Tom Brady will make his first-ever appearance on The Howard Stern Show next week, and the ex-New England Patriots quarterback says he’s ready to finally “let loose.”

Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht provided some interesting details on his phone call with former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during NFL free agency.

Tom Brady recently left the New England Patriots to sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in NFL free agency, but that hasn’t stopped Boston sports fans from defending their favorite team’s former quarterback.

Devin McCourty offered some helpful context for Patriots fans worried the team will fall off a cliff without Tom Brady.

Donald Trump brought up Tom Brady in his daily COVID-19 briefing. Why? The answer is fairly simple.

Tom Brady has proudly played with a chip on his shoulder for his entire career, but that’s not his main driver to succeed in Tampa. Our Tom E. Curran exchanged e-mails with the former Patriot to get a sense of where his head is at.

Tom Brady was set to speak with the media on Tuesday for the first time since joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a free agent last week. Due to ongoing concerns surrounding the coronavirus, however, Brady’s introduction at noon will be limited to a conference call on an audio live stream rather than a traditional press conference. The Patriots made...

Tom Brady made the decision to sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this offseason. And after joining them, he had just one tiny request for the coaching staff.

Tom E. Curran wraps up a whirlwind week by reacting to Tom Brady’s new contract, looking at the reasons for Brady’s departure, and how much of a rebuild the Patriots are facing now.

Tom Brady’s 21st NFL season will officially take place outside of New England. The 42-year-old quarterback signed his contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday, bringing an end to his career with the Patriots. It’s a two-year pact between Brady and the Bucs, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, which guarantees Brady $50 million and the chance to earn another...

Gisele Bündchen took to Instagram on Wednesday to say goodbye to Boston and New England Patriots fans. The post was published the day after her husband, Tom Brady, announced he was leaving the Patriots after 20 years spent together. “What a ride the last decade has been,” the Brazilian supermodel wrote. “Boston has been so good to us and will…

The NFL’s most successful coach and quarterback tandem broke up Tuesday. How did each take it? According to the Boston Herald, one was “a little shocked” while the other was “fired up.”
 

It’s safe to say that no Patriot will take Tom Brady’s departure harder than Julian Edelman.

With Tom Brady reportedly set to sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, season tickets are becoming a hot commodity for Bucs fans — here’s how much they’ll cost you.

It appears Tom Brady will head south to continue his “football journey” in Florida. Brady, who announced Tuesday morning that he would leave the New England Patriots in free agency, has agreed in principle to a deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the NFL said in a tweet. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported Brady would join Tampa. The deal...

It was an abnormally quiet spring night at Gillette Stadium Tuesday. No one was there due to the current pandemic, but once hearing the news that Tom Brady will leave the Patriots and join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a few fans came earlier in the day to buy jerseys from the pro shop, including fan Mike Buono. “A really hard…

He’s gone. The Patriots have a GOAT-sized void on their roster at quarterback following the reported departure of Tom Brady, who announced on social media on Tuesday morning “my football journey will take place elsewhere.” Hours later, the NFL tweeted that Brady had agreed in principle to a deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Free agency officially opens on...

Former teammates, fellow athletes, public figures and fans took to social media Tuesday to react to Tom Brady’s bombshell announcement that he would not return to the New England Patriots. Those who played alongside Brady, who led the team to six Super Bowl championships, were among the first to praise the quarterback and express support. In a reply to...

Why, after two decades and nine Super Bowl trips, does Tom Brady want to continue his career elsewhere? Tom E. Curran traces the reasons behind the Brady-Belichick breakup.

Within about an hour of Tom Brady’s announcement Tuesday that he would not be returning to the New England Patriots, team owner Robert Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick issued statements reacting to the news. Their full statements are included below: “How do I possibly sum up the depth of my gratitude to Tom Brady for what he’s given...

Tom Brady won’t return to the New England Patriots in 2020. So … where will he play? The 42-year-old quarterback didn’t reveal his free-agent destination in his social media posts Tuesday morning. But according to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, he has two serious suitors: The Los Angeles Chargers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Ian Rapoport✔@RapSheet The #Bucs made a strong offer to QB Tom...

