Brady fine in Foxboro

It appears a wire service took some comments from Patriots quarterback Tom Brady out of context last week. In Saturday's Buffalo News, there was a short item stating that the ankle injury Brady suffered late last season still was bothering the NFL's most valuable player. Not so. Observers at Pats minicamp said Brady looked good and was rolling out and throwing the ball 60 yards on a line. Brady was poking fun at himself when asked about the health of his ankle. Said Brady: "The ankle feels great. It feels really good. I've been able to do pretty much everything. I'm still slow. I still can't jump. I still don't lift very much, that hasn't changed." Brady meant that he always has been slow and he never has been able to jump. During some back-and-forth discussion about the Celtics, Brady was asked what kind of basketball player he was in high school. Said Brady: "I was a ball hog. I was ball hogging forward who couldn’t jump. I was a big 2. I didn’t pass much."

---Mark Gaughan