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Can Jimmy Garoppolo Beat The Cardinals? Watch Our <i>Tecmo Super Bowl</i> Simulation To Find Out.
It’s time to update our Tecmo Super Bowl rosters and CPU vs CPU sim Sunday’s Patriots-Cardinals game. Can Jimmy Garoppolo lead New England to the win? Find out on Facebook Live:...

Why Your Team Sucks 2016: New England Patriots<em></em>
Some people are fans of the New England Patriots. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New England Patriots. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here....

Tom Brady Reportedly Sliced His Thumb Open Trying To Clean His Cleats
Tom Brady was supposed to start in this evening’s preseason game against the Bears, but he didn’t. Instead, he left the Patriots stadium after he cut his right thumb with scissors while trying to remove something from the bottom of his cleat. CSNNE’s Tom Curran has the report:...
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Patriots Rookie Malcolm Mitchell Suffers Grotesque Elbow Injury [Graphic]
Preseason football is stupid, exhibit #9000: Malcolm Mitchell, the Patriots’ fourth-round wide receiver pick out of Georgia, suffered a really awful-looking elbow injury in the second quarter of New England’s game against the Saints tonight. What a sport!...

Please Enjoy Michael And Martellus Bennett Roasting The Rest Of The NFL
ESPN’s Mina Kimes has written a great profile of Michael and Martellus Bennett, the two brothers who consistently provide the best soundbites in the NFL. The whole story is an enjoyable read, but one highlight is the brothers issuing raw takes on other figures around the league....

And Now, The Annual Running Of The Patriots Fans
NFL training camps are starting, and that means it’s time to enjoy one of the finest traditions in sports: Patriots fans storming the field on the first day of camp like a bunch of goobers....

Tom Brady Says He'll Stop Fighting And Take The NFL's Four-Game Suspension
Tom Brady’s last option to overturn his four-game suspension was to try and take the case to the Supreme Court, but instead, he’s ending his battle against the NFL. After having his latest appeal rejected Wednesday, the Patriots quarterback said today that he will not continue to fight his punishmen...

Tom Brady's Latest Ballghazi Appeal Has Been Denied
The ongoing legal battle between Roger Goodell and Tom Brady over the latter’s Ballghazi suspension took one more step toward a merciful end today. ...

Wes Welker Notes That Julian Edelman Is Like Off-Brand Tom Brady
For a while, quarterback Tom Brady and receiver Wes Welker were a winning combination on the Patriots. When Welker left for the Broncos, Julian Edelman filled his spot, and he performed that role well. Too well....

Bill Simmons's New HBO Show Debuts With Insane Ben Affleck Ballghazi Rant
Any Given Wednesday, Bill Simmons’ new weekly sports talk show, debuted this evening on HBO. It was ... exactly what you’d expect. It opened with a segment on the NBA Finals and LeBron’s greatness (featuring a Teen Wolf comparison less than two minutes in) before Charles Barkley joined the show to l...

Donald Trump Plans Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Dana White To Speak On His Behalf At GOP Convention
If Donald Trump gets his way the GOP convention will feature Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, and Dana White speaking on the Republican nominee’s behalf rather than the usual string of politicians....

Aaron Hernandez Is Hiring The Attorney Who Got Casey Anthony Acquitted
Former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd. He appealed the verdict shortly after it was handed down, but that appeal was rejected. A month ago, he filed another one, but Hernandez has since fired...

Annoying Boston Fan Brings Out The True Sadness Within Gronk
Rob Gronkowski is on the cover of Madden 17, and he currently isn’t playing football. Those two circumstances mean that he’s up for practically any media coverage. Gronk’s also the GQ cover story for June; Devin Friedman followed him around to see if the walking direct-to-DVD American Pie sequel wou...


Donald Trump: "Leave Tom Brady Alone"
Your never-too-frequent reminder that Tom Brady considers Republican front-runner Donald Trump “a good friend of mine”...that Brady proudly displayed a Trump hat in his locker and said “that would be great” if Trump wins the presidency...that Brady does not like answering questions about his support...

Tom Brady's New Contract Will Save Him Almost $2 Million On His Suspension
Barring a long-shot appeal to the Supreme Court, Tom Brady will serve a four-game suspension for his role in the Patriots’ ball-deflation scandal. And while it might be a surprise, it shouldn’t have been unfathomable. For one, the appeals court judges seemed pretty amenable to the NFL’s arguments. F...

Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Tom Brady's Four-Game Suspension
A federal appeals court reversed Judge Richard Berman’s decision today and reinstated the NFL’s four-game suspension for Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for his part in the team’s football-deflating scandal....

Report: Montee Ball Arrested For Violating Bond Conditions
NFL free agent running back Montee Ball was arrested Saturday night in Whitewater, Wis. “on a felony bail jumping violation,” according to the Madison ABC affiliate. WKOW reports that police suspected Ball was drinking alcohol in a bar, which his bond conditions don’t allow:...