Those of us who are familiar with that old bromide concerning faces only mothers could love understand why national TV ratings for the Super Bowl dwindled to their lowest ebb in 10 years. Much of the nation chose to turn away from the football train wreck that ended with the Patriots winning ...
ATLANTA – Julian Edelman, with Bill Belichick about 25 feet away, was recounting his early days as a New England Patriot Monday morning, less than 11 hours after being named the Most Valuable Player award for Super Bowl LIII. “I was a rookie, and it was about 11 o'clock at night,” ...
Can an entire 11-man unit stand at the podium this morning with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to accept a Super Bowl MVP trophy? Evidently not, because New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman will be the one accepting the MVP honors from Goodell this morning. But really, the Patriots ...
Finally there is an advantage for roaming through life on the far north of age 40: We can appreciate the New England Patriots being in their 11th Super Bowl. We remember the Fenway Park Patriots, not to mention the Boston University Patriots, the Boston College Patriots and the Harvard ...
ATLANTA – Welcome to the Intangibles Bowl. Really, that's the only thing you can point your finger to when you wonder just what the heck are they doing here? This Patriots team was left for dead back in mid-December. Two straight losses, one seemingly outrageous gaff in Miami and then a ...
ATLANTA – This is the guy the Patriots have to beat on Sunday. He's not a bright, young, 30-something whiz kid. He's not a 6-foot-6 pound defensive lineman, or a hard hitting 5-11, 210-pound cornerback. Nope. He's just a nice, easygoing, grandfather-type who you could probably see relaxing ...
