The New England Patriots begin the season without five of last year's defensive starters. Tedy Bruschi and Rodney Harrison retired. Richard Seymour, Mike Vrabel and Ellis Hobbs were traded. That's 39 years of combined service with the three-time Super Bowl champions. So why are ...

Recently retired New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi is joining ESPN as an analyst. Bruschi announced his retirement last week after 13 seasons in which he won three Super Bowls. ESPN says Tuesday that he will provide NFL analysis on its new local sports Web site, ESPNBoston.com ...

Tedy Bruschi retired Monday after a 13-year NFL career in which he won three Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots and made a gallant return from a stroke. The inside linebacker played for no other team and leaves football with only one unachieved goal ...