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Pats re-sign LB Alexander, release three rookies

From the release:

The New England Patriots re-signed exclusive rights free agent linebacker Eric Alexander today. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Additionally, the team released three players signed as rookie free agents this spring -- tight end Tyson DeVree, defensive lineman Henry Smith and defensive lineman Casey Tyler.
        Alexander, 26, has played in 30 games over four seasons with the Patriots from 2004-07. The 6-foot-2-inch, 240-pound linebacker has recorded eight tackles (7 solo) and 26 special teams tackles in his career.

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Rodney Harrison writes foreward to book by David Tyree

AP photo / Gene Puskar

Rodney Harrison, the defender who was closest to the play when David Tyree made his unbelievable catch late in Super bowl XLII, has written the introduction to Tyree's book, "More Than Just a Catch," which is due out in September, according to The Boston Globe. In the book, Tyree details his struggles with alcohol and drugs before he turned his life around and became a born-again Christian, as well as the death of his mother late last year.

"Just from a spiritual standpoint, I heard what he went through with his mom, her passing, and everything he kind of endured this season," Harrison told the Globe. "You can see why he was blessed at that particular time. God has a way of showing you different things through different people, and I'm not a hater. You beat us, so I congratulate you and we move on."

Your Turn: Does this thing bother you?

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Super Bowl rings among jewelry stolen in $2-million Attleboro heist

ATTLEBORO, Mass. — Police say New York Giants Super Bowl rings were among the $2 million worth of items stolen from an Attleboro jewelry company sometime over the weekend.

Police say thieves disabled the alarm system at E.A. Dion’s building, cut a hole in the roof and made off with a safe that weighed at least 1,000 pounds and containied gold, gems and the rings.

The incident was discovered by an employee on Sunday when she was unable to access her work e-mail from home, apparently because phone lines had been cut.

Captain David Proia says police are investigating but there are no suspects.

Company President Edward Dion Jr. says the company is running as normal and customers know “we’ve run into a bit of a hiccup.”

-- The Associated Press

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