The *Boston Herald* reports that New England Patriots football hero Tedy Bruschi was named the Best Comeback player and his former teammate Doug Flutie copped the GMC Professional Grade Play Award for his successful drop-kick stunt at the annual ESPY Awards out in La-La the other night.
Boston Globe sports writer Mike Reiss discusses how clubs approach special teams while filling out their rosters. It's relevant to the Patriots because the team is adding at least two new players to its special teams "core" in 2006.
Clark Judge of CBS Sportsline.com names 10 players who need to make something happen this year to advance their careers and their teams.
Previously in the Blitz...
*Boston Globe *writer Mike Reiss offers an article on the specifics of the Patriots deal with Willie Andrews and reports that the team also agreed to terms with offensive lineman Dan Stevenson, a sixth-round pick out of Notre Dame.
The*Tulsa World* offers an interview with Patriots rookie Garrett Mills discussing the upcoming challenges of training-camp beginning July 28, 2006. "For me, it's going to be an attitude of taking it one day at a time, one practice at a time," Mills said.
In his Patriots blog, Mike Reiss of the Boston Globe reports dialogue with former Patriots receiver Bethel Johnson in which he speaks about his time with his new club, the New Orleans Saints.
