Showing posts with label NE Patriots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NE Patriots. Show all posts

Monday, August 31, 2015

Ridiculed courtroom sketch artist paints Tom Brady in new light (PHOTO)

The sketch artist mocked for her terrible rendition of Tom Brady in court is now ready to draw cheers with her new and improved rendition of the embattled Patriots quarterback's chiseled features.

Jane Rosenberg’s new portrait of the Super Bowl champion looks nothing like the monstrous drawing she did of Brady during the quarterback's first appearance in Manhattan Federal Court over the DeflateGate scandal.

And the New York Daily News has the proof:


The first sketch made the handsome four-time Super Bowl champion appear ghoulish — and turned it into an Internet meme sensation.



“I still found him very hard to draw — from a photo as well,” the sketch artist of 35 years said. “Something subtle goes on with his eyes. He has a big chin with a cleft in it.”

And like some NFL defenses, Rosenberg sees him more than she cares to admit.

“(Brady is) in my dreams, it’s a nightmare for me,” Rosenberg said. “I hope this thing gets settled and is over with.”

Whether that will happen in the next hearing will remain a mystery until both the player and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appear before Judge Richard Berman Monday morning regarding the case stemming from Brady's suspension.

And Rosenberg will be there, chalk in hand.

“There’s a lot of pressure on me. A lot of eyeballs on me. I just hope my hands can move, period. I know I’m not going to have any sleep tonight,” she said. “I still might blow it; anything could happen.”

Monday, August 3, 2015

Patriots fan fires back at Jets, Goodell by flying banner of his own (PHOTO)

And the AFC East banner wars begin.

A Maine man countered the New York Jets group who flew a "Cheaters Look Up!" banner over the New England Patriots training camp last week, by hiring a plane to fly a banner over NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s vacation home in Scarborough with the message "Comm. Goodell Jet Home To N.Y."


Richard Pate of Biddeford, Maine, wouldn't say how much it cost, but insisted it was worth every penny to poke Goodell after he gave Brady a four-game suspension.


And take a jab at the Jets banner as well.


"I went over to [a pilot] and asked if he'd be willing to fly a banner, and he was more than happy to ..." Pate told WCSH6. "You know, the irony is I don't remember the Jets winning many Super Bowls, maybe one back in the 60s."

While Goodell's home is under police surveillance, Pate said he hopes to fly the banner again on Sunday or Monday.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Aaron Hernandez 'drunk and high' and dancing at gas station an hour before alleged murder (VIDEO)

Aaron Hernandez and a group of friends ran up a $243 bar tab and smoked marijuana in the hours before the boyfriend of his fiance's sister was shot to death, according to testimony at the ex-New England Patriot's murder trial on Thursday.

Just over an hour before the killing of Odin Lloyd on June 17, 2013, video surveillance shows Hernandez staggering around a gas station and dancing near the gas pumps.


The video also shows a co-defendant, Carlos Ortiz, wearing a white towel around his shoulders. A white towel was found near Lloyd's body later that morning in an industrial park not far from Hernandez's home. 

Hernandez does a return dance at 1:48 of the surveillance video below:



Prosecutors haven't said who shot Lloyd but claim Hernandez orchestrated the killing.

Ortiz and another co-defendant, Ernest Wallace, have pleaded not guilty and will be tried separately.



Thursday's testimony began with an account from Kelly Rose Belanger, who was bar manager at South Street Cafe in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 16, 2013, which was Father's Day.

Another woman, Vanessa Sanchez, testified on Wednesday that she was among the six people in the group, which included Shayanna Jenkins, Hernandez's fiancee and the mother of his child. 

Prosecutors displayed a bar receipt from that night that showed the tab included 30 alcoholic drinks: 11 Hennessy cognacs, 10 Sex on the Beach mixed vodka drinks, seven Bud Lights and two Grey Goose vodkas.


During the evening, Belanger said, Hernandez left the bar several times with one of the men he was with. She could smell marijuana and looked outside and saw Hernandez and the other man smoking it. She asked them to stop, and they did, she said.

Hernandez paid the $243 tab at 12:19 a.m. on June 17, leaving a $30 tip, Belanger said.

Less than two hours later, at 2:08 a.m., Hernandez and Ortiz were captured on video at a gas station south of Boston where Hernandez was filmed filling his Nissan Altima and walking unsteadily into the shop to buy gum and cigars.

Prosecutors said Hernandez left the gas station at 2:12 a.m. and drove to Lloyd's home in the Dorchester section of Boston. Evidence shows Lloyd was shot six times with a .45 by 3:30 a.m. and his bullet-riddled body was found in an industrial park less than a mile from Hernandez's house.

Police found a 45-caliber shell casing in a dumpster at a rental car agency, and witnesses testified it had been removed from a car Hernandez returned. Police have not found the gun used in the slaying.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Bill Belichick talks about Deflategate with David Letterman (VIDEO)

Bill Belichick appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and got grilled, well... lightly roasted, about Deflategate once again. And the New England Patriots coach — almost unrecognizable without his trademark hoodie and frown —  had no problem playing straight man to his talk show host.


