The highlight of the interview was when Patrick asked Peterson who the fastest receiver he ever defended was. Peterson’s answer was interesting, to say the least. MORE: NFL’s scariest players | Emmanuel Sanders isn’t dead | Champ Bailey retires a Bronco Peterson said Mike Wallace and DeSean Jackson were the two fastest guys he’s ever gone up against and described it as “crackhead speed.” That’s not an official term, he conceded....

After the Patriots’ 27-17 loss to the Colts, Belichick was despondent and had little to say to the reporters on hand. He grew increasingly tense during his six-and-a-half-minute news conference and even ignored a question about whether the Patriots’ bye week had killed the momentum they built during their seven-game winning streak. MORE: Kyle Dugger, Michael Pittman Jr. ejected vs. Colts Belichick also parroted variations of the phrase, “We didn’t do anything well enough to win,” and grew exasperated the more that he repeated it....

According to the Boston Globe, the Patriots are “bracing” for Brady to lose his Deflategate appeal and serve the suspension this season. The Globe points out how the Patriots reduced Brady’s base salary to $1 million last week while posting an 8,000-word story on their website titled “The Background and Myths of Deflategate — Separating Fact From Fiction.” MORE: The ridiculous Deflategate timeline | A guide to -Gate controversies...

The Patriots wide receiver, one of the NFL’s few Jewish players, took to Twitter to pen a letter to Leonard on Wednesday after the controversial NBA player was caught dropping an anti-Semitic slur during a “Call of Duty” session on his Twitch stream. MORE: Meyers Leonard situation, explained Edelman’s letter in full: It’s not the first time that Edelman used another’s hateful words as a moment to try and educate....

For the first time in 10 years, tight end Rob Gronkowski, who retired in March, is not on New England’s roster. Free agency also led to the Patriots moving on from wide receivers Chris Hogan and Cordarrelle Patterson, plus left tackle Trent Brown. Wide receiver Josh Gordon remains suspended indefinitely. On defense, the big departures were up front, as New England didn’t keep stud starting end Trey Flowers or solid starting tackle Malcom Brown....

Speaking to Boston radio station 98.5 The Sports Hub, Jonathan Kraft said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has strengthened the personal conduct policy put in place by former commissioner Paul Tagliabue, but the league should “look back to the middle part of the last decade when the real premise of how it’s done was created.” MORE: Suspensions shorter than Brady’s | Garoppolo sharp in Patriots’ victory “I think the world has changed and the complexity of some of the situations — things that I don’t think we ever thought we would be dealing with, we’re dealing with,” Kraft said Saturday during his weekly pregame radio interview....

What both teams bring into Monday night’s game in Foxborough has been building for only 10 seasons, nine of those with John Harbaugh coaching the Ravens. Yet a case can be made that the Patriots and Ravens have packed more drama, consequences, bitterness, harsh words and feelings into that decade than they’ve each managed against their actual, traditional rivals. MORE: Ravens-Patriots prediction Monday night is their 10th meeting in the last 10 seasons, regular and postseason combined; the Patriots are 6-3....

So Bill Belichick wouldn't dare do it again. Right? UPDATE: Tom Brady denies spy allegations MORE: Coaches behaving badly | Must-see Week 13 photos | Live scoreboard Not according to Texans defensive end Antonio Smith, who wondered aloud how New England's offense knew exactly what Houston's defense was doing during Sunday's 34-31 win by the Patriots. "Either teams are spying on us or scouting us," Smith told reporters. "I don't know what it is....

The Patriots’ star cornerback and 2019 Defensive Player of the Year has been discussed as a trade candidate in recent weeks as New England has limped to a 2-5 start to the 2020 season. He’d instantly become the best player in almost any secondary across the NFL. He won’t come cheap, though, with another year remaining on his contract and the Patriots’ asking price reportedly a first-round pick plus a player, according to ESPN....

