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The feedback about Gronkowski had been made by former Patriot and ex-Republican senate candidate Jake Bequette.
The Pink Sox misplaced to the White Sox 4-1 on Sunday and can return to Boston for a three-game collection towards the Marlins starting on Tuesday at 7:10 p.m.
Additionally from the weekend: The Renegades trounced the D.C. Divas 70-14 within the WFA quarterfinal playoff matchup (and can play the Alabama Fireplace within the convention championship). Elsewhere, the Revolution defeated Toronto FC 2-1 to maneuver to second within the Jap Convention.
Former Patriots denied a narrative about Rob Gronkowski: Although retired Patriot Rob Gronkowski has cultivated a fun-loving character through the years, two of his former teammates took difficulty with a current portrayal of the four-time All-Professional as a participant who partied on the expense of his game-day preparation.
Each Julian Edelman and Patrick Chung — who performed alongside Gronkowski on a number of Tremendous Bowl-winning groups — refuted claims made by ex-Patriots defensive lineman Jake Bequette.
Throughout an interview earlier in June on “Prime Time with Alex Stein,” Bequette (whose solely NFL seasons got here in New England from 2012 via 2015) claimed that Gronkowski would social gathering till the early morning after which “stagger in to the Patriots locker room, key fob in, and go go out on the coaching tables within the Patriots coaching room.”
Bequette, whose post-football life has included a spell in army earlier than an unsuccessful U.S. senate bid in 2022, additionally stated that trainers would wake Gronkowski up and “roll up considered one of his sleeves and, you realize, stick an IV in his arm.”
Finally, the story reached Edelman, who addressed it with a characteristically blunt response.
“Story is BS,” the previous Patriots receiver tweeted. “Everybody desires to color Gronk as a celebration animal. When in actuality he was some of the devoted teammates I had.”
Chung supported Edelman, saying that “individuals simply need their time of fame.”
Invoice Belichick has provided a model of Bequette’s story, although with a number of vital variations. In a 2019 characteristic through which Gronkowski was named to the NFL’s All-Time Workforce, Belichick recalled the tight finish’s pre-draft go to to New England.
“Rob was sort of a shot at midnight. He got here up on his pre-draft go to, had a foul go to,” Belichick advised the NFL Community panel. “We put him in a room, got here again and he was asleep on the ground. Didn’t make an excellent impression.”
Nonetheless, Belichick went on in the identical interview so as to add some context that appears to assist Edelman and Chung’s model of Gronkowski greater than Bequette’s.
“No matter his public persona is on the dance ground, at a celebration or no matter, within the constructing there’s no higher teammate, he works extraordinarily onerous,” Belichick stated.
Belichick’s assertion following Gronkowski preliminary soccer retirement in 2019 additionally emphasised that he was a “nice, nice teammate.”
Gronkowski’s on-field manufacturing with the Patriots (and later the Buccaneers) ranks excessive on a number of all-time rankings, together with being first in profession landing receptions in Patriots historical past, and his 17 touchdowns within the 2011 season is a document for tight ends.
Extra from Boston.com:
Alyssa Thomas set a WNBA document: The Solar defeated the Chicago Sky 96-72 on Sunday, with Alyssa Thomas notching a triple-double (14 factors, 12 assists, 11 rebounds). It’s the fourth profession common season triple-double of Thomas’s profession, a WNBA document.
Florida forces a Recreation 3: After LSU took Recreation 1 of the Males’s Faculty World Sequence Finals, Florida answered emphatically with a 24-4 clobbering that will’ve regarded extra acquainted in an SEC soccer boxscore.
With the collection tied at 1-1, Recreation 3 (Monday, 7 p.m.) will determine the championship.
On today: In 1962, Pink Sox starter Earl Wilson threw a no-hitter to assist Boston beat the Angels 2-0. Wilson, who had turn into the primary Black pitcher in Pink Sox historical past on his debut in 1959, struck out 5 in what was additionally the primary shutout of his profession.
As if pitching a no-hitter was not sufficient, Wilson additionally hit a house run. The solo shot was considered one of 33 profession house runs he would hit as a pitcher, rating him fourth all-time.
Every day spotlight: The Revolution U-19 academy group defended its MLS NEXT Cup championship over the weekend. Within the semifinal, Gianluca Armellino capped a 3-0 win with a real half-field purpose.
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