With journeymen receivers or stars, Tom Brady just wins
October 2, 2021 GMTTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl throwing to Troy Brown, Jermaine Wiggins and David Patten and earned his seventh ring firing passes to Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Antonio Brown and Rob Gronkowski.
Belichick: TE Hunter Henry day-to-day after recent injury
August 10, 2021 GMTFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — One of the most significant upgrades for the Patriots offense this offseason was at tight end with the additions of free agents Jonnu Smith and Hunter Henry.
Their production on their previous teams — 121 catches and 10 touchdowns between them over the past two seasons for the Titans and Chargers — instantly conjured up comparisons to the “Boston TE Party” tandem of Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez that the Patriots had from 2010 to 2012.
Netflix series examines ‘perfect storm’ that felled NFL star
December 21, 2019 GMTBOSTON (AP) — More than two years after he killed himself in his prison cell, former NFL star Aaron Hernandez's story still fascinates — and now it's heading back to the small screen...
Court reinstates late Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction
March 13, 2019 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction was reinstated Wednesday in a sweeping ruling from Massachusetts' highest court that does away with the legal principle that made the former NFL star innocent in the eyes of the law after he killed himself in prison...
Court to weigh rule that nixed Aaron Hernandez conviction
March 16, 2018 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' high court will consider whether the state should get rid of a centuries-old legal principle that erased Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction after the former New England Patriots tight end killed himself...
Can brain disease explain Aaron Hernandez’s behavior?
September 22, 2017 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — Former football star Aaron Hernandez' brain was riddled with damage from a degenerative brain disease linked with head blows, but that doesn't necessarily explain the troubles that plagued his young life.
Aaron Hernandez had severe CTE; daughter sues NFL, Pats
September 22, 2017 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez had a severe case of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, researchers said on Thursday...
In final hours, Hernandez thought of family, not football
April 20, 2017 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Family, not football, dominated Aaron Hernandez's final hours as a lifer in prison....
Aaron Hernandez mansion languishes on market at $1.3M
April 20, 2017 GMTAaron Hernandez’s sprawling North Attleboro manse is still languishing on the market for nearly $1.3 million despite the seller slashing $200,000 off the asking price earlier this year.
The former New England Patriots tight end and convicted murderer, who officials say took his own life in his prison cell yesterday, bought the house for $1.3 million in 2013.
Aaron Hernandez kills himself in prison overnight
April 20, 2017 GMTMILFORD, Mass. -
Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez killed himself in a Massachusetts prison overnight.
Prison officials say the former New England Patriots player was found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead at a hospital.
News of Aaron Hernandez suicide only adds to victims’ families’ grief
April 20, 2017 GMTThe 60-year-old father of Safiro Furtado, whose wrongful-death suit against Aaron Hernandez is set to move forward despite the late NFL star’s acquittal on double murder charges last week and his suicide yesterday, said he was saddened to learn Hernandez would “reject his own life.”
Mansion languishes on market at $1.3M
April 20, 2017 GMTAaron Hernandez’s sprawling North Attleboro manse is still languishing on the market for nearly $1.3 million despite the seller slashing $200,000 off the asking price earlier this year.
The former New England Patriots tight end and convicted murderer, who officials say took his own life in his prison cell yesterday, bought the house for $1.3 million in 2013.
McGovern: Suicide imperils wrongful death suit
April 20, 2017 GMTAaron Hernandez’s sole murder conviction will likely die with the former New England Patriot through an archaic legal rule that could hamper a wrongful death suit brought against him.
Attorneys appealing Hernandez’s 2015 first-degree murder conviction told me yesterday that they will seek to have it vacated because he died before the Supreme Judicial Court heard his appeal.
Ex-NFL star Hernandez, serving life, acquitted in 2 slayings
April 14, 2017 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, already serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, was acquitted Friday in a 2012 double slaying prosecutors said was fueled by his anger over a drink spilled at a nightclub.
Aaron Hernandez trial could go to jury next week
April 1, 2017 GMTThe lead attorney representing Aaron Hernandez said his team may not call any witnesses in the former Patriots tight end’s double-murder trial, arguing the commonwealth has not met its burden in proving Hernandez’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
McGovern: Strong offense not best defense
March 2, 2017 GMTJose Baez has multiple ways to try and get former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez out of double murder charges — but showing a brutal lack of respect to prosecutors, police and Bay State investigators isn’t a smart tactic.
Herald is live at Aaron Hernandez trial
March 1, 2017 GMTThe Herald will be covering former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s double-murder trial in real time online from Suffolk Superior Court today.
Hernandez is accused of shooting and killing two men, Daniel Jorge Correia de Abreu, 29, and Safiro Furtado, 28, in the early morning hours of July 16, 2012, after the pair allegedly spilled a drink on the former NFL player in a nightclub.
Aaron Hernandez lawyers seek jail phone data
December 1, 2016 GMTAttorneys representing Aaron Hernandez are asking for all information about how his jailhouse calls were improperly accessed as he was awaiting his first murder trial — a motion filed on the heels of a suit by the former New England Patriot against the company that operates the inmates’ phones at the Suffolk County Jail.
Potential jurors questioned in Aaron Hernandez trial
January 16, 2015 GMTFALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts judge has excused dozens of potential jurors for various reasons in the murder trial of ex-New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.
Bristol County Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh on Friday questioned potential jury members one-by-one in open court to see if anyone had a bias, hardship or other concern that would disqualify that person from hearing the case.
Hazing, Hernandez among NFL’s issues so far in ’13
November 7, 2013 GMTPassing yardage and points are going up, up, up in the NFL, as are TV ratings and, of course, revenues. So all must be well with America's most popular sport, right? Not so fast.
About halfway between the start of exhibition games and the Super Bowl, there have been plenty of unwanted story lines.
Highlights of search warrants in Hernandez case
July 10, 2013 GMTATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Some highlights of search warrants released in the case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of his friend Odin Lloyd of Boston.