Dane Fletcher

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski had his surgery as scheduled on Monday to install a plate in his broken left arm. Perhaps more significant is that the surgery revealed that...

NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT The health status of Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski seems to be getting more complicated by the day. One day after it was reported that he will undergo a fourth surgery on his forearm next week,...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT --Last season, Kyle Love started 11 games for the Patriots at defensive tackle and he has 25 starts in 41 career games since making the team as an undrafted free agent in 2010....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT It's called rookie minicamp, but not all of the 33 players on the practice fields of New England last week were new to pro football. Beyond the seven draft picks, 19 rookie free...

Based on expectations of natural progression, the Patriots' trio of starting linebackers should make even more of an impact in the upcoming season after their electric initial go-round. Jerod Mayo, Brandon Spikes and Dont'a Hightower grew up well...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT It's called rookie mini-camp, but not all of the 33 players on the practice fields of New England last week were new to pro football. Beyond the seven draft picks, 19 rookie...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT All the talk is the recent NFL draft and the players New England added despite what was considered a week year for newcomers, but perhaps the most important player to put on the...

With Bill Belichick holding just five selections heading into the 2013 NFL Draft -- and no picks in the third, fourth or fifth rounds - speculation was that New England would be looking to trade down from the 29th selection in an effort to add more picks....

TV SPORTS SUNDAY NFL Football-New York Jets at Miami Dolphins, Noon (CBS); Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos, 3:15 p.m. (CBS); Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons, 3:15 p.m. (FOX); Dallas...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Soccer-Premier League, Chelsea at Norwich City, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2) High School Hockey-Grand Rapids vs. White Bear Lake, 10 a.m. (FXSP); Duluth East vs. Minnetonka, 1:30 p.m. (FXSP) Men's College Basketball-Maryland at Temple,...

• FoxSports.com's Peter Schrager predicts the Ravens will be heading to Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI. The only time these two teams played in a playoff game, it was a 33-14 win in the wild-card round up in New England in 2010. Joe Flacco's 1-0...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Men's College Basketball-Connecticut at Notre Dame, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); Kentucky at Tennessee, 11 a.m. (ESPN); St. Bonaventure at Xavier, 11 a.m. (ESPNU); Texas at Missouri, Noon (ESPN2); Michigan at Iowa, Noon (Big 10 Network);...