Six-time NFL champion Bill Belichick has agreed to part ways as the coach of the New England Patriots, bringing an end to his 24-year tenure as the architect of the most decorated dynasty of the league’s Super Bowl era.
Former NFL tight end Russ Francis was killed along with another aviation enthusiast when their single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from an upstate New York airport.
McMillan scooped it up and ran 23 yards for the touchdown, giving the Patriots the go-ahead score in a 27-13 win on Monday night over the Arizona Cardinals.
Tom Brady stayed undefeated abroad by throwing two touchdown passes to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-16 in the first regular-season game played in Germany.
Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes, Damien Harris and Rhamondre Stevenson scored 2 TD apiece to put the New England Patriots in the playoffs with their 50-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Damien Harris scored on a 64-yard run in blustery conditions in which Mac Jones attempted just three passes as the New England Patriots held off the Buffalo Bills 14-10.
Sam “Bam” Cunningham, an All-American fullback at Southern California whose performance against Alabama was credited with helping to integrate football in the South, has died.
The New England Patriots have released quarterback Cam Newton. That clears the way for rookie Mac Jones to open the season as New England’s quarterback.