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Peter Lucas: Pat Purcell Doing Just Fine; Herald, Not So Much

John Cronin

Patrick J. Purcell, the owner of The Boston Herald who is selling the newspaper after having it declare bankruptcy, is walking away with a mint in the form of the upscale development (which he owns a part of) on the site of the former Herald building in the South End of Boston, according to Lowell Sun columnist Peter Lucas. The situation isn't sitting well with Herald employees who expect to lose their jobs and their pensions when a new company takes over the paper.

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ESPN: New Patriots Players Call Tom Brady ‘Sir’

John Cronin

An explosive ESPN report says that New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, quarterback Tom Brady, and owner Robert Kraft are having disputes so serious that some in the Patriots organization are wondering if this is the last year they'll all be together. Some unnamed sources say that Brady's personality has changed in recent years since he started working with personal guru Alex Guerrero and since his stature has grown in the organization; the story includes the following sentence:  "New players often address him as "sir'."

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