FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady expects to be on the field in exhibition games next month -- his first action since injuring his knee in the 2008 regular season opener.
"Yeah, I think I'll play," he told reporters after practice on Friday. "I mean, last year it wasn't like I wasn't supposed to play. I would have loved to have played. Just some circumstances came up where I couldn't."
After missing the entire preseason last year with an unspecified foot injury, the two-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player -- and 2007 NFL MVP -- was playing the first quarter of the first game last season when his knee collapsed on a hit from Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard. He missed the rest of the season.
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Back on the field for training camp this week, Brady admitted to some arm soreness as he works to get back into football shape.
"It feels pretty good, and then you come out and do four or five practices in a row and it doesn't feel as hot, so it's part of what training camp is about," he said. "The soreness becomes a part of the practices and you just have to do a good job of taking care of yourself. My arm was in really good shape coming in. It still feels like it's in good shape, so hopefully it stays that way."
Brady said he doesn't spend much time thinking about the repaired knee. He is wearing a brace during practices.
"I've kind of made a concerted effort to move on," he said. "That was last season and this is this season. I don't think about it. I think it's been a great learning experience for me and I'm using it, really, as a positive. Hopefully I can go out this year and be a great quarterback for this team."
Brady said the brace isn't restricting his movement, although he joked he may have gone from "slow" to "slower." The biggest challenge for the Patriot star will be getting back to his form in 2007, when he threw an NFL-record 50 touchdown passes in leading the Patriots to a 16-0 regular season before losing to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.
"I hope it finishes different if we are in that position," Brady said.
But he said there were some good things that came from his injury and forced time off.
"I think I've learned a lot of things that I wouldn't have learned had I been playing, things that help you grow as a person and as a player, as a leader, as a teammate," he said. "I'm going to take those lessons and hopefully be a better player for them. When you're sitting watching, it's not fun and you're not a part of it and you don't feel a part of it, even though you're a part of the team. I feel a part of it now."
One of the changes has been with his family. Brady got married over the winter to supermodel Gisele Bundchen, and the two are reportedly expecting a child (though Brady would neither confirm it nor deny it).
But a bigger surprise has been in coach Bill Belichick, who Brady said is "going soft on us."
"He doesn't yell at us like he used to. We're looking for him to get after us a little bit," Brady said. "I don't know what happened. I think as he's getting older, he's getting a little softer."
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
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Lance && Eva have a night out...
Actor Lance Gross and fiance, Eva Pigford, hit the red carpet during the launch party for TAG signature series of body sprays at The London Hotel last night in West Hollywood, California.
These two are simply beautiful together.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Whitney Houston is back... yyyaaayyyy!!!!!
This is the first single off of Whitney Houston's new cd titled "I Look To You". Im proud of you Whitney, keep up the good work love.
K Fed's waistline....
Kevin Federline turned heads at a California sporting event Monday.But it wasn't over his golfing skills; it was over his size.
At one point at Ryan Sheckler X Games Celebrity Classic, an employee on the grounds saw Federline and remarked, "Man, that's a belly on him! That's K-Fed?!?"
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While other celebrities like Verne Troyer, Frankie Delgado and Josh Henderson participated in competitive activities, Federline, 31, spent some time with girlfriend Victoria Prince sitting on a shaded patio sipping vodka and orange juice cocktails and smoking cigarettes.
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His ex Shar Jackson laughed off criticism.
"It's daddy weight!" she told Usmagazine.com at the time. "When you are a full time parent, sometimes you can't focus on you. If gaining a few pounds is your only problem, life's not too bad!"
Monday, July 27, 2009
Kim && Reg are over.
After two years and countless tabloid and gossip blog mentions, Kim Kardashian and her NFL boyfriend Reggie Bush are calling it quits.
Although just in May the couple talked about "heading" towards marriage, according to People, the lengthy periods of time they spent apart have made their relationship suffer. Bush's upcoming NFL season won't help either.
A source tells the mag, Kim and Reggie just don't see each other enough.
"They never get to see each other, ever," the source told the mag. "It's been a long time coming. They still love each other and are part of their lives, but Reggie spends six months out of the year in New Orleans, so it's tough."
The couple had been dating since 2007 up until this point. Both are reportedly "very said" they couldn't make it work.
"They love each other a lot and hope someday they can make it work. But for now, he starts his football season this week and Kim starts filming season four of 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians,' and they just need this time apart," the source claimed.
One source called the split "a break."
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