The Boston Globe’s Mike Reiss is reporting that NFL MVP Tom Brady had a second procedure done to his knee on Wednesday because of an infection from the first surgery. While second surgeries are uncommon, they do happen as Indianapolis QB Peyton Manning also had a second surgery for his knee (infected bursa sac).
Also from the opening of head coach Bill Belichick’s press conference on Friday Morning from Eric McHugh at the Patriot-Ledger in Quincy:
Patriots coach Bill Belichick opened his news conference Friday morning with a question.
“Everybody get a good night’s sleep?” he asked.
Not really. You?
“Couldn’t turn it off,” he said.
Of course, Belichick was referring to the Red Sox’ magical comeback win over the Rays Thursday night/Friday morning. In case you just emerged from a deep, dark cave that didn’t have Internet access or TV reception, the Sox trailed 7-0 in the seventh and rallied to win 8-7, forcing the series back to Tampa for Game 6.
“It didn’t look too good when it was 7-0,” Belichick said. “Then it’s 7-1, and then it’s 7-4 and 7-6. I thought the Red Sox played with the heart of a champion last night. Pretty impressive.”
Belichick noted one big difference between baseball and football: “You can’t run out the clock (with a big lead). You gotta get them out. You can’t run out the clock. Joe Torre told me that. And (Tony) LaRussa verified it.”
