Belichick charged up by support
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Underneath the hoodie of Bill Belichick beats a human heart, and it was touched Sunday by the show of support he received from players and fans in the wake of his videotaping vice and subsequent penalty from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
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FOXBOROUGH -- The Patriots have raised the bar. Before the team's run of three Super Bowl championships in the last five years, simply winning the AFC East was considered by many a significant accomplishment. The shift has been reflected at the cash register of the team's pro shop; there was a time when fans would covet ``AFC East championship" gear, ...
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Assistant coach is accused of violating rules by taping opponent's hand signals. League is also investigating the way Pats used radio frequencies.
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Clinton Portis was fined $5,000 by the NFL for wearing a pair of red socks last week, violating the league's uniform rules.
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A Connecticut businessman took his quixotic crusade against the New England Patriots to the Internet yesterday, launching a website to build support among season ticket holders for arbitration in ticket revocation disputes and the ability to transfer tickets to a friend or family member.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Bill Belichick is a pretty good salesman. He was able to pitch to his team for weeks that setting an NFL record by winning 19 straight games, including postseason, was not important. Yet after his team set the mark in yesterday's 24-10 win over the Miami Dolphins, Belichick acknowleged the achievement and complimented his players.
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Last night was the deadline for applying pro-rated signing bonuses onto this year's cap to lessen the burden on next year's. The Patriots were trying to get a long-term extension done for kicker (and sometime quarterback) Adam Vinatieri , who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the season.
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Patriots coach Bill Belichick expanded his staff yesterday, adding Massachusetts native Bill O'Brien as an offensive assistant coach.
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Patriots coach Bill Belichick will comply with the NFL's latest request in its spying investigation and provide any notes or tapes made from video recordings similar to those that drew a stiff penalty against him and the team.
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Coach Bill Belichick was fined $500,000 - the maximum allowed by NFL rules - and the Patriots penalized $250,000, plus the loss of at least one draft pick, for illegally filming the signals of New York Jets coaches in the season opener, the league announced last night.
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One wondered if the events of last week had penetrated the normally iron-clad concentration of the New England Patriots.
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Given the dynamics of the situation, there was no way Bill Belichick could have prepared for today's start of the AT&amp;T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in a fashion that suits his personality. More in tune with detail than the next dozen guys combined, Belichick was engaged in some rather important business Sunday, then he had clean-up duty Monday, and his ...
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It is late in the game, the Patriots clinging to a 2-point lead, and Heinz Field is rocking. The diehard Steeler fans are roaring as their heroes march upfield for what could be a winning field goal. That's when Patriots coach Bill Belichick hears his headphones ringing.
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The Patriots are on a losing streak. Almost two weeks ago they blew the biggest lead in conference championship game history in losing to the Indianapolis Colts, and yesterday they lost their battle to prove tampering charges against the New York Jets in the Deion Branch trade case.
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He has heard how Buffalo offensive linemen Jonas Jennings and Chris Villarrial accused Patriots rookie nose tackle Vince Wilfork of taking cheap shots at them in last Sunday's 31-17 victory over the Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y. Yesterday, Bill Belichick , the chief magistrate of Patriot Nation, offered his verdict.
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CINCINNATI -- Ty Law responded last night to reports published last week that he and coach Bill Belichick were feuding over a bonus for showing up at training camp in shape.
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The New England Patriots' perfect regular season was enough to outweigh the controversies in the voting for coach of the year. Bill Belichick, the Patriots' unyielding coach, was given the honor yesterday by the Associated Press.