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Super Bowl: Stars come out for Media Day spectacle

by Mike Lowe February 1, 2012

Media Day at the Super Bowl — as always — more closely resembled a circus than a sporting event. But Patriots Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski did get to answer a few football-related questions.

Patriots Beat: What hasn’t changed about offensive line? Toughness

by Mike Lowe January 31, 2012

New England has used many offensive-line combinations, but the results have been good.

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Super Bowl Notebook: Cruz fondly recalls Maine

by Mike Lowe January 31, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — Before Victor Cruz became the breakout player of the year in the NFL, before Cruz regained his football edge at the University of Massachusetts, there was Bridgton Academy Columnist Steve Solloway recently documented Cruz’s journey from Paterson, N.J., to prep school in Maine, to UMass, and finally to the New York Giants, where […]

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Tom Caron: Super Bowl better suited to traditional sites

by TOM CARON January 31, 2012

The Patriots are back in the Super Bowl. On Sunday they’ll get a crack at revenge against the Giants, who just happen to be the team that beat them the last time Bill Belichick and Tom Brady led a team to February football. That game was in the dry heat of Arizona. Sunday’s game is […]

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Branch has no problem playing in the shadows of Pats’ stars

by HOWARD ULMAN/The Associated Press January 31, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — He plays offense. He’s won at least two Super Bowls, and he was the MVP the last time the Patriots won the NFL championship. Know who it is? “I’d have to say Tom,” New England safety Patrick Chung said Monday. Nope, not Tom Brady. The same question seemed to stump running back BenJarvus […]