Amendola, who injured his knee in Monday’s win over Buffalo, has stepped up the past couple of weeks in the absence of Julian Edelman, who broke his foot in the Nov. 15 game against the Giants and will miss another four to six weeks. MORE: Fantasy WRs, ranked for Week 12 | Week 12 picks, and Pats The 30-year-old Amendola, who had been averaging less than five targets a game before Edelman’s injury, has seen Tom Brady target him 23 times the past two games....

In real estate parlance, those areas are known as the beachfront property. But that’s not so much the case anymore. Now teams seek to maximize revenue in all areas of sports venues including the less-desirable end zones. Two cases in point: The Patriots and the Steelers are both developing suite and club seat retrofits in the end zones at their facilities. Both Gillette Stadium and Heinz Field opened in the early 2000s....

The comedian opted to cancel gigs in Florida and Salt Lake City, Utah, after the venues refused to make it a requirement that audience members be vaccinated or provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test. Cruz shared a tweet reporting Oswalt’s decision, adding the comment: “Both of his fans were disappointed.” The Republican’s jibe did not go unnoticed by the comedian, who used it as a jumping-off point for a tweet-based roast about the senator’s various blunders....

Almost 58,000 cases have been recorded in the country — the fourth-highest number of cases in the world, behind the U.S., China and Italy — and more than 7,000 people have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University, which has been tracking the outbreak using combined data sources. “The Spanish people have never let us athletes down,” Nadal was quoted as saying by France24. “We are what we are because of them....

STONE: Why did you fund this project? ALLEN: I was looking for possible space-related endeavors that I could participate in. Burt is a very talented guy, and any projects you’d want to do, Burt is the person to talk to. He has such an innovative mind and a great team of people familiar with how you could [build] unusual vehicles. He and his team are experts at using carbon composites to build very light but very strong vehicles....

Gosar, a Republican representative for Arizona’s 4th district, is being advertised on Telegram channel America First Updates as taking part in an event alongside Nick Fuentes, the far-right figurehead and leader of the white supremacist group the “Groyper Army.” According to the post on the Telegram channel, which regularly promotes Fuentes’ tours, podcast and merchandise, the date, time and location of the fundraiser will be announced on July 1....

In his new book, “The Conscience of a Liberal” (Norton), Krugman delves into American history to identify how and why income inequality has expanded so rapidly in the past 30 years. While nodding to the usual suspects—free trade, the decline of unions—the economist looks first and foremost to politics. The real culprit: a Republican Party, dominated by government-loathing “movement conservatives” who have used race-based electoral strategies to build a new Southern-based majority....

Julien’s Auction hosted an all-Beatles themed auction on Friday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic quartet’s breakup. Estimated to be worth $160,000, the lyrics were sold for a grand total of $910,000, according to a press release. Even though McCartney’s lyrics were the top seller, other items from the Fab Four were also sold including drum heads used by drummer Ringo Starr, handwritten notes by guitarist John Lennon, and artwork by McCartney....

The baby-faced 25-year-old is just trying to make an honest living in the NBA as a center for the Bucks. Friday night against the Hawks, the 6-11 North Carolina product got to meddling in grown folks’ business and attempted to block a Paul Millsap dunk, and learned the hard way he probably he shouldn’t have. MORE: NBA players’ wives and girlfriends | Ditch the age limit There was absolutely no reason to post that twice, but it was that nasty....

But why was Pierce wearing a Celtics jacket? Sure, the baseball game was in Boston and, of course, Pierce played for the C’s for 15 seasons, but as a current member of the Washington Wizards, it seems a bit odd. MORE JETER: RBI single ends final game | What will Yankees look like, post-Jeter? I wonder if he was at Jeter’s last game at Yankees Stadium wearing Brooklyn Nets gear....

Henrik Zetterberg had the other score for Detroit (4-2), which won its second straight game. More: Datsyuk dangles and dishes around Chara | Wings leap B’s in division standings Loui Eriksson and Milan Lucic had Boston's goals. The Bruins had a two-man, power-play advantage for nearly 2 minutes early in the third period, but couldn't mount a comeback. Gustavsson, playing in place of No. 1 goaltender Jimmy Howard, bobbled a few shots in the opening period, but improved as the game went on....