From 2001 through 2019, the New England Patriots won the AFC East outright 17 times. The other two years, they finished in a first-place tie. In that span, they went to 12 AFC Championship Games and nine Super Bowls. They won six of them. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady were together for the entire run and — thanks to the past…

New England Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft appeared on ESPN on Tuesday morning, reacting to the news that Tom Brady is leaving the team after two decades. “Tommy initiated contact last night and came over,” Kraft said. “We had a positive, respectful discussion. It’s not the way I want it to end, but I want him to do what is...

A new report sheds light on the contract numbers Tom Brady and Bill Belichick discussed during their recent phone call.

In the midst of a national emergency Tom Brady’s days as a Patriot seem numbered. Tom E. Curran puts perspective on what this means in the big picture and provides the latest details.

According to NBC Sports’ Chris Simms, the San Francisco 49ers are out on Tom Brady and only two teams remain in the running to sign the 42-year-old QB.

Tom Brady is heading to Hollywood — though not on the football field, or at least not yet. Amid the speculation about whether he’ll stay with the New England Patriots this year or leave for somewhere new, Brady announced Monday that he’s starting a movie production company.

Tom Brady is set to be a free agent in about a week. And moving forward, this is rumored to be the next step in any potential negotiations he will have with the New England Patriots.

The thinking that Robert Kraft will swoop in and solve any impasse between QB and coach to keep Tom Brady in New England, where he’ll finish his career just like the Patriots owner wanted, is sorely mistaken, writes Tom E. Curran.

They talked. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady had a telephone conversation on Tuesday to discuss Brady’s impending free agency. It wasn’t particularly productive, a source told me.

With two weeks until Tom Brady hits free agency, a quarter of the NFL is still considering the Patriots quarterback as a potential option, per a report.

Three years after the New England Patriots traded Jimmy Garoppolo to the San Francisco 49ers, could the talented young quarterback really make his way back to Foxboro? Consider the following scenario. The 49ers want to capitalize on their window to win a Super Bowl, particularly with one of the NFL’s most talented defenses, and choose to make a run...

The listing agent for 112 Woodland Road in Brookline — formerly home to international supermodel Gisele Bündchen and her husband, football player Tom Brady — has released a video showing details of the 12,112-square-foot estate. The video shows off never-before-seen footage of such spots as the home gym, spa and sauna, wine room and a children’s playroom. Bündchen and Brady…

Last week’s NFL Combine kicked the Tom Brady speculation up a notch as free agency approaches. As our Tom E. Curran writes, the Pats and Brady are not in a stare down.

Tom Brady’s every move has been analyzed this offseason as everyone is eager to find out where the quarterback will be playing next season. And while we’ll have to continue to wait to find that out, we do know where he was on Saturday. The New England Patriots star, who is set to become a free agent for the...

Patriots fans remain on edge as rumors and speculation continue to swirl about the future of Tom Brady, who is set to be an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his 20-year NFL career. The consternation rose Thursday when NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Brady’s representation was meeting with clubs this week during the NFL Scouting...

It was only a matter of time before Gisele Bundchen touched on Tom Brady’s future in her Instagram Q&A session.

The NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement may be mucking up team-building plans at the moment, but it hasn’t stopped Tom Brady’s market from taking shape. Phil Perry has the latest on that and more in his NFL Combine notebook.

New England Patriots fans received a double dose of bad news Thursday morning, with two reporters with ties to the team and Tom Brady reporting that things are not looking good for a possible return of the free agent quarterback. It started with ESPN’s Jeff Darlington on “Get Up” on Thursday morning. The NFL insider said he’s now at...

Tom Brady on Tuesday issued a statement on Instagram eulogizing Kobe Bryant, saying the NBA star’s tragic death “deeply affected” him. In the post, titled “What’s Really Important,” Brady said that the loss of Bryant, who was killed along with his daughter, Gigi, and seven others in a helicopter crash in California last month, had brought him “many tears.”...

Tom Brady’s free agency is rapidly approaching and the latest rumors suggest that his agent, Don Yee, will meet with the New England Patriots at some point during the NFL Scouting Combine this week in Indianapolis.

