Tom Brady's Super Bowl hype video flashes back to the Patriots' college days

The lion’s awake. Tom Brady shared a pump-up video on Instagram Sunday morning, hours away from Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. The video includes clips of his New England teammates when they were in college, from Danny Amendola at Texas Tech to Brandin Cooks at Oregon State. The voiceover is provided

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Jay Ajayi: Londoner with chip on his shoulder chases Super Bowl glory

From Manor House to Minneapolis, via Miami, Jay Ajayi has charted an improbable path to the Super Bowl. Born in London, he moved to the United States with his family aged seven but it was not until a decade later that he committed to pursuing a career in American football, and left association football

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The Patriots’ Enormous Advantage in the Information War

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — ESPN screened The Two Bills , the documentary about Parcells and Belichick, for a small group of reporters on Wednesday. Beyond the narrative the director created on a history of tension between the two Type A personalities, he—perhaps unintentionally—shined a light on how absolutely

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Super Bowl history: Ranking every game in 21st century from worst to best

The 2017 NFL Playoffs have been mostly fun and a huge improvement over last year’s dirge. It’s all culminated in an unlikely underdog run with Nick Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles facing the New England Patriots. Given the recent history of classic Super Bowl matchups, they’ll have a high

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Hall of Famer Tarkenton alleges steroid use by NFL players

The two biggest problems facing the NFL are the controversial player protests during the national anthem and illicit steroid use by players, or so says Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton. ‘How do you think these people are so much bigger today than they were in my generation?’ the 77-year-old

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Super Bowl a high-stakes test for NFL's effort to tackle concussions

At next month’s Super Bowl, the National Football League is aiming to avoid a repeat of a December incident when fans watched Houston Texans quarterback Tom Savage return to the game just minutes after convulsing on the field from a brutal hit. The NFL has changed rules ahead of the Feb. 4 championship

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