Tuesday, June 18, 2002
And word from The Rack is that New England Patriots QB/QT Tom Brady took a pass on posing for photos at a benefit thrown by his under-exposed teammates, Joe Andruzzi and Lonie Paxton. Ya think even Tom's sick of looking at himself?BUT WE'RE NOT SICK OF IT WE WANT MORE!!!

Wednesday, June 5, 2002
No love lost over Tom's cover photo - Boston maggie, which names New England Patriots QB/QT Tom Brady as a ``Bostonian We Love'' in its 40th anniversary issue, loves the Super Bowl MVP so much, they slapped him on the cover. But Tom, we hear, wasn't Love-ing the idea of posing for the magazine, so he took a pass.Seems that back in April, when the Boston brass beckoned Brady to pose, he was feeling a little ``overexposed'' and was taking some ribbing from his teammates. (Admit it, you've also felt some Tom Fatigue.) However, the monthly's management was hell-bent on getting Brady to be their birthday cover boy. So they tracked down the photog who snapped the Tom pic for Sports Illustrated's cover, Brian Lanker, and bought the shot. ``We're not pretending that Tom sat for our photographers,'' said Boston publisher Dan Scully. ``But we love Tom. He's absolutely a public figure and we write about him in the issue. So why not have him on the cover?'' Two years ago, Scully & Co. came under fire when - after making a pitch and being refused - they featured Red Sox hurler Pedro Martinez on the cover of the ``Best of Boston'' issue. Red Sox sultan John Harrington was furious about the monthly's defiance since it came on the heels of an article that painted the Sox as greedy and clueless in their quest to get the state to cough up for a new ballpark. There was a lot of sputtering about suing on Yawkey Way, but the ex-Sox brass stopped short. Tom Brady's peeps, by comparison, had no comment on their coverboy. Just call it a photo finish!
Jilted but not jolted
And speaking of Tom, just who do you think was working the BoMag lunch yesterday at the Boston Harbor Hotel? Jilted Brady lady Laura Kinsman! The poor PR gal was buzzing around the Wharf Room, which was plastered with Tom's marvy mug, on her first assignment for Regan Communications, where Laura went back to work after her brief flirtation with the Left Coast. ``It's my second day back and they asked me if I wanted to go over to this event,'' Kinsman said. ``And I figured what the heck.'' How incredibly brave! Considering the pigskin heart-breaker sacked his steady a day before People's ``50 Most Beautiful'' issue hit the stands last May. (Tom's profile declared he ``recently broke up with a girlfriend.'' Um, ouch!) We're thinking Laura doesn't count herself amongst the Bostonians who Love Tom. And who could blame her?
Side Track
The three CBS-owned radio stations - aka The Patriots Rock Radio Network - have scored new deals with Super Bowl studs Tom Brady and Adam Vinatieri, who will chat live on WBCN, WZLX and MIX 98.5 during the football season. Brady will do a weekly interview every Friday of the regular season with Nik Carter on 'BCN and Vinatieri will chat with John Lander on MIX, then do the Monday-morning quarterbacking thing with Tank on 'ZLX.

Monday, June 3, 2002
Caricature of a thief - We don't know if the guy's a Buffalo Bills fan or a Tom Brady groupie, but someone has swiped ex-New England Patriots QB Drew Bledsoe's caricature from the wall at Joe Tecce's. Eatery owner Sal Tecce - who in 1996 started a war of the walls when The Palm came to town and threw up drawings of famous local faces but passed on Sal's PR buddy, George Regan - claimed omerta on the caricature crime. But don't think a drawing of Drew's successor is hanging in No. 11's real estate. Apparently, U.S. Rep. Mike Capuano, who has been quite put out that his mug isn't on the wall, slapped up an 8-by-10 headshot of himself in Drew's old space.`It looks ridiculous,'' said Someone Who Knows. Of course it does.
Marina Bay swing set
And speaking of jocks and self-important people: What's the hottest address in town for swinging single men? Hint: It's not in town.It seems Marina Bay in Quincy is the new hot spot for the bachelor (or is it bachelor-from-hell?) set.Setting up housekeeping in the posh, waterfront developments are: New England Patriots heartthrob Tom Brady; his teammates, Lawyer Milloy and Willie McGinest; U. S. Rep. Bill Delahunt and his constant companion, PR guru George Regan; The Zone ranger Sean McDonough; and the ex-Mr. Natalie Jacobson, Chet Curtis.Quite a lineup, huh?

Tuesday, May 21, 2002
Hot time at Bonfire for Drew, Pats - It was just like old homey week when a pack of New England Patriots, led by heartthrob Tom Brady, hooked up with their erstwhile QB, Drew Bledsoe, for a little red-meat chowdown at Bonfire, followed by more revelry with more jocks at Whiskey Park. Drew and Tom and teammates Larry Izzo, Lawyer Milloy, Willie McGinest, Otis Smith and Ted Johnson consumed vast quantities of chef Todd English's grub until about midnight the other night. At one point, the table was joined by Mass. Film Office cheese Robin Dawson, who, our spies swear, was discussing Clint Eastwood's new flick, ``Mystic River,'' with Brady. Dawson is trying to get Clint to film the set-in-Boston saga in Boston. Perhaps some Super Bowl MVP lobbying is in the works. Or maybe Tom will star; with him, you never know. Anyway, after many, many platters of tacos, empanadas, sirloins (Drew, Otis and Larry) and Porterhouses (Tom and Lawyer) and a $58 bottle of Larrikin Syrah that the new Buffalo Bill picked out, the team was fueled up and ready to party on. So the boys repaired to Whiskey Park next door where they hoisted a few with Celtics Antoine Walker and Tony Battie, former New Kid On The Block Jordan Knight and various and sundry Seattle Mariners.``Tom was talking to a cute brunette for a while, but mainly speaking only to his boys while ignoring all the women trying to catch his eye,'' said Someone Who Was There. Such a tease. . .

