GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — As a kid, years before he became a pretty good quarterback in his own right, Tom Brady idolized Joe Montana. Now, at age 37, Brady owns just as many Super Bowl championships — and just as many Super Bowl MVP awards — as the Pro Football Hall of Famer. And no […]
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Super finish for Patriots
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tom Brady and the Patriots made this Super Bowl all about football, not footballs. Clutch football, spiced by a sensational fourth-quarter rally and a goal-line, game-saving interception. The record-setting Brady threw for four touchdowns, including a 3-yarder to Julian Edelman with 2:02 remaining Sunday night as New England rallied from a […]
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In the Crease: Enough about deflated footballs, start talking about things that matter.
OK, enough already. Enough with the elementary jokes about (foot)balls. Enough with using the letters “G-A-T-E” at the end of “deflate” to refer to this ordeal. Enough with making what happened with the footballs in Sunday’s game seem unique. Enough with making what happened with the footballs in Sunday’s game sound more important than domestic […]
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Report claims 11 of 12 Patriots’ footballs were under-inflated
Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president for football operations, told The Associated Press that the “investigation is currently underway and we’re still awaiting findings.” Vincent was responding to an ESPN report that cited anonymous league sources saying 11 of thePatriots‘ 12 allotted game footballs were under-inflated by 2 pounds per square inch of air. […]
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NFL: Patriots clinch AFC East with big win over Dolphins
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady was upset that his New England Patriots hardly looked like a division champion in the first half. So upset that the slow-footed quarterback made a rare scramble for a first down that sparked them to a big third quarter and their sixth consecutive AFC East title Sunday. “I wasn’t […]
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College football: Auburn (Ala.) football player dead after off-campus shooting
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn freshman football player Jakell Lenard Mitchell was fatally shot early Sunday at an off-campus apartment complex where two former football players and another person were killed in a shooting in 2012, police and reports said. Auburn Police Capt. Will Matthews said police responded to a call at 12:25 a.m. of […]
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Jubilant Pats back on track
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Winning in front of thousands of friendly fans is routine for the New England Patriots — even when they’re playing 3,000 miles from home. The support of the crowd behind the New England sideline and the team’s stingy defense helped the Patriots remain in command of the AFC with a win […]
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The Hot Corner: Snubs more fun than solutions?
It bugs the bejeebers out of us, those who embrace the game of football as the standard-bearer of no-frills and no-baloney. The idea that any significant gridiron decisions are made by men wearing suits and ill-fitting sweaters in a conference room — even if those men had a proud history in the game dating back […]
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Frost, Flaherty named Fitzy semifinalists
It’s a process that never fails to generate discussion, and even dispute, but one objection to the 2013 list of James J. Fitzpatrick Trophy semifinalists was that not a single player from newly minted Class D was represented. Kyle Flaherty of Oak Hill and Tyler Frost of Dirigo made doubly certain that the little guys […]
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Portland superintendent: Former Deering coach’s departure causing ‘unfounded speculation’
PORTLAND — Portland Superintendent of Schools Emmanuel Caulk on Wednesday responded to what he called “unfounded speculation and innuendo” surrounding the sudden departure of former Deering High School football coach Matthew Riddell the night before the school’s 103rd annual Thanksgiving Day game against Portland High School. The superintendent said Riddell, a Lewiston High School graduate, […]