TR Article Archive

  1. Hard-Won Lessons Of 2007: It's Never Too Soon To Peak Late

    As the New England Patriots face yet another undefeated team in the New Orleans Saints tonight, it is almost impossible to avoid thinking about the 2007 Patriots...

    TR Written by TR about about 23 hours ago 121 reads 18 comments

  2. Ring Around The Roster: Hello, Isaiah Stanback

    Please excuse me if I am somewhat out of the loop. I try to stay informed, but I cannot keep up with Bill Belichick. Who can? First, some kid named Julian Edelman was drafted in the seventh round and looked crazy talented from the start...

    TR Written by TR about 16 days ago 463 reads 14 comments

  3. NFL Week Nine: Musings On Underachievers and Accountability

    Step outside and listen carefully. What you are hearing is the sound of bookmakers all over America taking headers off tall buildings in the wake of the beating they took during NFL Week Nine...

    TR Written by TR about 21 days ago 266 reads 53 comments

  4. NFL Week Nine Picks: From New England Patriots Fans' Perspective

    It is hard to believe the NFL season is half over. I look forward to it for what seems an eternity every year, and when it arrives, it just flies by...

    TR Written by TR about 25 days ago 286 reads 78 comments

  5. BenJarvus Green-Ellis: Who Is This Guy Anyway?

    When the Patriots' 53-man roster was announced in September, some people were surprised to see that BenJarvus Green-Ellis was on it. Not the practice squad, The Team...

    TR Written by TR about about 1 month ago 268 reads 28 comments

  6. NFL Week Seven Picks From New England Patriots Fans' Perspective

    Glenn Card and TR have some opinions, which should come as no surprise. Various other regular contributors to this series are either still sitting in Gillette Stadium high-fiving each other, or on their way to London to see the Queen...

    TR Written by TR about about 1 month ago 421 reads 54 comments

  7. Order In The Court: Making The Case For BenJarvus Green-Ellis

    Following the fourth and final preseason game last August, I wrote an article praising the performance of BenJarvus Green-Ellis, who had just carried the ball 25 times for 129 yards and three touchdowns...

    TR Written by TR about about 1 month ago 291 reads 33 comments

  8. Monday Morning Humble Pie and a Side of Crow

    Just when you think you know a little something, you find out...you do. But sometimes it takes a poke in the eye with a sharp stick to bring this knowledge to conscious realization. Sunday's game at Denver was just that poke for me...

    TR Written by TR about about 1 month ago 213 reads 30 comments

  9. NFL Week Five Picks: From New England Patriots Fans' Perpective

    The first quarter of the NFL regular season has come to a close, and some questions have been answered while others have been raised. Some teams are playing far better than we expected, while others have disappointed...

    TR Written by TR about about 1 month ago 501 reads 97 comments

  10. New England Patriots Rebound in the Rain, Defeat Atlanta Falcons 26-10

    I think I was supposed to be crying into my beer right now, thinking up excuses as to why my team ain't all that. According to a lot of fans around the league, I was supposed to be facing the ...

    TR Written by TR about 2 months ago 442 reads 30 comments

  11. Jets Fans Celebrate As Team Cheats

    The New York Jets sit atop the AFC East after slaying the nasty New England dragon on Sunday afternoon, but the party could turn out to be brief and hollow...

    TR Written by TR about 2 months ago 252 reads 77 comments

  12. NFL Week Two Picks: From New England Patriots Fans' Perspectives

    Here we are at Week Two, with the second installment of NFL game picks from the occasionally warped perspective of some otherwise rational New England Patriots fans. Last week, intrepid compatriots Glenn Card and TR each went a straight up 12-4...

    TR Written by TR about 2 months ago 542 reads 51 comments

  13. Have The New England Patriots Broken The Curse Of Pat Patriot?

    A few weeks ago, I wrote an article expressing my concerns about what I can only think of as The Curse of Pat Patriot...