Monday, May 13, 2002
Reports of Brady with Super Bowl jewelry don't ring true - Word around the locker room is that the Super Bowl XXXVI champs will finally get their paws on their glitzy championship rings June 9 - and not a day before! Which certainly contradicts reports that erstwhile MVP Tom Brady was flashing his ring around at the Kentucky Derby. ``We won't deliver the rings to the team until a week before (the ceremony) at the earliest,'' said Mark Cassutt, spokesguy for Minneapolis-based Jostens, which has scored the ring contract for five of the past six Super Bowls. The jewelry manufacturer, which did send a prototype of the ring to the Pats, has put the pedal to the metal to get the rings out in time. But we hear it wasn't easy collecting ring sizes not only from the champs, but the Patriots coaching and training staffs, front office folks, players who were traded (ahem) and various and sundry Krafts. And speaking of the owners, we hear it's up to Robert & Company where and when the spring ring-fling takes place. We assume they'll have to work around their QB/QT's social schedule! Last time we checked, Brady was filming a new football video game. Yeesh.

Sunday, May 5, 2002
Eliza drops the ball on Pats QB - She may play a cheerleader in the movies, but Watertown homegal Eliza Dushku had NO idea who Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady was when she ran into the Patriots QB/QT the other night at Whiskey Park. ``I guess I've been away from Boston too long,'' said Eliza, who was back home last week promoting her rah-rah role in the upcoming flick, ``The New Guy.'' ``All my friends were so excited to see him and I was like, `Who's Tom Brady?' '' Oh, boooooooooooooooo. Dushku, who admits she was more of a tough, loner chick at Watertown High than a peppy pompom princess, said she observed more than her share of cheerleaders over the years, so she has no trouble scoring the roles. ``I think when you're not cool in high school, you spend a lot of time observing the cool kids,'' said the actress, 21, who does the siss-boom-bah thing in ``The New Guy,'' which hits theaters Friday. But in her other upcoming flick - ``City by the Sea'' with Robert DeNiro - Eliza drew on the ready-to-rumble persona she developed in high school. ``That was a pretty amazing experience,'' said the local gal, who stars as a heroin junkie with an 18-month-old child who is involved with a junkie boyfriend wanted for murder. Which doesn't sound like anything to cheer about.

Friday, May 3, 2002
What do Tom Brady, Mitt Romney and Nicole Kidman have in common? They are all on the list of People maggie's ``50 Most Beautiful People In The World.'' The QB/QT and the governor-wannabe are two of the few semi-civilians on the list of actors, actresses, models and pop stars. Brady was more than happy to pose for People's cameras, wearing a T-shirt and tight jeans. Hidden amidst the blah-blah about Tom's lack of a beauty routine is the throw-away line that No. 12 ``recently broke up with a girlfriend.'' Ah, hello???? Word is Tom and former Boston PR chick Laura Kinsman are, in fact, history. Well, it's hard to hang onto a guy when Miss Universe contestants and Mariah Carey are throwing themselves at him! ``It was a long-distance relationship and the demands on his time took their toll,'' said a Friend Of Laura. ``They thought it was best for them to take a break.'' Whatever. That, of course, leaves Tom free to party and pursue the thousands of babes who have been panting over him since he won the Super Bowl. We are reminded of what happened when the former QB, Drew Bledsoe, got a little wild after he was anointed The Franchise: The Pats airlifted his then-girlfriend, now-wife Maura in from Washington, enrolled her in Bridgewater State College and moved her into Drew's pad. Which leads us to ask: Without that kind of supervision, will Brady suffer from the infamous ``sophomore slump''? ``The sophomore jinx is real,'' said former Bruin Lyndon Byers, who now does sports on WAAF. ``I know. I had it most of my career.'' Byers said once an athlete hits it big - and Brady's the biggest - ``everybody wants something. Your priorities change.'' ``He has the hottest chicks in the world chasing him, every product wants his face on their box. I'm sure his agent gets a call every Monday for him to go play golf on the Pro-Am,'' Byers said. ``Things like that start to chip away and you get sidetracked.'' But Byers said he thinks Brady will beat the curse. ``The reason he was successful last year was that, when he got his shot, he was prepared,'' Byers said. ``I think he'll be all right.'' File under: The Beautiful People.

Tuesday, April 30, 2002
Pats heat up Bonfire - From the Celebrity Surveillance File: New England Patriot QB/QT Tom Brady swung by Bonfire the other night for some spicy wings and chili-choked onion rings before heading next door to Whiskey Park to party with pal Lawyer Milloy.

Monday, April 29, 2002
Britney makes moves on Brady - First, Mariah Carey threw herself at No. 12. Now the queen of all pop tarts, Britney Spears, is making a pass at the QB/QT. Word from our concert spies is that the Pepsi pitchgal pines to have face time with the Man Of The Moment, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Perhaps Britney's peeps will invite the Super Bowl MVP to her June 29 show at the FleetCenter? But don't bet the farm on Tom RSVPing yes. Because we hear that his longtime galpal, Laura Kinsman, who headed off to California last year to become a Hollywood publicist, is moving back home to Foxboro to keep tabs on her boyfriend.Good move.

Tuesday, April 23, 2002
Brady takes pass on Kerry benefit - Sen. John Kerry's big push to wrap up the women's vote - by getting New England Patriots heartthrob Tom Brady to host a June fund-raiser - looks like it won't make it over the line of scrimmage. Because the QB/QT is taking a pass, citing a scheduling conflict on the day of the event.``This time there was an incomplete pass but there are always other games,'' Kerry's spokesgal Kelley Benander told the Track. ``We are certainly grateful for Tom's good intentions. Even when events don't work out, you can see why Tom Brady led the Pats to a Super Bowl championship.''Of course, we don't have to tell you that there's more to this story, do we? Seems that Brady, who reportedly pines for a career on Capitol Hill after he hangs 'em up, didn't exactly enjoy his first foray into politics. It all began March 31, when the Herald's ``Pols & Politics'' column reported that the Kerry camp had scored a major coup: getting Brady to host the June 21 time. The timing was unfortunate, coming just two days before Brady and the rest of his team were due to call on President George W. Bush in the White House Rose Garden - one of the perks of being the Super Bowl champs.

Perhaps Tom, who is from California and all, didn't get the memo that Kerry's planning to run against the Big Guy in 2004. But that apparently was made clear to him during his foray to D. C. And since Brady is a big fan of the Commander-in-Chief, he may have had second thoughts about his commitment to Kerry. We can tell you that two days after the White House visit - and just after the Drudge Report reported that Brady would stump for Kerry - the Super Bowl MVP balked and the fund-raiser was subsequently sacked. U.S. News & World Report got into the fray last week, reporting that both Democrats and Republicans were vying for the football hero's endorsement. ``As for Brady,'' the maggie said, ``his new White House friends told us he wanted all the politicians to shut up and stop making it sound as if he likes any of them.'' And there's your Very Brady Sequel.

