Boston sports-talk radio host Christian Fauria said he’s reached out to Tom Brady’s athletic agent, Don Yee, to personally apologize for performing a racially “insensitive” impersonation during a bit on his popular sports radio show. Christian Fauria of the New England Patriots looks on against the New Orleans Saints at Gillette Stadium on Nov. 20, […]
Hours before the NFL trade deadline, New England Patriots backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo landed in the hands of the San Francisco 49ers. Just a mere 101 days later, San Francisco locked up the quarterback for the long haul, agreeing to a five-year contract extension on Thursday. After breaking several franchise records and leading a five-game […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback of the present is officially their quarterback of the future. The Niners announced Thursday they have signed Jimmy Garoppolo to a five-year contract extension through the 2022 season. Sources confirmed to ESPN the deal is for $137.5 million, including $90 million guaranteed in the first three […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Prosecutors filed felony charges on Wednesday against an immigrant illegally living in the U.S. who is suspected in a drunken driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and an Uber driver. Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, who is from Guatemala and has twice been deported from the U.S., is charged with causing death […]
NFL head-coaching candidates with ties to New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick have already filled multiple openings during the 2018 hiring cycle. The other Belichick associates — some with strong ties to Belichick, others with weaker ones — have combined for a 156-227 (.407) record as head coaches under varying circumstances, with only one posting […]
After an undocumented immigrant was accused of causing a car crash on Sunday that killed two people, including an NFL player, President Donald Trump weighed in, raising the incident as another example in his push for immigration reform. Trump wrote on Twitter this morning that it’s “so disgraceful that a person illegally in our country” […]