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Getty Images A couple of weeks ago, there was progress. Now, not so much. According to Mike Giardi of NFL Network, there’s “not much happening” in the negotiations between the Patriots and kicker Stephen Gostkowski. The Patriots don’t have a kicker at the moment, but there also doesn’t...

Getty Images The Texans have hired another former Patriot. The team announced the addition of Jack Easterby as their executive vice president of team development. Easterby had worked for the Patriots as their “character coach” the previous six years, but left at the end of his contract (which...

Getty Images It’s hard to bet against the Patriots, but the sports books will try to get you to do it. CG Technology, which operates several Las Vegas sports books, has released its 2019 NFL win totals, and the Patriots have the highest in the NFL, at 11. The NFL is so unpredictable that...

Getty Images The zeal with which Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s lawyers are fighting pending charges for misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution flows from the basic reality that, if he’s found in any way responsible for any violation of the law, he’ll most definitely face a suspension from...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Tom Brady hopes tight end Rob Gronkowski’s retirement is short lived. Brady left an interesting Instagram comment on a post about the receivers who have caught the most touchdown passes from Brady. Atop the list was Gronkowski, with 78 touchdown catches. “I...

Getty Images Sometimes, intrepid reporters track down elusive interviews through an exhaustive process of legwork, and hundreds of phone calls. Sometimes, they look out the window and walk across the street. Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston (one of the intrepidest ones we know) ran into...

Getty Images At age 41, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is well beyond the normal NFL retirement age. He’s also squarely within the dad-joke demographic. Brady trotted one out in the very first tweet from his official Twitter account, announcing “I’m retiring. In my spare time, I’ll be...

Getty Images Apart from questions like whether Josh Rosen is traded and to whom he’s traded and for how much he’s traded is the fundamental question of when he’ll be traded. The team that lands Rosen may want him sooner than later, especially with offseason programs launching soon. Ideally for...

Getty Images Maybe legalized gambling won’t be the easy money that most state governments think it will be. Via the Associated Press, Rhode Island lost $900,000 on sports betting in February. Since adopting wagering in November 2018, Rhode Island has turned a profit of only $150,000, putting...

Getty Images Two players who have retired this offseason should be first-ballot Hall of Famers. Julius Peppers and Rob Gronkowski are likely to highlight the 2024 enshrinement class at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Players who last played in 2018 will be eligible for the first time in 2024...

Getty Images Less than a week after Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski retired, rank speculation regarding the reasons for his departure from the game has become the latest skirmish in the fight between doctors who jump to conclusions regarding brain trauma and those who have preached patience...

Getty Images The Patriots have less offseason than most teams, because they’re so good in the postseason. And it appears that quarterback Tom Brady wants to keep a little time for himself. According to Mike Reiss of ESPN.com, the “early indications” are that Brady plans to follow last year’s...

Getty Images Joe Bellino, the 1960 Heisman Trophy winner who served in the Navy for four years before beginning a short career with the Patriots, has died at the age of 81. Bellino grew up in Massachusetts and was a three-sport star in football, baseball and basketball, and had scholarship...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick grunted and huffed through his media session this week at the owners meetings, but in a conversation with another legendary coach, he opened up quite a bit. Via the Boston Globe, Belichick opened up during an appearance on Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s...

Getty Images Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s lawyers have pressed pause on their public P.R. fight with Florida law-enforcement to launch the next court battle against pending charges of solicitation of prostitution. The attorneys hope to exclude from the case the video that was secretly...

Getty Images In late January, Patriots defensive consultant Brett Bielema reportedly was telling people that he’d become the team’s next defensive coordinator. Two months later, maybe he’ll be right. With Greg Schiano gone, the Pats need a new defensive coordinator. So who will it be? Several...

Getty Images Bill Belichick showed up at the coaches’ breakfast fashionably late Tuesday morning. (He was not the last coach to arrive.) Belichick stood while the other coaches sat, and he said nothing. Well, the Patriots coach said something, but it really amounted to nothing. According to...

Getty Images Patriots owner Robert Kraft kept a low profile at this week’s NFL owners meetings, and the NFL leaned back on previous statements when asked about his status following his solicitation of prostitution charges. Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the conclusion of this week’s owners...

Getty Images The Patriots have yet to announce the makeup of their coaching staff for the 2019 season, but it is expected to include former Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano at the top of the defensive side of the ball. It appears Schiano will have a very familiar face on the staff along with...

Getty Images With Patriots owner Robert Kraft entering a not guilty plea and requesting a jury trial on charges of soliciting prostitution at a Florida day spa, there’s a chance the prosecution of Kraft and many others won’t have enough evidence to even go to trial. As explained by WPTV.com...