Mariah glitters with Tom
And speaking of Brady, New York maggie reports that he and dippy diva Mariah Carey made a lot more than polite chit-chat at the pop star's graduation bash for her cousin at Anago last week. Mariah, dressed in a slinky black number, and Tom reportedly ``raised eyebrows'' by ``bumping and grinding'' on the dance floor. ``They were definitely flirting,'' a party tattletale told the magazine. ``They were deep in conversation for hours.'' Hmmmm. We will say this. We've seen Tom's white boy dance. And bumping and grinding seems utterly beyond his capabilities. For what it's worth. File under: Vision Of Love?

Tuesday, April 16, 2002
We've told you about it and now it's here: Super Bowl XXXVI MVP Tom Brady tying one on for breast cancer. The New England Patriots QB/QT gets 'Tied to the Cause' in a new ad campaign sponsored by Ford and Conde Nast maggies. In the public service ad, Brady, sporting a Kate Spade-designed bandana around his bulging bicep, says: 'Coming from a family with a mother and three older sisters, breast cancer is something I don't take lightly. One out of every eight women get it. That's our mothers, our sisters, our aunts, our girlfriends. You don't have to get breast cancer to be affected by it.' Such a nice boy. Pick up this month's Vanity Fair to judge for yourself.

Monday, April 15, 2002
Pop diva Mariah Carey was the hostess with the mostess over the weekend at Anago at the Lenox Hotel, where she threw a rockin' pre-graduation bash for her cousin, Shawn McDonald - complete with Super Bowl XXXVI MVP Tom Brady, a few Yankees and one of New York's hottest DJs.Now, it's unclear how Tom Terrific and a few of his New England Pats pals scored invites to the songbird's soiree. But Mariah did sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XXXVI, so maybe now they figure they're closer than family!

Tuesday, April 9, 2002
A slew of Celtics, Lakers, New England Patriots and New York Rangers partied at Whiskey Park the other night after the hoop hunks dunked the Shaq-less Lakers at the FleetCenter. Such a jockathon! The football champs - Lawyer Milloy and Willie McGinest - took in the Celts game and, of course, brought down the house when the Jumbotron caught them cheering on the sidelines. We hear QB/QT Tom Brady, who we assume is a Kobe fan since he's a California boy, was expected to show at the sold-out showdown, but the Super Bowl MVP cancelled at the last minute. A shame, really.

Thursday, April 4, 2002
Senator Tom Brady? A Capitol idea! He's already won the hearts and minds of Massachusetts and now, it seems, New England Patriots superstud Tom Brady has wowed Washington.One day after Tom & Co. paid their visit to President Bush and the White House, the Drudge Report (a Beltway Bible whether they want to admit it or not) proclaimed ``President Brady? NFL Star Dreams Of Being In Washington.''The story - heralded as a Drudge ``Exclusive'' and given the popular Web site's most prominent placement for part of yesterday - reports that ``political Washington is intrigued by NFL star Tom Brady's apparent interest in public service.''``His teammates were joking that he might be living in the White House one day,'' an ``insider'' told Drudge. `` `President Brady!' they teased.''Well, Brady's political ambitions aren't exactly a secret. His sister, Julie, told People after the Super Bowl that her baby brother had his sights set on Capitol Hill and hopes to be a U. S. senator some day.But Tom Brady for president? Well, why the heck not! Let's face it, the Democratic Party could do a whole lot worse (see Gore, Al) and plenty of jocks have made the jump from the sports arena to the political arena. (See Bradley, Bill and Kemp, Jack.) But it's not clear whether Tom's a Democrat or Republican.``He'd be the first hunk president of the United States,'' enthused Democratic political consultant Kevin Sowyrda. ``How could he lose? He'd get every female vote, every gay vote and every jock vote. And those are all the votes. He'd be a political juggernaut. JFK with a Super Bowl ring!''Added GOP spindoctor Charley Manning, who knows a few things about good-looking candidates - he's represented Mitt Romney - ``He'd better make sure to get the double facebar on the helmet. You don't want anything to happen to that face when the linebackers are blitzing.''When consultant Ray Howell stopped laughing, he suggested that Brady aim a little lower than the Oval Office his first time out. But not all the political gurus dismissed Tom's political future as an Impossible Dream.``Right now, he's a flash in the pan,'' said Democratic spindoc Larry Rasky, ``but if he can show staying power, on and off the field, and win another Super Bowl, this will translate well into public office for Brady.''

QB confusion
And then there's poor Drew Bledsoe, who can't be happy about living in Tom's rather large shadow. No wonder he doesn't want to leave Montana! So there was Bledsoe, on a Northwest Airlines connecting flight from Minneapolis to Washington for the big White House hoedown the other night, when a gaggle of high school girls got wind that the New England Patriots quarterback was on the plane. ``The buzz was that it was Tom Brady,'' said our spy in the sky. ``The stewardess told the girls that his ticket didn't say Tom Brady, but they were insisting, `That's Tom Brady, that's Tom Brady!' ''When the plane touched down, our spy spied No. 11 posing for pics with the confused fans. No word on whether they ever found out his true Drew identity.

And speaking of the Pats, they got to meet, as Lawyer Milloy called him, ``The Man'' at the White House the other day. But there was one special guest that probably copped more attention than President Bush - Miss USA Shauntay Hinton!``All of a sudden, she just walked up to the group of them and they were all talking to her,'' said Someone Who Was There. Oh, we bet.Shauntay, a broadcasting major at Howard University in D.C., was there for her obligatory meet-and-greet with Dubya and hung around to do the same with the Super Bowl XXXVI champs.The beauty queen is already acquainted with MVP Tom Brady, since the QB/QT was a pageant judge last month when Shauntay scored her crown.Now, we hope Miss USA expressed her gratitude to Tom. Because that's just good politics!

Tuesday, April 2, 2002
New Sox brass shine with VIPs -Tom Brady, Lawyer Milloy, Ty Law, Troy Brown, Joe Andruzzi, Tedy Bruschi, Marc Edwards, Tebucky Jones, the Vince Lombardi Trophy and a benchload of teammates marched onto left field from behind a huge American flag to their song, Nelly's ``Number One,'' and thunderous applause. After stopping into the dugout to shake hands, the 22 Pats were ushered upstairs to Kraft's box. (Brady was still clutching his baseball as he chatted endlessly with the boss.)The Sox had revolving security staffers standing guard outside Box 15 to keep the gals away from Tom.Fortunately, the dessert cart made it through and the boys plundered the pastry like they shredded the Rams offense.

