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The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT Neither Tom Brady nor Bill Belichick met with the media at the first open OTA workout of the offseason in New England on May 21. So the spokesman left to talk about the dramatic...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski had his surgery as scheduled on Monday to install a plate in his broken left arm. Perhaps more significant is that the surgery revealed that...

NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT The health status of Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski seems to be getting more complicated by the day. One day after it was reported that he will undergo a fourth surgery on his forearm next week,...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT --Last season, Kyle Love started 11 games for the Patriots at defensive tackle and he has 25 starts in 41 career games since making the team as an undrafted free agent in 2010....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT It's called rookie minicamp, but not all of the 33 players on the practice fields of New England last week were new to pro football. Beyond the seven draft picks, 19 rookie free...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT It's called rookie mini-camp, but not all of the 33 players on the practice fields of New England last week were new to pro football. Beyond the seven draft picks, 19 rookie...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT All the talk is the recent NFL draft and the players New England added despite what was considered a week year for newcomers, but perhaps the most important player to put on the...

With Bill Belichick holding just five selections heading into the 2013 NFL Draft -- and no picks in the third, fourth or fifth rounds - speculation was that New England would be looking to trade down from the 29th selection in an effort to add more picks....

Listen, would you know how to best run a nonprofit foundation? I wouldn’t have a clue. Ditto, it seems, with plenty of professional athletes. Of course, if you were to run a serious charity, chances are you might investigate how to best direct...

Just call us the Super Bowl State. Florida has hosted more Super Bowls than any other state. The NFL’s championship game has been here 15 times, in three cities: Miami, Tampa and Jacksonville. Miami has hosted the Super Bowl more than any...

A long list of accolades is connected to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's career. On Sunday, he became the all-time passing leader in the postseason with 5,949 yards, surpassing Brett Favre. But it was 4 yards in the fourth quarter of...

— J.J. Watt may have spit on the Patriots' midfield logo before this AFC divisional playoff game, but it is Wes Welker who continues, game after game, year after year, to spit in the face of football convention. Running back Shane Vereen may have...