Actor Ben Affleck is further dishing on some group text messages between himself, his buddy Matt Damon, and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. While discussing his newest film, “The Way Back” on ESPN’s Get Up, Affleck talked about how he had a text chain going with Damon and Brady. He mentioned how he and Damon have been grilling...

The timing of the new CBA and the start of free agency could prove very beneficial for the Patriots and Tom Brady, assuming there is mutual interest in continuing their relationship. Our Tom E. Curran shares his perspective on what impact it could have.

Nothing is more popular in Massachusetts than Tom Brady, right? Wrong. According to a new poll, Dunkin’ has a higher net positivity rating than the New England Patriots quarterback. In hindsight, that probably shouldn’t be too surprising, given that Dunkin’ got its start right here in the Boston area and is a huge part of many Massachusetts residents’ morning...

Former Patriot Rob Ninkovich believes things could go downhill in a hurry for the Patriots if Tom Brady leaves town.

Mike Florio joins Tom E. Curran on this week’s Patriots Talk Podcast to discuss how free agency “could get wild” for Tom Brady. 

The news and rumors surrounding Tom Brady’s future have subsided a bit, but there are developments worth noting. Our Tom E. Curran shares his updated (and informed) perspective on where it all stands.

The speculation over Tom Brady’s future continues, but this time New England Patriots fans will probably like the turn the story is taking. The Patriots’ quarterback, who is set to become an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career in March, was involved in a back-and-forth on an Instagram post published Wednesday by his teammate Julian...

By now, you’ve probably seen Julian Edelman’s post on social media. If you haven’t, the Patriots wide receiver Photoshopped his head over that of John Cusack in the iconic boombox scene in the 1980s teen classic “Say Anything.” His caption? “Baby come back.”  And you know what? I’m with Edelman. I think Patriots Nation is with me, too. I...

With rampant speculation around Tom Brady’s future at an all-time high, every scenario seems to be in play. Phil Perry turns his attention to Brady’s boyhood team, which has a familiar face under center but some sneaky flexibility with Jimmy Garoppolo.

Just when we thought “Deflategate” was behind us, it resurfaced during closing arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Monday. Kenneth Starr, an attorney for Trump, was giving his closing arguments when he referenced the New England Patriots cheating scandal, along with the ongoing Major League Baseball sign-stealing episode that recently resulted in the departure of Boston Red...

How much will the Patriots offer Tom Brady to keep him in New England? And how much will some other team offer to lure him away? Those are perhaps the biggest questions of this NFL offseason.

Lamar Jackson’s stunning season not only earned him The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award, but he won it unanimously. That’s right: The second-year quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens joins Tom Brady as the only players to receive every vote for MVP. Jackson drew all 50 votes from a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the...

Brady’s post on Instagram and Twitter seemed designed to cause chatter amid speculation that he could leave the New England Patriots this year

Everyone in New England may be begging Tom Brady to stay, but that does not mean he’s well liked everywhere else, and Jimmy Kimmel has the tweets to prove it.

Brady’s post on Instagram and Twitter seemed designed to cause chatter amid speculation that he could leave the New England Patriots this year

Wherever Tom Brady lands in free agency, including New England, he could be bringing Danny Amendola, according to a report from NESN.com. 

With Patriots quarterback Tom Brady expected to test the free agent market, his every move in the offseason will be under scrutiny. The latest was the talk of the “Felger and Mazz” show on 98.5 The Sports Hub on Tuesday. The show hosts discussed a report that Brady bought a house in Las Vegas. Gary Tanguay of NBC Sports Boston…

Want a sense of where Tom Brady might sign in 2020 free agency? Just follow the odds.

No one knew how Tom Brady’s career would pan out when he took the field for an injured Drew Bledsoe. Of course, the sixth-round draft pick went from backup quarterback to a future Hall of Famer with more than a hand’s worth of Super Bowl rings. “He got no recognition and everyone thought he was not going to go...

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady became the latest player to chime in Friday morning when he took to Twitter to congratulate Eli Manning on a “great career,” and he even got in a Super Bowl joke.

