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Getty Images At a time when the NFL appears to be willing to liberalize its approach to marijuana, one of the game’s ambassadors admitted that he was a frequent user, and that the league’s testing program isn’t really designed to catch people. During an appearance on the Dan Patrick Show...

Getty Images NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell held a press conference at the league meetings in Florida on Wednesday and he fielded a couple of questions about the possibility of league discipline for Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Kraft was charged with solicitation of prostitution in Palm Beach...

Getty Images Another day, another Florida judge finds that the “sneak and peek” surveillance video generated by law-enforcement authorities at massage parlors in Martin and Palm Beach County cannot be used at the trial of a case arising from the effort to prove prostitution and solicitation...

Getty Images The Patriots are keeping the Super Bowl MVP in the fold beyond this year. Julian Edelman, whose contract was set to expire after the 2019 season, is finalizing a multi-year extension to stay in New England, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports. The 32-year-old Edelman now has a...

Getty Images The prosecution of Patriots owner Robert Kraft — or, more accurately, his aggressive effort to challenge it — has brought to light troubling police practices regarding so-called “sneak and peek” warrants aimed at gathering evidence of prostitution in Florida massage parlors. It has...

Getty Images The Patriots signed veteran offensive tackle Jared Veldheer to round out their offensive line options, but it appears they will have to look in another direction to satisfy that need. Mike Reiss of ESPN.com reports that Veldheer has informed the team that he is retiring from...

Getty Images As Super Bowl MVPs go, Patriots receiver Julian Edelman isn’t cashing in, per se. But he has still added a significant boost to what he would have earned in 2019. Under his prior deal, Edelman had a $2 million base salary, a $500,000 workout bonus, and up to $500,000 in per-game...

Getty Images Defensive lineman Chris Long, the second overall pick in the draft, two-time Super Bowl champion, and 2019 Walter Payton Man of the Year, has retired from the game. “Cheers,” he tweeted on Saturday night. “Been a hell of a journey. Eleven years and I can honestly say I put my soul...

Getty Images Defensive end Chris Long announced his retirement from the NFL on Saturday night after spending the last 11 years playing for three teams in the NFL. The final two years of that career were spent with the Eagles and saw Long win both a Super Bowl and the Walter Payton Man of the...

Getty Images As Patriots owner Robert Kraft moves toward the potential dismissal of pending solicitation of prostitution charges or (if the case actually goes to trial with most if not all of the key evidence against him suppressed) an acquittal, an important question looms. What will the NFL...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick likes special teams contributors, and he’s just locked up one of his best. The Patriots have signed Brandon King to a two-year contract extension, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. Although King’s listed position is linebacker, he actually hasn’t...

Getty Images Patriots left guard Joe Thuney enters the final season of his rookie deal uncertain about his future. He’s not sweating the unknown, though. “I’m just focused on what I control, and I’m just focused on being here,” Thuney said, via Kevin Duffy of the Boston Herald. “I love New...

Getty Images With the bulk of the evidence against Patriots owner Robert Kraft ruled inadmissible in the solicitation of prostitution case against him, the prosecution is playing the only card currently in its hand: It’s appealing the ruling. Via USA Today, an appeal of the order suppressing...

Getty Images Tom Brady will be 42 before the 2019 NFL season begins, and he says it’s not his last season — not even close to his last season. Whether or not he really can play to 45 or beyond, however, he’s already the best quarterback ever past the age of 40. Brady has already thrown for...

Getty Images The Patriots could be bringing a familiar face back to their defense. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team has had talks with linebacker Jamie Collins about rejoining the team. The Patriots drafted Collins in the second round of the 2013 draft and traded him to the...

Getty Images Linebacker Jamie Collins is back with the Patriots. A report on Wednesday indicated the team was in talks with their 2013 second-round pick about returning to New England and that a reunion was likely to happen. Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reports that the deal is done and...

Getty Images That Stephen Gostkowski stayed with the Patriots wasn’t necessarily a surprise. The fact the free agent kicker was on the market for a month was a bit of one. But after signing on for another two years in April, the veteran kicker said it was important to him to stay with the...

Getty Images Now that a judge has ruled that the surveillance video containing images of Patriots owner Robert Kraft allegedly engaged in sexual activity cannot be used at the trial of his case, Kraft is doing exactly what we thought he would do. Kraft now seeks an order permanently blocking...

Getty Images Jury selection commenced Monday in the case against former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II, who faces a slew of sordid charges that cumulatively could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. As noted by Dan Wetzel of Yahoo.com, the defense could hinge on the argument that...

Getty Images With a Florida judge ruling that the surveillance video in the Robert Kraft solicitation of prostitution case cannot be used at trial, the fact remains that the video exists — and that Florida law makes any evidence generated in the normal exercise of law-enforcement activities...