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Football
James White, who scored the game-winning touchdown in the New England Patriots’ historic comeback win over Atlanta in Super Bowl 51, announced his retirement on Thursday. - Tom Brady was excused from training camp on Thursday, the first day of what Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said was a planned, 11-day absence from the team to address “personal things.”
- NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Monday that Aaron Rodgers' use of ayahuasca wouldn’t have triggered a positive test result on either the substance abuse or performance-enhancing substance policies collectively bargained by the NFL and its players’ association.
- New York Jets offensive tackle Mekhi Becton left practice early Monday after appearing to injure his surgically repaired right knee.
- Dante Scarnecchia hasn’t watched any of the Patriots’ padded practices in person. But the offensive line guru has certainly read about all the difficulties the team, and his old O-line in particular, have had adjusting to the new outside zone running scheme, which is now being paired with a bootleg, play-action passing game.
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- James White, who scored the game-winning touchdown in the New England Patriots’ historic comeback win over Atlanta in Super Bowl 51, announced his retirement on Thursday.
