• Tom Brady’s Buccaneers debut did not go that well

    Tom Brady’s Buccaneers debut did not go that well

    Tom Brady has pulled off a few historic comebacks over two decades with the New England Patriots, but the six-time Super Bowl champion could not complete another in his ballyhooed debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady’s pick-six to former Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins early in the second half put the Bucs in a 17-point …
  • Tom Brady scores rushing TD on first Buccaneers drive

    Tom Brady scores rushing TD on first Buccaneers drive

    Tom Brady wasted no time scoring his first Buccaneers touchdown. The 43-year-old led Tampa Bay on a nine-play, 85-yard scoring drive, finishing it off with a 2-yard rushing touchdown on a quarterback sneak to give the Bucs an early 7-0 lead over the Saints on Sunday. Brady sneaks for the score! #GoBucs 📺: #TBvsNO on …
  • Tom Brady wanted to join Saints if Drew Brees was retiring

    Tom Brady wanted to join Saints if Drew Brees was retiring

    It appears Tom Brady’s first choice was a different NFC South team. As he walked away from the New England Patriots after 20 NFL seasons and six Super Bowls, Brady was interested in replacing Drew Brees with the New Orleans Saints if Brees, 41, was going to retire and begin his post-playing career with NBC …
  • NFL is back: Ten intriguing storylines as season kicks off

    NFL is back: Ten intriguing storylines as season kicks off

    With the beginning of every NFL season, there’s always a laundry list of issues and storylines to watch. The 2020 NFL season is no different … except it features even more compelling plots due in large part to COVID-19. With the full-schedule kickoff Sunday, here’s a look at my top-10 storylines as season begins: 1. Does …
  • The Tom Brady, Bill Belichick divorce is about to feel very real

    The Tom Brady, Bill Belichick divorce is about to feel very real

    Sometime after 4:25 Sunday afternoon, 43-year-old Tom Brady will trot off the sideline at the Superdome, and tremors will be felt in the Tampa Bay area and as far away as Foxborough, Mass., and all across New England. Hearts will be racing in Tampa, because Brady’s mere presence has filled to the brim a long-suffering …
  • Tom Brady: Pre-game sex with Gisele Bündchen is ‘off the table’

    Tom Brady: Pre-game sex with Gisele Bündchen is ‘off the table’

    Tom Brady won’t rise to the occasion for his wife on game day. “Oh man, that’s probably off the table,” Brady, 43, confessed of the idea of pre-game sex with wife Gisele Bündchen on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast on Thursday. “I wouldn’t say it’s probably never happened but I don’t think that would be …
  • ‘Rude awakening’: Who will win the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick divorce?

    ‘Rude awakening’: Who will win the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick divorce?

    Name a more compelling on-field subplot to the 2020 NFL season than following what happens in New England without Tom Brady and what happens in Tampa with Brady. You can’t. Because there isn’t anything more fascinating. How will Bill Belichick and the Patriots power on while playing without Brady under center for the first time …
  • Cam Newton helping Patriots move on from ‘dour’ Tom Brady

    Cam Newton helping Patriots move on from ‘dour’ Tom Brady

    Who said the Patriots would miss Tom Brady? That may change once they actually play a game without one of the best quarterbacks of all time, but their honeymoon phase with Cam Newton appears to still be going strong as they enter the first week of the season. “I think, honestly, it’s been a match …
  • 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 …
  • The seriousness of Tom Brady’s 2018 playoff thumb injury revealed in ‘The Dynasty’

    The seriousness of Tom Brady’s 2018 playoff thumb injury revealed in ‘The Dynasty’

    Author Jeff Benedict explores the greatest contemporary sports dynasty of our time, the New England Patriots, in his upcoming book “The Dynasty,” which releases Tuesday. This excerpt is from Chapter 42, “Threading the Needle,” which highlights QB Tom Brady’s hand injury leading into the Jan. 21, 2018, AFC Championship game. On the Wednesday before the …