Will Tom Brady be a Patriot in 2020? While that question looms over the offseason, Phil Perry says the Patriots need to have a plan in place well before free agency begins so they’re not playing catchup like they did when Rob Gronkowski retired.

This isn’t a prediction one way or the other. While the official guess is that Tom Brady returns to the Patriots for a 21st season, that reality remains far from a lock. If you’re part of the subset of Patriots fans ready to tear off the band aid and move on from the greatest quarterback in the history of...

Robert Kraft bolstered the hopes of Patriots’ fans everywhere on Tuesday, telling TMZ that New England is planning to re-sign their free agent quarterback. TMZ Sports caught up with the team’s owner as he left a building in New York and asked him about Brady’s pending free agency. “Are we going to keep Tom in New England, Bob?!?” TMZ...

Tom Brady gave New England Patriots fans some hope to cling to with his latest Instagram message.

Patriots fans really don’t want beloved quarterback Tom Brady playing for another team. The Boston Public Garden lagoon had a specific message written Sunday afternoon. A fan wrote “Stay Tom” in the ice and snow on the ground. The six-time Super Bowl champion and three-time league MVP is not under contract for next season. Brady, who will be 43 next…

The New England Patriots are facing a lot of uncertainty this offseason as Tom Brady will be an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career. And he’s pretty non-committal about his future.

Back in November came a report that Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen had purchased a home in the tony suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut, a reasonable commute from New York City.
 

After an early exit from the NFL postseason, Tom Brady has remained characteristically mum about his plans for 2020. But his mind seems made up on at least one point. Asked in an interview Saturday if he would definitively play next season, the 42-year-old quarterback told Jim Gray that “Yeah, absolutely, that’s my plan.” He did not give any indication…

No matter that Tom Brady is quickly becoming gray and old, he needs to be walking through the doors of Gillette Stadium in 2020. When Rick Pitino spouted off about the “gray and old” Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale not “walking through that door” in March 2000, it was one of the lowest points of the post-Bird, pre-Brady…

New England Patriots great Tedy Bruschi wouldn’t be surprised to see former teammate Tom Brady wearing a new uniform next season.

Antonio Brown still wants to play football, and may look to reunite with Tom Brady if the quarterback leaves the Patriots.

Tom Brady on Wednesday hinted at a return to the NFL in an Instagram post, four days after the Patriots’ disappointing exit from the playoffs. In the post, Brady thanked Patriots fans while praising “teammates who go to battle with me” and “an organization that believes in me.” Brady said the best way to bounce back from adversity was to…

Patriots Nation is wounded after this weekend’s uncharacteristically early playoff exit for the team that has dominated the NFL for the better part of the past two decades. “I still love the Patriots but that was a brutal loss,” said Patriots fan John Redwine of Franklin, two days after. “I sat in my shower fully clothed crying after, and...

Teammates and opponents, coaches and NFL executives, even most fans recognize that Tom Brady has nothing left to prove. There might be one dissenting voice: Brady himself. Maybe that’s why in the midst of the disappointment — and some discontent — with how the Patriots’ season ended and how he performed in the second half of the schedule, Brady came…

Tom Brady’s comments to NBC Sports’ Peter King painted a clearer picture of how he’s approaching this offseason.

The most anticipated off-season in the history of the franchise has arrived. All eyes turn to the future of 42-year-old Tom Brady, a free agent for the first time in his career, following a 20-13 loss to the Tennessee Titans at Gillette Stadium on Saturday night. Brady was picked off by former teammate Logan Ryan with 0:15 on the clock,…

There were plenty of questions about next year that quarterback Tom Brady didn’t want to answer. But there was one in particular that drew a response.

In a stunning twist of events, Bill Belichick is focused on the Titans, not the fact that Saturday could be his final game coaching Tom Brady. “That’s all I’m focused on, so we’ll do everything we can to get ready to go and play the best game we can play Saturday night,” Belichick said at his press availability on...

Patriots players were out on the field Friday night ahead of Saturday’s big wild card game. New England will take on the Tennessee Titans to kick off the playoffs after missing out on a first-round bye. “I’m a little nervous about it. Hopefully, they do well, and nobody gets hurt,” said Pats fan Mark Visser. Fans hoping for a...

