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“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” will be performed live or played before “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to each NFL game during Week 1 and the league is  considering putting names of victims of police brutality on helmet decals or jersey patches, a person familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press.

Redskins rookie Wes Martin is committed to dog rescue as much if not more than football.

Nineteen-year-old Kevin Pyne will enroll at Boston College next year and is hoping to reach the NFL after that, following in the footsteps of his great grandfather, his grandfather and his uncle. Pyne, who graduated high school in three years and was very focused on his academics, says he sees football as something bigger than sport. Kevin Walsh reports

The Patriots need a kicker for this Sunday’s game. Again. NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport tweeted that recently added Nick Folk underwent an appendectomy that will preven him from playing Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans.

Nine Patriots players were absent or limited in practice due to illness Wednesday.

Searching for something to be thankful for this holiday season? Look no further than the fact that the Patriots call the AFC East home. Since 2001, New England is 90-24 against the Bills, Dolphins, Jets and (for two games prior to realignment), Colts. That’s a .789 winning percentage.

Footage shows towering flames in San Francisco as crews battle a fire caused by a gas explosion.

Lawyers for the mother of a man killed by Aaron Hernandez will not be allowed access to his brain, blood and urine samples in support of her wrongful death suit against the former NFL star’s estate.

A lawyer for former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has objected to the judge’s selection of a white woman as the jury forewoman in his double-murder trial.

The defense has rested its case in the double-murder trial of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez.

Closing arguments in the double murder trial of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez could begin as early as Thursday.

Have you ever seen the rain…impact the Patriots offense like this? Between the frigid monsoon falling over Gillette Stadium on Sunday afternoon and the absences of receivers Phillip Dorsett and Mohamed Sanu, New England struggled in every phase of the attack against the visiting Dallas Cowboys. Fortunately for the Patriots, the visitors from the heart of Texas were ill-equipped for...

A week after Colin Kaepernick’s NFL workout fell apart, disagreements and distrust about it remain on issues such as its timing, who was invited and who could film the quarterback. In conversations with The Associated Press, representatives from both sides blamed each other for what went wrong on Nov. 16. Kaepernick’s side said the NFL orchestrated a workout as a...

The Patriots will be without two of their top wide receivers on Sunday, as Mohamed Sanu and Phillip Dorsett have both been ruled officially inactive for today’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. Sanu had been listed as questionable with an ankle injury and was not expected to play earlier in the week. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported earlier Sunday morning that...

Myles Garrett’s goal was to be NFL’s top defensive player this season. He won’t finish it. Garrett’s indefinite suspension for smashing Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph over the head with a helmet was upheld Thursday by an appeals officer who decided the severe penalty on the Cleveland Browns star defensive end is fair. One of the league’s most dominant edge...

The New England Patriots reportedly are “kicking the tires” on troubled wide receiver Antonio Brown.

A South Florida native who starred at both Miami’s Booker T. Washington High School and the University of Miami, Walton was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2018 before he was released after being arrested.

Free agent wide receiver Antonio Brown on Tuesday apologized to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, two months after he was released by the team amid multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. In a tweet, Brown apologized “sincerely” and said he only wanted to be an asset for the organization. He also apologized “for the bad media” and “drama” surrounding his...

Rob Gronkowski will be in Miami for the Super Bowl. The former Patriots tight end won’t be preparing for kickoff with Tom Brady and the rest of his old New England teammates. Instead, the man who retired from the Patriots and the NFL in March will be hosting his first Super Bowl party. And he’s doing it Gronk...

Against the Philadelphia Eagles, the New England Patriots are expecting their first-round pick, N’Keal Harry, to make his NFL debut.