By Ron Borges
First it was stolen hand signals. Then it was destruction of evidence. Now it’s filming closed practice sessions and open denials. Where does it all stop? Maybe not where the NFL and the Patriots’ would like it to stop.
“Spygate II, The Encore’’ has not yet jumped the tracks on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell […]

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By Ron Borges
Jermain Taylor didn’t find a way to defeat Kelly Pavlik Saturday night but he did manage to defeat many of his critics…unless one believes winning is of paramount importance in a prize fight.
Taylor was widely praised in some corners of the boxing media after losing a close but unanimous decision to […]

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By Ron Borges
The chickens came home to roost for Bob Kraft and Bill Belichick and their players paid the price for it Sunday in Honolulu.
For the first time anyone could remember, six members of the Pro Bowl were booed when they were introduced to the normally laid-back crowd at Aloha Stadium. Why? […]

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By Ron Borges
For several days now New England Patriots’ cornerback Ellis Hobbs has taken a pounding in the local media and on talk radio for his supposedly poor coverage of Plaxico Burress on the game-winning touchdown pass from Eli Manning in Super Bowl XLII. Hobbs was quoted by one reporter after the game as […]

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By Ron Borges
GLENDALE, AZ. – Nobody’s perfect, except the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
That is the sad reality the New England Patriots woke up to this morning, hours after being upset by the far from perfect New York Giants, 17-14, in Super Bowl XLII. The Perfect Patriots had been beaten. Hold up that parade. Cancel that book […]

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