    TR Written by TR about 2 months ago 564 reads 34 comments

  14. New England Patriots: The Committee Has Found a Chairman

    Benjarvus Green-Ellis does NOT rest his case. The Patriots' third-string running back made it clear Thursday night that he will not rest anything, least of all opposing defenses...

    TR Written by TR about 2 months ago 548 reads 85 comments

  15. "Brady Ate Dirt," Tweets Bengal Chinedum Ndukwe

    I had a feeling about this kind of thing when Twitter first entered my world a few months ago. I don't really Tweet but I joined so that I could "follow" some of my favorite athletes...

    TR Written by TR about 3 months ago 290 reads 23 comments

  16. New England Patriots Bring In Roderick Rogers For a Look

    Safety Roderick Rogers became the Patriots' newest acquisition on Tuesday, not a surprising move given Belichick's propensity for bargain basement bodies for practice squad and special teams assignments...

    TR Written by TR about 3 months ago 709 reads 6 comments

  17. New England Patriots: "In Bill We Trust" Not Just a Slogan

    The enigma we know as Bill Belichick understands football in the same way Albert Einstein understood E=mc2. What many people do not understand is that he also has a really firm grasp of some other fine points that he just doesn't choose to talk about...

    TR Written by TR about 3 months ago 850 reads 50 comments

  18. New England Patriots Pick Up Another Reclamation Project

    There's a new number 16 in Foxborough. In a move that might seem surprising to some, it was announced this morning that the New England Patriots had cut quarterback Matt Guttierez and signed five-year veteran Andrew Walter...

    TR Written by TR about 3 months ago 565 reads 36 comments

  19. Pat Patriot: What's Old Is New

    Wow, how scary is this guy? Exactly. For years, Pat Patriot was like the kid on the playground who wore thick glasses, picked his nose, and dressed funny. The other kids made fun of him and beat him up...

    TR Written by TR about 3 months ago 523 reads 57 comments

  20. Remembering Darryl Stingley: The Player, The Hit, The Man

    It has been called the most violent hit in NFL history. It also has been called simply a case of bad luck in the extreme, a fluke. It was almost certainly among the most unnecessary hits ever put on a player...

    TR Written by TR about 4 months ago 627 reads 46 comments

  21. Lady Tar Heels Pour It on in Second Half and Down Clemson 74-55

    The Clemson Tigers’ brief Cinderella run came to an abrupt end Friday, as they fell to the North Carolina Tar Heels 74-55 in Greensboro, North Carolina. In the opening round of the ACC Women's Basketball Tournament on Thursday, the No...

    TR Written by TR about 8 months ago 109 reads 10 comments

  22. Duke Drops North Carolina Lady Tar Heels In OT, 81-79

    In the battle for the No. 3 seed in the ACC tournament, the North Carolina Lady Tar Heels went down in overtime Sunday afternoon, losing to the Duke Lady Blue Devils, 81-79. The No...

    TR Written by TR about 9 months ago 69 reads 5 comments

  23. North Carolina Lady Tar Heels Look to End Season with Duke Sweep

    North Carolina-Duke, Duke-North Carolina, call it what you will. It is a rivalry that will never go away. So long as college basketball is played, UNC-Duke will be one of its fiercest rivalries...

    TR Written by TR about 9 months ago 104 reads 13 comments

  24. Lady Tar Heels Defeat Miami, Look Ahead to Duke

    The Lady Tar Heels survived a late Miami surge to hold on for a 90-76 win in Chapel Hill Thursday night. North Carolina improved its record to 25-4 overall and 10-3 in the ACC, setting up a dramatic finale at Duke Sunday afternoon...

    TR Written by TR about 9 months ago 70 reads 3 comments

  25. Lady Tar Heels Have a Busy Weekend Ahead

    March Madness is about to descend on hoop junkies of every kind. The Lady Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina have two regular season conference games left to play that could help them out in the ACC tournament seeding...

    TR Written by TR about 9 months ago 39 reads 10 comments

 
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