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Tom Brady, Patriots Trump Steelers

The New England Patriots are headed to yet another Super Bowl after giving the business to the Pittsburgh Steelers. ...

Patriots Extend Lead With Flea-Flicker

Chris Hogan hauled in his second touchdown of the game and the Patriots took a 17-6 lead over Pittsburgh in tonight’s AFC championship game thanks to this 34-yard flea-flicker touchdown that left the New England wide receiver looking, briefly, quite panicked....

The Steelers Are The First Real Test For An Underrated Patriots Defense

We’ve arrived at another conference championship weekend featuring the Patriots. They still have Bill Belichick, and they still have Tawmmy Whatshisnuts, same as it ever was. And this year they’re packing the NFL’s best defense in terms of points per game allowed. As they prepare to host the Steeler...

Bill Belichick On Trump Mentioning Him In Speech: "We've Got A Big Game"

At an event the night before his inauguration, Donald Trump shouted out Patriots owner Bob Kraft in the crowd, complimenting him for a “great quarterback” in Tom Brady, and “great coach” in Bill Belichick. Belichick, who wrote a letter to Trump wishing him luck the day before the election, did not w...

The Time I Didn’t Have Time For Donald Trump

I thought I was just shooing away another clown. I couldn’t have known at the time that I was shooing away a clown who would wind up becoming president of the United States....

Weird, Roger Goodell Isn't Attending The Patriots Game In Foxboro

Roger Goodell has gone to playoff games in Seattle, Atlanta, and Kansas City this season. The two conference championship games before the Super Bowl will be Packers-Falcons in Atlanta and Steelers-Patriots in Foxboro. The NFL commissioner will choose the option which allows him to be booed and bera...

Matt Garza Shares Opinion On Birth Control, Continues To Be A Big Dumbass

For some goddamn reason, former teen dad, father of six, and Brewers pitcher Matt Garza is saying some shit about abstinence-only education on Twitter....

Bill Belichick Seen Sleeping On Boat

The Patriots were off Friday through Sunday, so head coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend Linda Holliday spent part of the team’s break snoozing and relaxing on what appears to be a ferry....

Tom Brady Is A Marvel

Let’s leave the MVP discussion for Skippy and Goatface and All Takes Matter and that Sunday morning show featuring Mike Lupica that nobody watches anymore. The conversation worth having right now is the one about Tom Brady. Because Tom Brady is incredible....

What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year?<em></em>

OK, so you’ve already learned about all the things we shoved inside ourselves last year. But what about our dangly bits? Rest assured, we punished them....

Prosecutors Say Aaron Hernandez Got A Tattoo Commemorating 2012 Double-Homicide

Prosecutors described in court yesterday a tattoo they say Aaron Hernandez got in early 2013, which they claim depicts the gun and five bullets Hernandez allegedly used to shoot and kill Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado outside of a Boston nightclub in 2012. ...

Matt Light Says He Tricked Brandon Meriweather Into Asking Bill Belichick To Pick Up His Bar Tab<em></em>

Former Patriots offensive lineman Matt Light showed up on radio show Toucher and Rich this morning after his old teammate Brandon Meriweather called in, and told a wonderful story about the time he set up a painfully awkward conversation between the safety and head coach Bill Belichick at the 2011 P...

Police: Michael Floyd Was Drunk Enough For Mandatory Jail Time

Wide receiver Michael Floyd, who was waived by the Cardinals (and signed by the Patriots) after being arrested on suspicion of DUI on Dec. 12, has been charged with something called “Super Extreme DUI,” which is reserved for the drunkest of the drunk and carries automatic jail time....

Witness Identifies Aaron Hernandez As Shooter In 2012 Double-Homicide Drive-By

After former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd, police in Boston connected him to a 2012 drive-by in which he allegedly pulled up next to a car outside of a club, and shot into the vehicle, killing two men and leaving two survivors. ...

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The Patriots Can Win With Anyone

It has felt at times this NFL season like there are no good teams, or at least no teams without glaring, potentially fatal weaknesses. The Patriots certainly have theirs—a shorthanded offense, a middling defense, occasionally disastrous special teams—but they are surely the best of the bunch, and th...

Shea McClellin Pulled Off A Perfect Leap Over The Ravens' Offensive Line

Malcolm Butler made a perfect deflection on third down to put the Ravens’ best player (kicker Justin Tucker) on the field for a 34-yard field goal attempt. Tucker missed his first field goal attempt of the year on the attempt, but it was through no fault of his own. Patriots linebacker Shea McClelli...

Report: Gronk Needs Back Surgery [Update]

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski’s injury in Week 10's game against the Seahawks was more than the reported punctured lung. According to Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News, Gronkowski needs back surgery and will be out for a while....

Bill Belichick Apparently Cost Tim Tebow A Lucrative Endorsement Right Before Cutting Him

Before he turned into a full-on salesperson with a struggling baseball career, Tim Tebow was briefly a New England Patriot. He was on the team for most of the summer of 2013, but he got cut before the season started. Tebow, fresh off a middling spell in the Arizona Fall League, is now promoting his ...

Breshad Perriman Touchdown Catch Is A Work Of Art<em></em>

Breshad Perriman opened the scoring for Baltimore today with an outstanding grab in a big AFC North battle with the Bengals. It’s his second touchdown of the year....