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The Patriots get back at it on Sunday heading to Dallas to take on the Cowboys in a 4:25pm national game on CBS. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will get their first Patriots call of the season. The Cowboys have sent plenty of bulletin board material for the Patriots to use, from Tony Romo (who's out) … Continue reading Patriots Back in Action in Big D on Sunday

Some random thoughts/observations/scorching hot takes. *As far as satisfying wins goes, the win in Buffalo on Sunday was up there. It really was the full Rex Ryan experience. He spent all week talking big, getting his players to talk big, getting the Buffalo fans frothed up and with high expectations, and then the game came. … Continue reading Clearing Out The Google Drive

From Ed Sherman on Poynter Online: Not done yet: ESPN’s Van Natta says follow-ups likely after takeout on Patriots Van Natta, who co-wrote the story with Seth Wickersham, says they have received more than a dozen calls from various league sources since the story was released. “When you do a story like this, you shake … Continue reading Don Van Natta Working On Second Patriots Hit Piece Full Of Anonymous Sources

Why so sensitive, Patriots fanboys? You Patriots fanboys, always thinking the NFL is out to get you, LOL! The paranoia that Patriots fans have is unreal! Everything is a conspiracy! Hahaha! Timeline:  Thursday, September 3rd, Judge Richard Berman rules against the NFL in the Tom Brady case, a decision called nothing less than a scathing rebuke … Continue reading Why Are You Patriots Fanboys All Worked Up???

Channel Media & Market Research, Inc has released their now-annual survey regarding Boston sports. More than 14,200 people participated in the survey. In addition to questions about each of the local professional sports franchises, there is also a media section. Guess which is the first entry in that section?   A few others from the … Continue reading Highlights From The 2015 New England Sports Survey By Channel Media & Market Research, Inc

There are a few items of interest from the Boston sports media world from the last couple of days. First, Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner spoke to Steve Buckley about why they made the decision to replace Don Orsillo with Dave O'Brien. Tom Werner explains why NESN is parting with Don Orsillo - Steve Buckley In … Continue reading Monday Media Notes

After most self-respecting East-coast folks had gone to bed, ESPN issued an on-air apology last night for some misinformation they've been reporting on the air. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT4RI1d6GdI Well, OK. They even got their apology wrong, but hey, it's a start. Good job good effort, ESPN. The events of the report were said to have taken place … Continue reading ESPN APOLOGIZES…at 12:30 am…because the Patriots asked them to.

The timing was perhaps not great, but as Red Sox President-to-be Sam Kennedy explained this morning on WEEI, sometimes things just happen on their own time frame. We're talking of course, about last night's huge Red Sox front office shakeup. The Red Sox announced in the middle of the game, in the middle of the … Continue reading A New Era For The Red Sox Begins

The Patriots opened up their preseason schedule last night with a 22-11 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Gillette Stadium. Tom Brady made a surprise appearance, taking seven snaps to open the game for the Patriots offense. He wasn't able to do a whole lot in those seven snaps, but his very appearance on … Continue reading Patriots, Brady Back On The Field