow running back Danny Woodhead on the game’s first play from scrimmage, turned Sunday’s 41-28 victory over Houston into a Texas-sized breakout performance. He touched the ball 12 time… |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Houston Texans wide receiver DeVier Posey suffered a torn Achilles tendon during the team's 41-28 loss to the New England Patriots in an AFC divisional-round game on Sunday, the Houston Chronicle reported. |
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