• Robert Kraft on Patriots’ spending spree: ‘We’re in this business to win’

    Robert Kraft on Patriots’ spending spree: ‘We’re in this business to win’

    Patriots owner Robert Kraft dug deep into his pockets to make sure the dynasty isn’t dead. “In my 27 years as owner,” Kraft told NBC Sports’ “Football Morning in America” column,
  • How Gisele Bündchen helped Robert Kraft land ex-girlfriend Ricki Lander

    How Gisele Bündchen helped Robert Kraft land ex-girlfriend Ricki Lander

    Tom Brady’s wife Gisele Bündchen helped Patriots owner Robert Kraft, 79, impress a new girlfriend. In his book, “The Dynasty” — out from Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader Press — author Jeff Benedict reports that at the beginning of Kraft’s courtship with actress Ricki Lander, 40, the Patriots owner was giving Lander a tour of …
  • Gisele Bündchen blew up over Bill Belichick’s treatment of Tom Brady

    Gisele Bündchen blew up over Bill Belichick’s treatment of Tom Brady

    Gisele Bündchen always has husband Tom Brady’s back. In the wake of the Patriots’ 2018 Super Bowl loss to the Eagles, the supermodel allegedly joined Brady for a meeting with team owner Robert Kraft, where the topic of discussion was head coach Bill Belichick’s treatment of the franchise quarterback, as detailed in Jeff Benedict’s new …
  • Patriots owner Robert Kraft donates Super Bowl ring to ‘All-In Challenge’

    Patriots owner Robert Kraft donates Super Bowl ring to ‘All-In Challenge’

    Patriots owner Robert Kraft — who won over NYC fans when he donated 300,000 masks to city frontline workers — has put up one of his Super Bowl rings for a charity auction. The jewelry from Super Bowl LI in 2017 has already hit more than $1 million in bidding, and the auction for the …
  • Robert Kraft would be perfect owner to lead Mets into new era

    Robert Kraft would be perfect owner to lead Mets into new era

    On May 25, 2016, Madison Square Garden erupted with warmth and excitement upon welcoming Yeshiva University’s commencement speaker: Robert Kraft. “Well, thank you,” the owner of the enemy Patriots said as he took the stage, and then he quipped: “That’s not the reception I typically get when entering sports arenas in New York.” What happened …
  • Tom Brady’s Buccaneers love is peek at Patriots’ rift: ‘Know what I can do’

    Tom Brady’s Buccaneers love is peek at Patriots’ rift: ‘Know what I can do’

    Tom Brady is ready to see what he can do without the New England Patriots. In a piece for The Players’ Tribune published on Monday, Brady expressed how grateful he was for his 20 years in New England, but also alluded to wanting to prove that he can be successful without Patriots head coach Bill …
  • What New York-area sports owners have given to coronavirus fight

    What New York-area sports owners have given to coronavirus fight

    As the novel coronavirus has wrecked the New York area, sports owners with deep pockets have emerged to help in the fight to battle this deadly pandemic. Here’s a look: James Dolan The Madison Square Garden chairman, who has tested positive for coronavirus, but is said to have mild symptoms, is paying arena workers in …
  • Sports’ finest hour coming during coronavirus fight

    Sports’ finest hour coming during coronavirus fight

    The thing to remember is, many of the people who engage in the most profound examples of philanthropy prefer to do it away from the glare, away from the lights. One of the last conversations I ever had with George Steinbrenner was trying to convince him to attach his name to a story detailing an …
  • Robert Kraft’s coronavirus generosity makes him New York family forever

    Robert Kraft’s coronavirus generosity makes him New York family forever

    For years, we in New York have been trained to disdain. Whenever the name Robert Kraft is mentioned, the response of any Jets or Giants fan (well, mostly Jets fans) generally is rooted in derision. Kraft is the owner of the big, bad, perennial-winner Patriots, who are despised in these parts for the six Lombardi …
  • Tom Brady truly had enough of Bill Belichick

    Tom Brady truly had enough of Bill Belichick

    More than money, offensive weapons or warm weather, Tom Brady may have just been chasing happiness and appreciation — two things he couldn’t get from Bill Belichick. Brady shocked most of the NFL last week when he announced he was leaving the Patriots and later signed with the Buccaneers. He left a franchise defined by success …