Thursday, March 28, 2002
And about 20 New England Patriots football heroes, led by QB/QT Tom Brady, will throw out the first pitch. As a team. Of course. ``There will be a few surprises, things bigger than people expect,'' said Someone Who Knows.

Tuesday, March 26, 2002
Tom Brady's a yes, and Drew Bledsoe is still undecided as the New England Patriots get ready for some face time with the nation's No. 1 football fan, President George Bush, at the White House Tuesday. The Super Bowl XXXVI champs got invited to party with the prez shortly after they silenced the Rams. Perhaps the boys can give the commander-in-chief a few pointers on not choking! Anyway, after numerous schedule changes, the traditional White House/football hero meet-and-greet will happen between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday.

So why, you ask, did Tom Brady watch 'Braveheart' 150 times? Was it to get way-cool war paint tips from Mel Gibson? Or maybe it was the Scot's rousing leadership spirit that kept the Patriots QB/QT glued to the screen? 'Nah, it's probably because the movie came out on cable when he was in college and it was on all the time,' said Someone Who Knows. Aye, what else is there to do at the University of Michigan when the Wolverines' season went kaput? Anyway, as you are so aware by now, Brady was one of the 40 MVPs that Radical Media in New York showcased during the opening Oscar what-movie-inspired-you sequence. We're told that the Pats' main man, who appeared for about four seconds, was filmed by uber docu-filmmaker Erroll Morris in Boston. Where we assume some make-up was required.

Monday, March 25, 2002
BTW, we should mention that last night's emcee was ``The Job'' star Lenny Clarke, who is half the man he used to be and looking super-spiffy in his tux. Lenny led the big round of applause for New England Patriot QB/QT Tom Brady, one of the 40 movie fans interviewed for the documentary that aired before the Awards ceremony.

Monday, March 18, 2002
Attention expectant parents! Searching for that perfect name for the new little heir to the throne? Do we need to tell you that Jake and Dylan are so five minutes ago? Seems the hot new trend in baby boy names since Super Bowl Sunday is - you guessed it - Brady. As in Tom. All over Patriot Nation, football fanatics are naming their new little bundles of joy after the QB/QT.``I love the name Brady,'' said Barbara Kay Turner, author of ``Baby Names: A New Generation.'' ``It's a great boy's name and would be a great man's name.''Turner said the Very Brady baby trend probably won't pick up steam nationally for a while.``It usually takes two or three years,'' she said. ``And most people don't name their child after the celebrity. They hear about the name, like it, and when they have a child, they pick it.''Even so, we expect the Brady Bunch's numbers will start to increase this summer when HBO brings back its hit series ``Sex and the City.'' Because Cynthia Nixon aka Miranda Hobbes is the proud new mommy of a little Brady Hobbes. (Named for his dad, not Tom.)In fact, ``Sex and the City'' producers are, even as we type, busy hunting for twin babies - Caucasian, under 10 pounds, with red or strawberry blond hair - to play little Brady. (They need twins because of child labor laws that say kids can only work for two hours at a time.) But we digress. . . .The Super Bowl MVP was nonplussed when a reporter informed him of the baby Brady boom.``I don't know what to say about that,'' a bewildered Brady replied. ``As long as it's not mine - and it's not!''Oh, baby. . . .

Thursday, March 7,2002
``Are you kidding?'' laughed Lawyer, ``I never thought I'd be walking down a red carpet at a movie premiere like this. The only thing better would be if I was Tom Brady, 24 years old - four years younger - and have that dimple in my chin!'' Again, no argument here in the dimple department! ``It's like Alicia Keys winning five Grammys. From now on when they introduce her, she's the five-time Grammy winner. From now on when they introduce us, we're the world champs. When we call each other on the phone we say, `Hey, champ!' '' As for the MVP, his post-Super Bowl magic carpet ride hasn't touched down yet! ``It's been crazy,'' Brady said, ``a lot of running around and being in different cities. I haven't been home yet. I'm looking forward to going home and being with my family.'' Brady was a judge at last week's Miss USA Pageant in Gary, Ind., hosted by CBS football guru and former Dallas Cowboy Deion Sanders. A dirty job, but somebody's got to do it. . . . ``It was a lot of fun, a great weekend,'' is all the quarterback cutie would cough up on that front.

Wednesday, March 6, 2002
Quarterback cutie Tom Brady, above, and his New England Patriots compatriots Bill Belichick, Troy Brown, Lawyer Milloy and many more huddled with hundreds of pigskin-happy fans at Loews Boston Common last night for the debut of the NFL Films Super Bowl XXXVI Championship DVD and video. The 72-minute flick recaps the highlights of the Pats thrilling Super Bowl season - the quarterback quandary, the Snow Bowl and, of course, the thrilling down-to-the-wire Super Bowl victory. "NFL Films always does the best work," Brady said. "The audio's the best part." Oh, yeah, all that up-close-and-personal trash-talking on the bench is worth $14.95 alone. "I thought they did a good job," added Brown, who could be excused if he thought he was watching his own personal highlight reel. "I had a few good roles. Everyone had a few good roles." Myra Kraft, wife of owner Robert, said she loved the flick. "I always cry at movies," she said. So did you cry at this one, Myra? "Of course!" Safety stud Tebucky Jones said he liked the film so much "I'm gonna watch it again when I go home." Rah, rah, rah!

Monday, March 4, 2002
Football heroes Tom Brady, Troy Brown, Lawyer Milloy, Bill Belichick and many other New England Patriots will be on hand tomorrow night when NFL Films premieres the New England Patriots Super Bowl XXXVI Official Championship DVD and Video at the Loews Boston Common. The inside look at the Pats' magical romp to their first-ever Super Bowl title features exclusive footage and interviews with Brady and Belichick and bonus footage featuring U2's half-time performance. The screening and party are invitation-only, but the video's in the stores tomorrow. Hut, hut!

Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Brady kick-starts cancer ads-Super Bowl XXXVI MVP Tom Brady is flying under the radar since leading the New England Patriots to victory in New Orleans last month. But we hear the QB/QT will pop up in GQ, Vanity Fair and a few more maggies this spring after striking a pose the other day for a breast cancer awareness campaign. Brady, who was out in La-La for a few days, was snapped by Conde Nast's cameras with a Kate Spade-designed bandana around his bulging bicep. Well, the pro-bono ad is for Tied to the Cause. And no, the bandana is not pink, though we know Tom could pull it off! ``He's extremely photogenic, but he has no idea,'' said Conde Nast's project coordinator, James Humphrey, who attended the shoot by photog Stewart Sterling. ``We saw the Polaroids beforehand and I swear they looked like covers for Vanity Fair. I can't believe this kid just wants to play football.'' Oh, believe it. ``And he is as nice as the day is long,'' Humphrey told the Track. ``He stopped in L. A. right after his vacation and (Pro Bowl) game in Hawaii. He couldn't have been nicer or more accommodating.''

Tuesday, February 12, 2002
And speaking of the Patriots, from the Nice Guys Don't Always Finish Last File: Just before they headed out to New Orleans, Adam Vinatieri and Tom Brady took time to do a nice thing. Even though they didn't know him, the Super Bowl XXXVI stars sent flowers to the funeral of Michael Downing, the grandfather and longtime season ticket-holder who died of a heart attack as he sat in his seat for the Patriots-Raiders Snow Bowl game. We'd like to think that some good karma came back to them.

Monday, February 11, 2002
While Super Bowl XXXVI MVP Tom Brady continues to get wacky in Waikiki after making a splash at the Pro Bowl, his peeps say the New England Patriots QB/QT has a luau of opportunities awaiting him when he gets home.``Obviously, with his success, he's got a lot of proposals to look at,'' said Tom's agent, Steve Dubin. ``But I can tell you that his appeal goes beyond sports.'' Oh, really? Are we talking Hollywood, Steve? ``Not so much Hollywood, and I really can't say what they are right now, but Tom's goal isn't exposure. It's winning three more of these things (Super Bowls). Tom thinks if Joe Montana can do it, so can he.'' From your lips to God's ears, buddy. ``Tom wants to be in the game for a long time,'' said Dubin, who, like Tom, is a University of Michigan alum. ``He's seen other players come and go, get overexposed. He really doesn't want to be like that. And being only 24, he's got a long-lasting appeal.'' But while a plethora of pleas for a piece of Tom hit Dubin's desk daily, the agent says there is precious off-season time for the Pats' No. 1 quarterback to decide what to do and then do it. ``There's not much of an off-season,'' said Dubin. ``He's got about five, six, seven weeks off, then it's back to training.'' Which leaves little time for photo shoots, TV commercials, speeches, meet-and-greets, lunches with corporate bigwigs, trips to the White House or rubbing elbows with celebs in La-La. ``Seriously, we're going to be very methodical about taking advantage of opportunities that have been presented to us,'' he said. ``We're not going to take a shotgun approach to this.''

Friday, February 8,2002
New England Patriots QB/QT - and Super Bowl MVP - Tom Brady said he'd like to be a U. S. senator one day. Oh, really? See ya, Ted Kennedy! Adios, John Kerry! According to Tom's big sis, Julie - who was interviewed for the big Brady blowout in the new People maggie - her baby brother has his sights set on Capitol Hill. Heck, if former NFL great-turned-congressman Jack Kemp could do it, it will be Brady by a landslide! And Kemp didn't have that dimple going for him. Other newsy nuggets gleaned from People's wet kiss: Tom is a former altar boy, he had a 3.3 GPA at the University of Michigan and - like most little brothers - he was tormented by Julie and his other sisters, Maureen and Nancy. ``I wanted to watch sports, and they loved soap operas,'' Tom told People's Bob Stewart. ``I hated the soap operas.'' The Brady Girls also hid telephone messages from his high-school sweeties. ``That's why I moved 2,000 miles away to college,'' he told the maggie. ``So I could get a date.'' Speaking of dates, Tom's steady galpal of six months, Laura Kinsman - a former Boston PR chick who now lives on the Left Coast - is quoted as saying how much her hunky honey loves his family.Awwwwwwww.

Thursday, February 7,2002
She's trying to remain incognito under that ugly Burberry hat, but our roving photographer managed to get a shot of Tom Brady's S. O., Laura Kinsman, as they took a spin on the Aladdin ride at Disney World the other day. Laura, who's been dating the Super Bowl XXXVI heartthrob since last August, is, at the moment, basking in the Hawaiian sun with her MVP. After the Pro Bowl, they'll both head back to California for the winter and see where things go from there. The aspiring studio publicist is said to be unfazed by her QB/QT's legions of admiring female fans - many of whom sported ``Marry Me, Tom'' posters at the big parade the other day. ``She's quite secure,'' said a pal. And why not? It was Tom who did the pursuing and he is said to be rather smitten! Kinsman's journey from Foxboro to hunk heaven is your typical boy-meets-girl story - with a twist or two along the way. See, Tom isn't Laura's first all-star arm candy. She also dated ex-New England Revolution kicker cutie Brian Dunseth. What can we say, the gal has excellent taste. Not to mention a natural affinity for jocks - her dad, Fred, is a former BC hockey player who was a teammate of current Eagles coach Jerry York. Anyway, the 25-year-old Foxboro home gal met Dunseth when she was working in the Foxboro Stadium ticket office shortly after graduating from Connecticut's Quinnipiac University. The romance didn't work out, but while they were dating, Dunseth introduced Kinsman to a friend at Regan Communications, the firm that did PR work for the team, and she scored a job as a publicist. At Regan, Kinsman worked on the Revs and Dunkin' Donuts accounts but happened to be on the scene last August when the Patriots did their annual kick-off gala for the team's Charitable Foundation at The Westin hotel. It was there that Tracy Goulet, who works in community relations for the team, played matchmaker. ``Tracy came up to Laura and told her that Tom Brady, the backup quarterback, had noticed her at a couple of events and wanted to meet her,'' said Someone Who Was There. ``She asked Laura if she could bring him over.'' What do you think she said??? Anyway, the connection was made, sparks flew and they have been dating ever since. Friends say Laura had always planned to move to California after getting a year or two's work experience and her dream was to land a PR gig in the entertainment industry. So when November rolled around, she packed her bags, kissed Tom goodbye and headed out to the Left Coast. After a month or so of unsuccessful job-hunting, Kinsman came home for the holidays. Lo and behold, her man was the starting QB and the Pats were on a roll. ``They were headed for the playoffs, so she hung around to see if they would make it,'' said our spy. ``Then she hung around for the Oakland game. Then she figured, why not go to Pittsburgh? Then it was the Super Bowl.'' Kinsman hung out with Tom's parents and sisters in New Orleans all week, then took the trip to Disney World for the big MVP parade. When Brady headed back to Boston for the big rally, she flew home to L.A. to tie up some loose ends before heading out to Hawaii. She'll resume her job hunt after the Pro Bowl and something tells us that Tom's newfound fame may help Laura land a gig. But whatever will she do when mini-camp rolls around? File under: Brady's Lady.

