Matthew Slater

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT Neither Tom Brady nor Bill Belichick met with the media at the first open OTA workout of the offseason in New England on May 21. So the spokesman left to talk about the dramatic...

The Sports Xchange Pats' Amendola subs for Welker, Brady, Belichick FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Neither quarterback Tom Brady nor head coach Bill Belichick met with the media at the New England Patriots' first open OTA workout of the offseason on Tuesday....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT With Bill Belichick holding just five selections heading into the 2013 NFL Draft -- and no picks in the third, fourth or fifth rounds - speculation was that New England would be...

The New England Patriots didn't take long to replace receiver Wes Welker, agreeing to terms Wednesday afternoon with former St. Louis Rams wideout Danny Amendola on a five-year, $31-million contract, according to NFL.com. Welker, who caught more than...

RAVENS PASSING GAME: Joe Flacco brings a hot hand and some past successes against the New England Patriots into his third AFC championship game. In his past three games against New England, Flacco has completed 70 percent of his passes and thrown for...

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RAVENS PASSING GAME: Joe Flacco had one of the better games of his career in the AFC championship loss to the Patriots, completing 22 of 36 passes for a franchise playoff record 306 yards and two touchdowns. He currently leads a passing attack that...