Winners and losers: Big downer for Patriots (Yahoo! Sports)

The reportedly season-ending loss of Tom Brady was the nightmare scenario New England tried to avoid.

Winners and losers: Big downer for Patriots (Yahoo! Sports)

The reportedly season-ending loss of Tom Brady was the nightmare scenario New England tried to avoid.

Season could be over for Patriots QB Brady (PA SportsTicker)

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts (Ticker) -- It's looking more and more like the season is over for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

MVP Tom Brady leaves in 1st quarter (AP)

Reigning NFL MVP Tom Brady left Sunday's game against Kansas City after being hit on the left leg, depriving the New England Patriots of the quarterback who last season led them to a 16-0 regular season and their fourth Super Bowl berth in eight years. Brady, who has started 128 consecutive games, went to the turf clutching his left knee midway through the first quarter when he was hit in the...

Patriots QB Brady out of opener vs. Chiefs (AP)

Tom Brady went from the disappointment of a Super Bowl loss to the devastation of an injury that could keep him out for the rest of the season. After missing the entire preseason with an unspecified foot injury, Brady left Sunday's season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs in the first quarter after being hit on the left leg by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard.

Patriots beat Chiefs 17-10 after losing Brady (AP)

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) has his leg buckled by Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard, bottom, during the first quarter of an NFL football game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Brady left the game and was taken to the locker room.

Tom Brady screamed. The fans went quiet. The seemingly indestructible star of the New England Patriots lay on the ground, clutching his left knee. The NFL's reigning MVP and three-time Super Bowl champion was done for the day -- at least. "He was in a lot of pain. When you hear a scream, you know that," Kansas City safety Bernard Pollard said after hitting Brady on the left leg midway through the...


Sources: Brady out with ACL tear (Yahoo! Sports)

Tom Brady is expected to miss the rest of the '08 season with ligament damage to his left knee.

For the first time, Tom Brady faces uncertainty (Yahoo! Sports)

As the New England Patriots open a new season of hope and opportunity today, their leading man returns to...

Brady to leads Patriots in opener against Chiefs (AP)

It's hardly a surprise that Tom Brady will start in the New England Patriots' season opener on Sunday. The shock could come when the Kansas City Chiefs' young secondary sees how hard it will be to stop last season's NFL MVP. "It's going to be a tough task, but I think my young fellas back there are ready.

Bills’ Whitner has chance to back-up playoff boast (Yahoo! Sports)

Two months after that bold — some called it something much less flattering — guarantee of a playoff...