Tuesday, February 5, 2002
Life's a magic carpet ride now for MVP Tom Brady-NEW ORLEANS - Hey, Tom Brady, you've just won Super Bowl XXXVI! What are you going to do now?``I'm going to Disney World,'' the New England Patriots quarterback shouted into Mickey's cameras after his Cinderella-story win against the big, bad St. Louis Rams.And sure enough, after Tom's Super Bowl MVP dream came true, No. 12's fantasy ride continued.He was whisked to Disney-MGM Studios yesterday where he cut the obligatory Super Bowl hero ad, led the ``Disney Stars and Motor Cars'' ticker-tape parade with the Main Mouse, then got a quick tour of the Magic Kingdom to get goofy with Goofy.Post-parade, the Grand Marshal, his dad, Tom Sr., mom Galynn, and galpal Laura Kinsman were treated to lunch at the Hollywood Brown Derby in MGM Studios and then it was on to the new Magic Carpets of Aladdin ride for more thrills and chills! Ahhh, life's a real fairy tale for our Tom, isn't it??? ``This is all new to me,'' Tom told the Track. ``I'm like a kite in the wind right now. It's hard to turn people down. But it's a great ride and it will just get better. But the mark's been set pretty high after (Sunday's) game.''Now, we hope Tom didn't hurl all over Aladdin's carpet, because, we hear that the rug ride can be pretty herky-jerky. And according to Brady, he's ``not as young'' as he used to be. (Please, he's 24!)``I don't know if my stomach can take it,'' said the California kid before winging his way from New Orleans to Orlando yesterday morning for a three-hour tour of Mickey's digs. ``Do they have a Ferris wheel down there?''During his time in the Wonderful World of Disney, Tom also did a shoot at the All-Star Café and then headed back to Boston last night for today's noontime celebration on City Hall Plaza. Then he's off to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl.``I'm going to have some time sitting on the beach with a pina colada to think about it,'' said Tom, who looked like he needed a triple latte to get his eyes open early yesterday after partying with his family, teammates and the Vince Lombardi Trophy until 3 a.m. The Matt Damon doppelganger, a virtual unknown before last week, went from Zero To Hero on Super Bowl Sunday and is now being besieged with requests for interviews, endorsements, etc. A People maggie reporter was spotted hopping in a limo with him after yesterday morning's press conference. And his ``Got Milk?'' ad, which was shot last week, appeared in yesterday's edition of USA Today. Then there's the $60,000 souped-up Cadillac Escalade that Tom won for being the game's MVP. Brady said he'll probably use his new wheels when he's home in California. So he won't have to keep borrowing Dad's.

Monday, February 4, 2002
And let's face it, if Manny doesn't write the check, it's unclear who would. It probably wouldn't be Drew's replacement, Tom Brady, who will get a raise next year, but nowhere near Bledsoe dough. And anyway, we hear the QB/QT already has a place with Patriot ties. Tom bought Ty Law's old condo in Franklin when Law sidled into Stoughton. Before Ty hung his ties there, Tom's condo was owned by the previous backup quarterback, Scott Zolak. Word is, Law made some, er, interesting decor changes before departing, including the installation of a red shag rug. Shagadelic! Patriotic cooking - The New England Patriots thought they had a secret weapon going into yesterday's Super Bowl XXXVI - celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse. Lagasse, surrounded yesterday in his Warehouse District eatery by two suit-clad bodyguards, joked with his brother, Mark, via cell-phone that Rams coach Mike Martz came in the other night for dinner and he ``poisoned him.''`I'm going to take the points,'' said the Big Bam guy. The Nawlins chef told the Track that he pined to put on his Patriots jacket yesterday morning before leaving the house to entertain execs from the Food Network. But his wife put the kibosh on it. ``She said, `You can't wear that, you have to go neutral,' '' he said. ``So I put a little blue on anyway.'' By the way, Emeril rattled the pots and pans for Pats quarterback cutie Tom Brady and his brood on Super Bowl Eve. ``He's a really humble guy,'' said the chef, who added that he's got a connection to No. 12 through someone in the Brady Bunch who reps for All-Clad, manufacturers of a special Emeril cookware line. Of course. Earlier in the week, Chef also fed coach Bill Belichick and his bunch at NOLA, Lagasse's eatery in the French Quarter. ``He was confident, but humble and he came to play,'' said the TV kitchen king, who scored primo seats in the Superdome for last night's game. Emeril told us this is his third Big Easy Bash with the Patriots and he's got the jackets in the closet to show for it. Bam!

Side Note
Last night, when Tom Brady arrived at Foxboro Stadium via a black stretch limo, he had to load his bags into the bed of his Dodge Ram pick-up. As he was doing so, Drew Bledsoe pulled up in his white Chevy SUV, and shared a few words with Brady. They laughed, hugged and laughed some more. Brady and Bledsoe have definitely become good friends, and Brady reverbrated his respect for Drew today at the rally, choosing not to speak. Tom's house in Franklin was decked in red, white and blue by neighbors and fans. When he arrived, he was astonished to find the gates covered in posterboards with good wishes. Ty Law's house was arguably the most decored by fans, for they even tied balloons along his monstrous wall, guarding his house. Tom's on/off girlfriend was in the same "duck boat" as Tom and his parents, in a white furry cap filming (using a camcorder) all the pivotal moments for Tom.