It’s been a decade since the New England Patriots have played a game on wild-card weekend. That all changes on Saturday night, and the team is excited and focused to take on the Tennessee Titans two days beforehand, quarterback Tom Brady told the media. “It’s playoff football and everyone knows what’s at stake,” he said Thursday. The Pats limped...

All the Patriots had to do to earn their 10th consecutive first-round bye in the postseason was beat the hapless Miami Dolphins, a four-win team seemingly playing out the string on its way to a top-5 pick in next April’s NFL Draft. To beat a Dolphins team that has won twice in Foxboro since 2001, neither instance featuring much of…

The circumstances are different. The approach, Tom Brady says, remains the same. With his contract due to expire in the upcoming offseason, Sunday’s contest with the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium could be the 42-year-old quarterback’s last regular-season game with the New England Patriots. Free agency awaits. Retirement is a possibility. While a return for a 21st season with...

Tom Brady says he still feels like a kid at 42. And as he looked back at his participation in the NFL 100 All-Time Team show that premieres Friday night, he doesn’t sound like someone who’s going to stop playing soon.  

Meaningful games against the Bills in December? In a Patriots season full of oddities, New England hosted Buffalo in Week 16 of the regular season with the AFC East title on the line.  Indicative of just how different the times are, the Bills even held a lead in the fourth quarter. Tom Brady and Co. ensured we aren’t living...

There were no “buts” in the Patriots win over the Bills, writes Tom E. Curran. They found a way to get their offense moving and proved that nobody circles the wagon quite like Patriots.

It’s a home game for the New England Patriots Saturday against the Buffalo Bills as the regular season winds down, and some are questioning if it’s the end of the Tom Brady era. “There’s one more ring that has to go on his finger until he really considers retiring,” said Pats fan Grant Smiley. “I don’t think he’ll be...

For years the Bills have been one of three chasers in the AFC East, annually trying and failing to knock the Patriots from their decade-long run atop the division. Buffalo enters its Week 16 matchup with New England clinging to its best hope in years of ending that dominance.  With a win (or tie) the Patriots can clinch the AFC…

Tom Brady may not be with the Patriots next season, which begs the question: Who could replace the GOAT under center?

The Pro Bowl, as an athletic competition, is a joke masquerading as a game of tackle football. Getting selected to the Pro Bowl is another matter entirely.  It’s an honor to be named to the Pro Bowl, even if you don’t compete in it. Tom Brady has been named to the team 14 times — a record which he...

Should we care that Tom Brady got left off the AFC Pro Bowl roster for the first time in a decade? Here’s what the data tells us.

What should we make of Tom Brady changing his role at “Best Buddies”? The Patriots QB explains his side of the story.

N’Keal Harry’s touchdown catch, the second of his young career, gave the Patriots a 20-10 lead and serves as this week’s Turning Point.

Nothing cures ills quite like the Cincinnati Bengals. Stephon Gilmore had two interceptions, including a pick-six, while the Patriots had five takeaways in all in a 27-13 win at Paul Brown Stadium that officially sealed up a postseason berth for New England for the 11th straight season. J.C. Jackson had two interceptions off Andy Dalton, who finished with a...

For everything currently ailing the Patriots, the stars have aligned for them to fix it all just in time for another postseason run. With the trade deadline having come and gone almost two months ago, how is that possible? It’s simple: much like in 2018, the mortal-looking Patriots are going to catch a break with their schedule at the perfect…

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady admits his right elbow has needed some extra focus in the training room this week.

Tom Brady has stepped down as honorary co-chair of Best Buddies International and will now become its “global ambassador.” Is it another sign that he’s cutting ties to New England?
 

After 16 years, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is stepping down as honorary co-chair of a local, annual event benefiting Best Buddies International, the organization announced Tuesday. “It has been one of my greatest honors to serve as an Honorary Co-Chair of the Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port,” Tom Brady said in a press release announcing his decision. “This…

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady discusses the boos that rained down at Gillette Stadium at the end of the first half of Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs.