Tucker Maintains Pats Practiced Players On IR
sportsbybrooks.com 5/23/2008 — NFL-veteran-turned-SI-columnist Ross Tucker reiterated that Patriots coach Bill Belichick had practiced players on injured reserve, which would have violated league rules. He stuck with his recent SI story during an appearance on ESPN’s ...

First Take's Finest Hour: Antwaan vs. The Bear
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 5/23/2008 — I know that "ESPN Nonsense" is one of my favorite tags to use on this site, but occasionally it's a good thing. For over a month the folks at First Take have debated whether a punt returner could go goal line to goal line against a bear. Well they ...

Man vs. Bear
myespn.go.com 5/23/2008 — Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley This morning, ESPN 2's "First Take" tackled one of society's age-old questions: Could one of the league's top kick returners make it from goal line to goal line if a hungry, 900-pound Black Bear was waiting at the ...

Joey Porter Feels Cheated By The Patriots And He Lets Us Know About It
thefootballwire.com 5/24/2008 — Porter sounds off regarding the Spygate scandal.

Duly circled: Sept. 21 and Nov. 23
myespn.go.com 5/24/2008 — Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Joey Porter's comments to Trey Wingo on NFL Live should make for entertaining fodder when the Dolphins play the Patriots this season. Miami visits New England on Sept. 21. The teams play in Miami on Nov. 23. Here goes ...

Belichick wouldn't miss it — Boston.com -- Football news 5/23/2008
Memorial Day weekend has meant a road trip for Patriots coach Bill Belichick in recent years, but he'll be right at home this weekend.

EX-PAT: BELICHICK IS PRACTICE CHEAT — NY Post: Sports 5/23/2008
Bill Belichick and the Patriots violated league rules by using players on the injured reserve list in practices, a former New England lineman said yesterday. Ross Tucker, a former offensive lineman who played for five teams in a seven-year NFL...

League Probe of Non-Videotaping Allegations Against Patriots by Walsh Ongoing — Mark Maske's NFL Insider 5/23/2008
The NFL continues to investigate two non-videotaping allegations against the New England Patriots made by their former video assistant, Matt Walsh. When he met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell 10 days ago in New York to be interviewed about the ...

NFL coach lauds Northwestern lacrosse boss — chicagotribune.com - Sports 5/24/2008
Patriots coach calls Amonte Hiller 'a legend' > TOWSON, Md.—Some of her players and their families still were celebrating May 17 when Kelly Amonte Hiller began working on the consequences of the achievement that caused the joy.  ...

WHY THE RUSH? — NY Post: Sports 5/25/2008
* What if the Maras and Tisches had bowed to public and media demands to fire Giants coach Tom Coughlin? What if Eli Manning had been driven out of town? Would there have been the one-for-the-ages Giants triumph over the unbeaten Patriots in Super...