Rob Gronkowski’s return to pro football has been speculated about since just about the moment he abruptly retired last March, and this week the erstwhile wrestling champion actually did it. On Tuesday, Gronk unretired and was dealt from the New England Patriots to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (along with a seventh-round draft choice) for a […]
After 20 years, 41 playoff games and six Super Bowl wins, Tom Brady will play football next season for a team other than the New England Patriots. During his Patriots tenure, he won three MVP awards, he was voted to 14 Pro Bowls, and the Patriots went 219-64 in games that he started. His now-former […]
Although it’s probably the 100th-most unthinkable thing to hit the world of sports this month, Tom Brady — generally regarded as history’s greatest quarterback — will start next season donning a Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform, not his familiar New England Patriots gear. The terms of the deal are not immediately known, but it’s a good […]
sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): The NFL’s wild-card weekend was magnificent chaos. It was the first year since 1991 that all four games finished within one score — and despite the many things that one-score games can mean, all of these games were legitimately close. And entertaining! Let’s start with the upset that none of […]
The NFL playoffs are finally here, and we’re ready for the games to kick off. Looking ahead to this weekend’s wild-card action, we’ve broken down each matchup using our Elo ratings — which track each team’s form, with adjustments for each starting quarterback — and also identified the phases of the game in which each […]