Though still an active player, you have to expect that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is one day going to make it to Canton, Ohio for an induction ceremony into that city’s Hall of Fame.
After warming the bench for most of the 2000 season (he threw three passes for a total of six yards), Brady got his chance in 2001 when starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe was injured in an early-season game against the New York Jets. By the end of that season, Brady had led his team to a Super Bowl victory, which earned him the first of two Super Bowl MVPs.
In 2007, Brady and the Patriots concluded a 16-0 season, a winning streak that was only snapped in a 17-14 loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII. Brady was injured for a...
Like Joe Namath, Brady’s exploits off the field have often commanded as much attention as his play. For example, his recent marriage to supermodel Gisele Bündchen kept the tabloids busy for months.
But fans will hang onto his 2000 Upper Deck and Leaf rookie football cards and collect his signed Playoff Contenders card from the same year because of his Sportsman of the Year awards in 2004 and 2007 and his Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year Award in 2007—the last football player to win that honor was Brady’s idol, Joe Montana.
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Fox News, June 13thFOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots have canceled the final practice of their three-day minicamp. Before they skipped Thursday's session, quarterback Tom Brady had two days to throw to a large group of new wide receivers. The team's top ...Read more
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Boston Globe, June 13thBill Belichick was asked Wednesday morning, at his second-to-last practice before summer vacation, about the Patriots' new crop of wide receivers. “I think the ones that are out there are making progress,” he said. It was important to make that...Read more
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Los Angeles Times, June 12thA day after the New England Patriots signed quarterback Tim Tebow, Tom Brady's reaction could be summed up with a shrug. “[I'm] just trying to focus on what I need to do and what I need to do to be a better player,” Brady said. “Certainly any time a...Read more
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