It is March 3rd and the New England Patriots are Super Bowl champions. The glory and celebrations of last season are quickly ending as the new NFL league year starts on March 9th.
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Mike Freeman’s 10-Point Stance: White House Visit Has Players Soul-Searching
The Patriots are caught in another controversy, more trouble for the Browns and a tough decision facing Hall of Fame voters next year. I asked one of the biggest names in sports about one of the hottest topics in sports: If your team won a championship, would you take the customary trip to the White House? Or would you boycott it because you and/or your players disapproved of President Donald Trump’s policies? Across all of sports, political activism has risen to levels not seen in decades, perhaps not since the 1960s.
Wayne Hester: Saban-Belichick among Alabama connections In Super Bowl LI
… nnesota and Carolina 30 to 1. Wayne Hester is retired after a journalism career of more than 40 years. He is a former sports editor of The Anniston Star and The Birmingham News. Email him at whester13@att.net .
Chris Long plans to skip Patriots’ White House visit
Add another name to the list of Patriots who do not want to visit Donald Trump’s White House: Chris Long . Long, the veteran defensive end who just completed his first season with the Patriots, wrote on Twitter that he has been planning to skip the White House visit but hadn’t been asked about it before.
Contraception app approved by regulator
Chaos at Madison Square Garden as ex-New York Knicks star Charles Oakley, 53, is charged with assault after fighting with security and screaming abuse at the owner during the game Surveillance footage captures the terrifying moment a mother, 27, desperately tries to hand her toddler to a McDonald’s drive thru worker as ‘she battles the child’s father who had kidnapped and beaten her’ Several are arrested at Phoenix immigration facility after protesters try to stop deportation of undocumented mother who has checked in once a year for eight years only to be told she is now being sent back to Mexico Pentagon says airstrikes in Syria killed 11 al-Qaeda operatives – including ‘a senior leader who once had ties to Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri’ Dozens protest outside the Army Corps of Engineers offices in Los Angeles after the agency said it will clear the way for completion of the … (more)
Three takeaways from Super Bowl LI
… quarter against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports You can look at how the game unfolded last night from many different angles. One thing that definitely stood out to me was …
Patriots locked in to proven approach entering Super Bowl 51
Ten words have driven Patriots coach Bill Belichick since he arrived in New England 17 years ago. And they are 10 words that he leans on whenever he is queried about what’s gone into making his team an annual threat to hoist the Lombardi Trophy.
What did Super Bowl receiver Julio Jones learn at Alabama?
In six NFL seasons, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones has earned All-Pro recognition twice and four Pro Bowl invitations. He’s led the NFC in receiving yards three straight years, turned in one of the most prolific receiving seasons in NFL history in 2015 and owns one of the six 300-yard receiving games in NFL history .
Matchups For The Falcons-Patriots Super Bowl
Atlanta led the NFL in points by a wide margin, thanks to a career year from QB Matt Ryan , who along with WR Julio Jones are All-Pros. If that combination comes close to its production during the season and, in particular, the nine connections for 180 yards and two TDs in the NFC championship game against Green Bay, the Falcons will be difficult to stop.
New England Patriots: Patriots Limp Into AFC Title Game
The New England Patriots will be playing the AFC Championship game in front of their home fans on Sunday, but they will be doing so with a hobbled lineup as they attempt to become the first NFL team to play in nine Super Bowls. On Friday, the team announced it’s injury report and it bears monitoring before the teams get ready to kick off.