Sunday, February 3, 2002
LL Cool Jay, who made the scene at the marvy Maxim maggie bash along with a galaxy of stars the other night, knows a little bit about being the underdog from his role in ``Any Given Sunday.'' But LL's cheering on the Brady Bunch and he thinks they're gonna win!``I saw Tom Brady and he had the eye of the tiger,'' LL told the Track. ``I know it's going to be a tight game, but I'm rooting for the Patriots.'' Win in the stars-Massachusetts' official astrologer is all starry-eyed about the Patriots' chances for victory today. The Cosmic Muffin said Tom Brady & Co. will once again benefit from Mercury being in retrograde and win BIG in the Super Bowl. The state's official star-gazer, who predicted a Pats win over Pittsburgh last weekend, said because things go kaflooey during retrograde time, the bigger the point spread between the Rams and Patriots, the better the chances for the Brady Bunch. And last we checked, the spread was a whopping 14 points! But didn't we also have that freaky full moon last Monday that helped us with the Steelers showdown, oh Cosmic One? ``True, but it doesn't matter,'' dished Darrell Martinie. ``Even Bill Parcells agreed with me. He said he liked their chances. And I'm thinking to myself, `Hello, people, get a clue like Bill and me.' ''The Muffin Man's prediction would jibe with that of Bree, an oracle reader in Nawlins Jackson Square, who turned over the Success Card when asked about the Pats. But it wouldn't fall into step with New Orleans visionary Miss Kim, who claims the game will be a tight, low-scoring one with bad calls. She's also seeing another injury in the future for one of the Pats - possibly Brady! The Rams will win, she said.Obviously, Miss Kim is missing the star-crossed Patriots karma!

Saturday, February 2, 2002
As for quarterback cutie Tom Brady, he's been under the radar on the partying scene and has been hitting the hay early, we hear. But our spies caught him dining en famille at Smith & Wollensky with his peeps who blew in from the Left Coast that day. Tom hosted Mom, Dad, his sibs and Boston galpal Laura Kinsman to steaks and salad. The Brady Bunch was greeted by team owner Bob Kraft who was also there with his brood.

Friday, February 1, 2002
A planeload of Patriots family and friends left Boston for New Orleans yesterday, arriving in the Big Easy late yesterday afternoon. We hear QB/QT Tom Brady's galpal, Laura Kinsman, was on board the charter. Well, someone's got to hold the ice bag on his ankle!

Thursday, January 31, 2002
NEW ORLEANS - You don't have to be able to toss a football like Tom Brady to be Super Bowl XXXVI's halftime entertainer. Which was quite apparent yesterday when U2 frontman Bono warned the media mob gathered at the E*Trade Halftime Show press conference that he throws like a rugby player! ``A lot of nonsense has been written about the (Drew) Bledsoe vs. Brady situation. We are not here to add to the travesty and won't be fielding any questions about it. It's up to Coach (Bill) Belichick,'' he said. ``But Bledsoe does have that super-long pass and Brady's ankle can be a bit of a problem.''Yikes! Sign the man up for ``Sports Center''!

Wednesday, January 30, 2002
As for quarterback cutie Tom Brady, he told the Track he spent his first night in Nawlins in his hotel room at the Fairmont, tending to his hinky ankle.``It's a great town to be in and our hotel is two blocks away from everything that's going on. I hear there were some fun times last night,'' laughed Brady. ``I haven't had a chance to do too much. There's been a lot of time sitting around the hotel room with ice.''

Friday, January 25, 2002
Hope Tom Brady & Company - and the Cosmic Muffin - don't choke. Or they'll really see stars!

Thursday, January 24, 2002
Patriots quarterback cutie Tom Brady's luck ran out about 24 hours after referee Walt Coleman reversed his fumble. Brady hit the tables at Foxwoods the day after the Big Game with a passel of pals and teammates. But we hear the Pats' fortunate son didn't exactly extend his winning streak. . . .

Tuesday, January 22, 2002
And after Tom Brady's Elway-like performance Saturday, the hottest tune on radio is Tom Doyle's hilarious ``Brady Shuffle.'' The WROR funnyman penned the song to the tune of the ``Curly Shuffle'' for our favorite quarterback cutie.

Thursday, January 10, 2002
This week's Improper Bostonian rounds up a lot of the usual suspects for its new issue on Boston's Most Eligible Singles. Cover guys and girls are, from left, Peabody firefight and part-time model Michael Peluso, Boston Breaker babe Kate Spobrero, WBZ-TV anchorchick Lisa Hughes and nightclub nabob Seth Greenberg. (Yawn.) Other supposedly available singles include Red Sox slugger Nomar Garciaparra, who, we've already told you, is swinging with soccer star Mia Hamm; New England Patriots quarterback cutie Tom Brady, who's cozy with publicist Laura Kinsman; and perennial bachelor George Regan of PR fame. Not exactly an encouraging list...





Friday, January 4, 2002
Brady may catch Drew's pitches - It's practically a foregone conclusion New England Patriots classy quarterback Drew Bledsoe won't be around these parts next year. Which leads us to ask: What happens to Drew's local sponsorship deals with Papa Gino's, New England Ford and Fleet? Well, believe it or not, it's not beyond the realm of possibility his replacement, Tom Brady, could also end up with all of Drew's commercial work! Here's the deal: Bledsoe's endorsements and commercial appearances are orchestrated by the team as part of his compensation package. In other words, Bledsoe's $103 million contract calls for him to do a certain number of pitches, and the team gets the revenue to offset Drew's salary. ``It actually works out better for everyone that way,'' said Someone Who Knows. ``Then Drew's agents aren't chasing around endorsement deals and the team isn't stuck with a situation where their guy is pitching Buicks and the official team vehicle is Ford.'' Of course, if Bledsoe is not the New England Patriots quarterback next year, the local sponsors aren't exactly going to want him shilling their stuff. So the team could offer sponsors an alternate athlete. And if Brady is given a new contract commensurate with his new No. 1 status, then he could be da man. ``They could offer an alternate player, or, maybe give the sponsors increased signage at the new stadium or other incentives,'' said our pigskin spy. ``There are all kinds of ways to offset these things.''

Monday, December 31, 2001
9.) Go Pats!: The season started dismally enough with a 1-3 record and Drew Bledsoe coughing up a lung after a vicious hit in the second game. Off the field, Terry Glenn was as nutty as ever and the quarterback controversy raged. But somehow, somewhere with the help of unknowns Tom Brady and Antowain Smith and genius coaching, they march toward - dare we say it, cher - New Orleans????

Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Lounging at the 50-yard -And speaking of CMGI Field, the Pats' new stadium is going to have a private club area with amenities you'd expect in a five-star hotel - not a football field! The expansive lounge, open to luxury-box and club-seat holders, will be poshly furnished with comfy club chairs, mahogany woodwork, a granite bar, a grand piano and - get this - a Jerusalem stone fireplace! Of course, there's a wall of glass looking over the playing field at the 50-yard line. And for the Track's money, there aren't many better ways to kill a Sunday afternoon than curling up by the fire with a view of Tom Brady! Woo hoo! But the Pats poohbahs are hoping that boxholders will use the facility for private dinners and meetings on non-game days as well. Of course, the view won't be as good. . . .

Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Anyway, Mead was in Foxboro to sing the National Anthem before the Patriots-Browns game Sunday. Seems the actress, who is trying to jump start a singing career, was performing at 92 PRO-FM's annual Jingle Mingle last night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center down in Providence. Since she was in the neighborhood, she took the opportunity to come up and croon for Tom Brady & Co.

Tuesday, November 27, 2001
And do take in Boston Celtic Antoine Walker's 8 Ball Celebrity Pool Tournament to benefit inner-city kids at The Rack Monday. It's going to be a real jock sniffer's nirvana with sports studs from all local teams shooting pool for a good cause. Cue up Tom Brady!

Monday, November 26, 2001
It didn't take New England Patriots quarterback cutie Tom Brady long to latch onto some new female companionship after his galpal packed up and headed for the Left Coast. Brady, who was dating publicist Laura Kinsman until her recent move to California, was spotted sucking face at The Place with a sales and promotions gal from sports radio station WWZN, aka 1510 The Zone. What can we say? The boy's a player.

Thursday, November 22, 2001
The ongoing saga of Bledsoe vs. Tom Brady. Heck, we didn't have a mayor's race so we may as well have a QB controversy! And as far as local soap operas go, it's much more entertaining than the Chet and Nat divorce. Zzzzz already.

Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Huddle: Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is surrounded by admiring fans Monica Lavadinho and Danielle Brillante at The Rack recently.

Friday, November 9,2001
A Very Tom Brady spoof - And because we love him, here's the story of a man named Brady. We speak, of course, of New England Patriots quarterback cutie Tom Brady.But we're also talking Peter Brady aka Christopher Knight. Turns out Christopher, who played the middle Brady bro in the infamous '70s sitcom, is a BIG New England Patriots fan. And that's how Peter, Bobby and Greg Brady (aka Knight, Mike Lookinland and Greg Williams) wound up co-starring with Tom and Drew Bledsoe in ESPN's hilarious ``E! True Hollywood Story'' `Brady Bunch' spoof.``Chris Knight was totally up for it and he got the other two guys involved,'' said ESPN reporter Greg Garber, who co-produced the piece with Ben Houser. ``He had it all figured out.''In case you haven't seen it (and you really should), the pseudo-documentary is done in true ``True Hollywood Story'' fashion. The premise is that Tom is the fourth Brady bro who was thrown out of the family when he broke Marcia's nose by hitting her in the face with a football.``The thing that made it work was how deadpan everyone was,'' Garber said. ``You expect the `Brady Bunch' guys to be good, they're actors. But what really surprised us was Drew and Tom. They're so spot-on it's scary.''Garber said Drew couldn't wait to stick it to his understudy.``He totally ad-libbed his lines,'' he said. ``He comes up with `Tom has a dark side. There's some skeletons in his closet. He has issues.' Then for a promo he says, `I saw Tom crying in the locker room one day. He was watching a ``Brady Bunch'' re-run.' He just made it all up on the spot!''Who knew Drew was such a card? Garber said the E! peeps were totally into the piece, providing animation and graphic assistance and ESPN even hired the voice of ``True Hollywood Story,'' Phil Crowley, to narrate.``My only regret is that Marcia wouldn't come to the table,'' he said.Maureen McCormick, who played the unfortunate victim of a football face in a real ``Brady Bunch'' episode, told ESPN that she only does charity gigs now.Garber said the aim was to make the piece actually believable. And apparently, he succeeded because Brady told pals that a couple of his teammates asked him if it was true!Pats spokesguy Stacey James said Brady and Bledsoe are getting a kick out of the reaction to the spoof.``They got Tom at just the right time,'' he said. ``Before he knew he could say no.''And that's the way they became the Brady Bunch!And speaking of Tom - and love - we hear the lucky gal he's been keeping company with is publicist Laura Kingsman, a striking brunette who used to date ex-New England Revolution kicker cutie Brian Dunseth. Wow, talk about your A-Team!But don't fret ladies, Tom isn't permanently taken. Laura, who began dating Brady before Drew coughed up a lung and made his No. 2 No. 1, just moved to California.

Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Yes, that was quarterback cutie Tom Brady throwing them back at Whiskey Park the other night prior to his big win Sunday.

Wednesday, October 24, 2001
World Gym-Dedham wants to pump up our spirits by hosting ``a day of healing'' Saturday with special yoga classes, a Spinathon, free blood pressure screenings and body-fat testing. Ooh, that's a downer! Lots of auction items will be up for bid, including a football signed by New England Patriots cutie Tom Brady. All the fun happens between 7 and 11 a.m. So bring your wallet and workout duds! Take yesterday, for example - the team paraded out Ted Johnson, Kevin Faulk, Kenyetta Jones, Leonard Myers, Patrick Pass and Richard Seymour to read with kids at the United Way's Victory Generation After School Program. So where was the hero of Sunday's overtime win against Doug Flutie & Co.? Was Brady kept out of the mix so no one gets the idea that he's trying to take over all the duties of the No. 1 guy, Drew Bledsoe, who's been sidelined with a chest injury for more than three weeks? ``No, no, no. Absolutely not,'' said Pats spokesguy Don Lowery. ``Tom did a lot of charity events in the off-season, but until three weeks ago, nobody knew who he was.''

Wednesday, October 17, 2001
So is quarterback cutie Tom Brady the Dick Cheney of the New England Patriots? We only ask because, like George W. Bush's No. 2, Brady is conspicuous by his absence on the Pats PR front. He is apparently holed up in his own ``secure location'' - Foxboro Stadium - and although he is doing all the important work, he's not being trotted out at non-football events.Well, they sure do now, Don. So when might we be seeing Tom out on the rubber-chicken circuit? ``You'll see him soon,'' he promised. ``He's a very community-minded young man.'' And did we mention that he's also single, ladies???? Lowery said it's possible that Brady may show his fab face at Tuesday's R.O.S.E. Fund dinner at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, one of the team's big charity events. ``The bottom line,'' said one sports marketing type, ``is if they're confident they're going to play Drew when he's healthy again, why not get one of the other guys out there, as long as he's winning?'' Meanwhile, the buzz around the locker room is that Bledsoe is going to be out of action for at least another five weeks - not the two or three more that the team's owned up to thus far. Meaning that, one way or another, it's shaping up to be a very Brady fall in the Bay State!


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