By Jim Donaldson Randy Moss, doing his best Brett Favre impersonation, is saying he'd like to come out of retirement and play football again in 2012. Can we please, right now, put to rest any suggestion that, if Randy does come back, it should be in New England? The Patriots decided to dump him two years ago, when they traded him back to Minnesota, where...

By Mike McDermottThe Boston Herald is reporting that Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski had arthroscopic surgery on Friday morning to repair his injured ankle. According to the report, Dr. George Theodore performed the surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Theodore has previously operated on Dustin Pedroia, Tom Brady and Curt Schilling. The recovery time is expected to be about 10 weeks.

By Jim Donaldson As the late, very talented Journal columnist John Hanlon once deadpanned to me about a column I'd written that amused him: "It was all I could do to keep from laughing." That was my reaction to this column by my pal, and occasional golfing buddy, Mark Cannizzaro, who, lucky guy, went from the Super Bowl in Indianapolis to Pebble Beach.

By Mike McDermott Providence Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Referee John Parry predicted that the failure of Tom Brady and Wes Welker to connect on a second down pass in the fourth quarter would cost the Patriots Super Bowl XLVI, according to game audio played on the NFL Network's "Sound FX" show. The half-hour program reairs on the NFL Network today at 3:30....

By Maria Armental WARWICK, R.I. -- Remember the Super Bowl ad in which a sling-propelled baby snatches the Doritos bag from a taunting brat? It turns out the 30-second "Sling Baby" spot, which has won the $1-million prize as the top-ranked ad in the USA TODAY/Facebook Super Bowl ad meter, has a Rhode Island connection -- 1995 Bishop Hendricken graduate Nate Scoggins...

By Mike McDermott Providence Journal files / Mary Murphy Rodney Harrison Former Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, in an interview Wednesday on ESPN Radio Chicago 1000, lashed out at current tight end Rob Gronkowski over his partying after the Pats' loss in Super Bowl XLVI. Video of the team's postgame party showed Gronkowski, who played a limited role in Sunday's...

By Tim BrittonThree days after he was unexpectedly release just before the Super Bowl, Tiquan Underwood signed a future contract with the Patriots. The wide receiver was let go on Saturday, barely 24 hours before New England took the field against the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. Underwood, however, handled the news with class, and was one of seven players to agree to deals with the...

By Corey Bourassa An online pawn shop called Pawngo, which is based out of Denver, delivered 900 pounds of the Nestle candy bar Butterfingers to Copley Square in Boston on Tuesday with a sign saying "Thank you Wes Welker." The 8,000 Butterfingers were dumped in the heart of Boston as people on the streets stopped to take pictures and grab some candy bars. The incident...

By Jack Perry AP Photo/John Minchillo New York Giants fans jeer a New England Patriots fan after he is led away from the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade in New York Tuesday. The Giants returned from their Super Bowl win to a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.

By Carolyn ThorntonAmidst all the talk swirling around Patriot Nation following Sunday's Super Bowl XLVI, there has been speculation that veterans Brian Waters and Kevin Faulk might be contemplating retirement. Asked what advice he might have for the players, Patriots coach Bill Belichick said they should give it some time. "I think the day after the game or an hour or...

By Carolyn Thornton In a most informal announcement, Belichick confirmed Monday that Josh McDaniels has been appointed to replace Bill O'Brien as the Patriots' offensive coordinator. "When will you announce the succession plan for Bill O'Brien as offensive coordinator?" a reporter asked. "It's Josh," Belichick said. Of course, the announcement...

By Jim Donaldson Spare me, please, the indignation over Gisele Bundchen's post-Super Bowl comments about the bad hands displayed by the Patriots' receivers. Should she have ignored the heckling of Giants fans? In an ideal world, sure. Should she not have said anything about the assorted drops by various Pats' pass catchers? Obviously...

By Corey BourassaNew England tight end Rob Gronkowski and offensive lineman Matt Light were photographed dancing shirtless on stage with music group LMFAO following the Patriots 21-17 loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday night. The music group was performing at an invite-only Patriots post-game party at Victory Field, home of the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians. Other...

By Corey BourassaCINCINNATI (AP) -- New England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in Cincinnati hours after playing in the Super Bowl. A Hamilton County court bailiff says the former Cincinnati Bengal pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of failure to display a driver's license during a July 21 traffic stop. Court documents show...

By Corey BourassaThe odds to win next year's Super Bowl have been posted by Bovada and Vegas likes the Patriots chances more then the Giants. Green Bay is the early favorite at 6-1 followed by the Patriots at 7-1. New Orleans is 8-1 while Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Houston are 12-1. Baltimore is 14-1 while the New York Giants are 15-1.]]>

By Corey BourassaPittsburgh Steelers' James Harrison and Ryan Clark took to Twitter following New England's 21-17 loss to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl. Harrison wrote: Told you, cheaters never win!!!!!!! Clark followed with: 0-2 post spy gate! Just saying!! Can't spell ELIte w/o Eli! Night my friends! ]]>

By Corey BourassaNEW YORK (AP) -- The overnight rating for the New York Giants' Super Bowl win over New England was less than 1 percent shy of the record tied last year. New York's 21-17 victory Sunday night on NBC received a 47.8 rating and 71 share, Nielsen Media Research said Monday. It trailed the 47.9/71 overnight for Green Bay's 31-25 victory over Pittsburgh...

By Corey BourassaWe know who Gisele Bundchen is blaming for the Patriots loss in Super Bowl XLVI -- the New England wide receivers. While waiting for an elevator inside Lucas Oil Stadium following the Patriots 21-17 loss to the Giants, Bundchen responded to some taunts from Giants fans with the following line: "My husband can not (expletive) throw the ball and catch the ball...

By Brian MacPhersonINDIANAPOLIS -- For almost 59 minutes, the Patriots had tried to prevent the New York Giants from scoring. The Giants won the Super Bowl on a touchdown the Patriots gift-wrapped for them. With a little over a minute to go in the game and the Patriots ahead by a 17-15 score, the Giants drove inside the Patriots' 10-yard line on a series of passes to Mario Manningham...

By Brian MacPhersonINDIANAPOLIS -- No, the pass was not perfect. That's no consolation for Wes Welker. "It's a play I've made a thousand times in practice and everything else," he said. "It comes to the biggest moment of my life, and I don't come up with it." The Patriots led by two points late in the fourth quarter and just needed to move the...

By Mike McDermottINDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Eli Manning won his second Super Bowl MVP award Sunday night for leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 comeback victory over the New England Patriots. Spot-on from beginning to end, Manning went 30 for 40 for 296 yards, with one touchdown pass and zero interceptions. He opened the game by becoming the first quarterback to complete his first...

By Jim Donaldson After giving the ball to Wes Welker, coming from right-to-left, Brady threw himself at the legs of 255-pound Osi Umenyiora, enabling Welker to pick up 11 yards and a first down as the Patriots try to run their clock on what they hope will be a game-clinching touchdown drive.

By Jim Donaldson The sellout crowd of 68,658 at Super Bowl XLVI is the fifth-smallest in the history of the game. The smallest was for the first, when 61,946 turned out at the Los Angeles Coliseum to watch the NFL champion Packers rout the AFL champion Chiefs, 35-10.

By News staff The Providence Journal/Bob Breidenbach Aaron Hernandez scores in the third quarter of the Super Bowl, upping the Patriots' lead over the New York Giants to 17-9.

By News staff The Providence Journal / John Freidah Danny Woodhead celebrates his score just before the end of the first half, catching a 4-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady, giving the New England Patriots at 10-9 lead over the New York Giants heading into the locker room.