Wesley Britt News

Wes Welker is just as adept at slipping underneath the coverage off the field as he is on it.

What a terrific Patriots game Saturday night! Satisfying our need for an early off-season Patriots fix, a group of us attended Kevin Faulk's 3rd annual Celebrity Softball game Saturday night at Brockton's Campanelli Field.

Patriots rookie tackle Sebastian Vollmer is both bigger, less experienced and more exotic than your average first-year football player, but to call him a "project" is far from the truth.

In drafting offensive tackle Sebastian Vollmer with the 58th overall pick, the Patriots add a younger prospect to develop along the line, where 11 of the 14 players on the roster enter the final year of their contract.

During his conference call yesterday, newly acquired wide receiver/special-teams' player Greg Lewis revealed that quarterback Tom Brady was present at Gillette Stadium for the first day of the offseason workout ...

The New England Patriots have re-signed four players including Mike Wright, a key reserve on the team's defensive line.

Read Across America Day was celebrated at Rucker Blvd. Elementary School in Enterprise today.

Boston Herald Sports Writer Patriots beat writer John Tomase joined the Herald in 2005 after six years covering the Red Sox.

NFL teams have until Feb. 26 to submit qualifying offers to their restricted free agents, and the Patriots have three players in that category: OLB Pierre Woods, OL Wesley Britt and ILB Eric Alexander.

Having faith that the Patriots front office has for the most part done right by its fandom so far, doesn't help my nagging concerns about the fate of our players whose contracts are set to expire in the near ...

Each week of this season, it seems that people discovered something new that Matt Cassel could do.

The charged-up Patriots fan and Iraq war veteran who tackled linebacker Junior Seau during Sunday's game at Gillette Stadium said he just wanted to give his favorite player, "a big hug.'' "It wasn't malicious ...