“I know you know exactly what happened. You know I know you know. And what it was was some kind of horseplay, am I right?” Letterman asked the four-time Super Bowl champion coach on Wednesday's show.

“No.” replied Belichick.

“Wait a minute I was told it was horseplay,” Letterman went on.

“Uh, no.” the coach said with a painful smile.

Letterman called the under-inflated balls controversy "nonsense" and then tried to get the coach to tell him where the allegations came from.

“Did it come from my Colts?” the Indiana native asked.

“Dave, we're just out there playing a game doing the best we can,” Belichick responded as the crowd broke out into applause.



Letterman then brought up the ballboy deflating the balls in the bathroom theory.

"I can't remember the last time I took a leak in 90 seconds," revealed the soon-to-be-retired host.

Even Belichick lost it at that point.


Monday, December 8, 2014

Tom Brady pumped up after Edelman touchdown catch (VIDEO)

For a while Sunday night against the Chargers at Qualcom Stadium, it appeared the Patriots were going to have a hard time disposing of their west coast opponents. And it wasn't until Juliane Edelman took this 69-yard catch-and-run from Tom Brady in for fourth quarter touchdown that the Pats finally took control.



And that's also when Brady went into one of his well documented fits on the sideline. This time in a good way — encouraging his teammates with an enthusiastic sideline stroll and no F-bombs. 
The Patriots beat the Chargers, 23-14, and maintained control of the AFC’s No. 1 seed. The Pats (10-3) can win a sixth consecutive AFC East title next Sunday with a victory against the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium.

After the win, Brady even blew a kiss to his wife Giselle Bundchen:


Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Patriots' Jonas Gray opened up for Screech at a comedy club (VIDEO)

Running the ball up the gut of an NFL defense for 199 yards and four touchdowns might be hell for most people but, if you ask the Patriots' Jonas Gray, doing a stand-up comedy routine just might be the toughest 20 minutes he'll ever experience.

The New England running back — who lit up the Colts defense Sunday night— has apparently tried his hand at comedy and even opened up for comedian Dustin Diamond (forever known as Screech) a few years back.


According to CBS Sports, Gray has been at the mic a couple of times and posted video footage (below) of one performance where he at least got some chuckles: 

While he doesn't get a ton of laughs, his actual performance, minus the fact he constantly looked at his notes, is better than you might expect.

This video obviously is from a few years back -- Jersey Shore reference! Flavor of Love reference! -- but it looks like the Patriots running back had a good time performing.

That's right. And when was the last time Dane Cook put on the pads?




Not exactly gold, but the reviews were positive. Here's one of Gray's performance from The Observer, the Notre Dame student newspaper (h/t For The Win):

Gray kept the audience roaring with laughter for the next 20 minutes as he talked about his experiences with online dating, Valentine’s Day and his pet peeves. Many of his jokes hit home with audience members. When Gray turned the attention on one man who was laughing uncontrollably in the corner, the man explained his laughter: “’cause you’re telling the truth!”

Gray explained how he found his inner Kevin Hart:

"One of my good friends is a comedian -- not a popular guy, but he's known pretty well on the comedic scene -- and he knew that I was a funny guy," Gray told Boston.com. "Every time I used to make him laugh, we were super silly, he was like, 'Every time you get a joke, I want you to write it down. If you see something funny, write it down. Come back later, and turn it into a joke.' So I started really long lists of stuff, and I started turning stuff into jokes."

The headliner of last week's SNF game. Could SNL be in the stars?

Friday, August 29, 2014

Darrelle Revis' best memory of Jets at MetLife Stadium ... none: Report

Former Jets star Darrelle Revis was back in a familiar place to face the Giants in a preseason game Thursday night. Only this time in a Patriots uniform.

When the All-Pro cornerback walked into MetLife Stadium — the place where Revis spent his first six NFL seasons with the Jets developing into a superstar — he drew a blank when asked if there was a single memory that stood out during that time.



"Not really. I only played here for two years in this new stadium," Revis recalled, forgetting he actually played from 2010-12.

"Every time I come here it feels like a new feeling. It's a brand new stadium. It is a nice stadium, but it really doesn't [have any memories that stick out].

"I've moved on from that situation."

Besides an injury-shortened season and the dreadful Jets teams of the past few years,  maybe the color scheme had something to do with Revis' MetLife void.

"It's blue and red in here [for the Giants] right now," he said. "It's not green and white [for the Jets]."

Revis didn't play at all in the Giants 16-13 preseason win, but wants everyone to know that when he returns to the Meadowlands with the Patriots to play the Jets on Dec. 21, it will be like any other game.

"I played the Jets last year when I was in Tampa," he said. "It's football. It doesn't matter who's on the schedule and who we play and what team I was on before. All of that stuff is out the door. I'm not going to put no added pressure on me. This is football."




Monday, May 19, 2014

Tom Brady snacks out at Yankee Stadium doubleheader (VIDEO)

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady — hidden behind a beard, funky paperboy hat and shades — takes in Game 1 of the Pirates-Yankees double header at Yankee Stadium Sunday.



Brady — who looks like he was picking the peanuts out of his Cracker Jack — has been making the rounds lately. He's been spotted at the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes and is just probably just killing time in New York before the Belmont next month.