. >> gronkowski on his a-game with a reason to celebrate. scores twice and then does his trade-mark gronk fight as well. >> and fresh back from injury, edelman is back in top form sealing the deal against the chiefs>>. from the action on the field and players and the game, with the with our sports director live tonight at gillette. >> tom brady, belichick and the patriots are going to a fifth afc championship game tied with the raiders in the sevens. 10 overall for belichick and tom brady, brady with his 22nd post-season win and belichick with his 23rd both records. and brady getting edelman ban in the mix and wasted no time going to gronk. and hitting the tight end, pats lead it 7-0. jones got a start after his mysterious trip to the hospital. another gronkowski touchdown, the patriots led in the fourth, and it's edelman making his 10th catch of the game. and this final nail in the chief's coffin with the pats winning 27-20. changes everything. and after the game, a little concern, a reporter from the boston herald saw edelman going reporti

hearing from brady and gronkowski. live in denver with what the team had to say. >> reporter: patriots done in by a great defense. tom brady never got in a rhythm. never played this game on his terms. the broncos defense defense teed off on him. to meet the carolina panthers. tom brady playing in a 10th afc championship game. and of course that week 12 loss as well. pats were down 7- nothing. so all they needed was a steven extra point and rolling along. he hadn't missed one since 2006. he missed it. 7-6 to score. that would come back to haunt the patriots. manning hitting oh,en daniels for a second time. the patriots down 14 to 6. pats down 20 to 14 after failing on 2 4th down tries. the pats come through on 4th and goal with 17 seconds remaining. brady hits gronkowski for a stri. the patriots had a chance. they needed the 2 point con conversion to tie it up. they fail. broken up by the former patriot. and intercepted by bradley robe robely. the patriots fall to the broncos broncos. the patriots hopes of going back to

a great throw by brady, great move by gronkowski, getting in the end zone. again, finishing drives was manage the patriots were able to do today and kansas city had trouble. two big catches in the red zone. boomer: the end of the game, kansas city chiefs on offense. pass to the 1-yard line to albert wilson. he doesn't get out of bounds and he doesn't score and the ball goes down at the 1. there are 2:51 left to go in the game. it took them 1:58 including being south of the two-minute warning before they finally got the ball in the end zone. this is the difference between the truly great teams and the good teams. kansas city is a very good team but when you're on the money spot in the game and you need to get into the end zone, you have to get it in before the two minute warning and quickly without huddling. i believe that's where kansas city lost their best opportunity to win the game. bart: they missed an opportunity to score, kick off and still have use to have two-minute warning and all their time-outs because new england would have had to play for the on

after a turnover, it is brady to gronkowski. 16 yards. gronkowski was questionable on friday, but came in and caught seven balls. julian edelman caught ten passes title game. >> it is good to get off to a we talked about that. you don't want to play them from behind. they hung in. they are mental he tough. they don't quit. they played hard to the end. it took a lot to beat them. it was a great win for the team. >> it tells you how mentally tough we are. i'm waiting for the next story after this game. so we'll see. see how tough we are. reporter: so there you go. we'll see what the next story is. it will be the broncos or the steelers, either here or in denver. we'll find that out tomorrow night. they are giving these away to the fans and to the press in the press box. let's go. there you go. so let's go. let's go on to either denver or pittsburgh. we'll have complete highlights and reaction from the locker foxborough, jason king. stephanie: lucky jason, brave hard fans tailgated before the game. jennifer crompton with the coverage on the

rob gronkowski is one of 12 players patriots listed as questionable. the health of gronkowski continues to be an issue with the divisional round just a day away. for a team that thrives on avoiding outside noise, this hasn't been a typical week of practice for the pats. >> i made a stupid mistake. hopefully it can just blow by. >> alex: from chandler jones and his mysterious trip to the police department to bill belichick and that mysterious black eye -- >> i think i'll live. >> alex: -- the coach not the rob gronkowski batting knee and back issues. he returned to the field today questionable on the injury whether he's resting or getting to practice, is gronk ready to go saturday? >> got to ask gronk. >> alex: we can't forget about the return of julian edelman. after missing seven games with a broken bone in his left foot, tom brady's top target will be back on the field, and he's not holding back. >> i'm going to go full throttle regardless. if it goes, it goes. >> alex: the patriots will need him against the red hot chiefs. kansas city rolling into t

the patriots should have gronkowski julian edelman and damon mendola on the field on saturday for the first time since week 10 but it's not likely to be a smooth game for tom brady and the offense. >> they're a great football team. they've been playing well. >> you don't win 11 games in a row by accident. >> reporter: defensively kansas city enters foxboro with one of the best yiewps in football. other' all good and been there at furth and sax this year. >> reporter: sebastian bomber will be back protecting brady's blind side which will hopefully help this talented pass rush. you want to work on your craft and timing -- every time you're out there is probably a good thing. with that said, none of the 11 quarterbacks are 12 tom brady. in foxboro, alex corddry, 7sports. >> you really don't have until next week to get it right. we worked pretty hard to get to this point and have to have our best week. it's a great team we're playing. >> tom brady preaching a sense of urgency heading into saturday's divisional showdown. a win for the patriots would send them on to the afc championship gam

phil: once again, they're going to double-team the tight end rob gronkowski. look down at the bottom of your screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, which has been a remarkable season. so undermanned across the whole offense to get them to this point and peyton manning begins the celebration here. as now gostkowski will get set for an onside kickoff. series reminded me so much of nine years ago when we were at the a.f.c. championship game at indianapolis and he was sitting on that sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a 27-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful onside kicks this year. and it's recovered by keo. phil: gostkowski was trying to kick it and get there

. >> let's begin with the worries about rob gronkowski's knee and back problems. bob halloran, a couple of problems for gronk, huh? back. rob gronkowski listed as questionable for the patriots' game tomorrow against the kansas city chiefs. he was once again limited at practice today. the issues are both the knee that he injured in week 12 and the back that has cropped up this week, after missing practice tuesday and being limited wednesday. gronk was absent from practice against yesterday. that's the first we learned that he also has a bad back. expect gronk to play. but are the patriots at their best heading into tomorrow's game? >> they're good at all levels. they got a good scheme. put a lot of pressure on you. if you don't handle it, they take advantage of it. team. they've been playing well. we're excited for them to come into foxborough. present, on this week. and it's a new week. reporter: the patriots actually as questionable for tomorrow's game. sports. reporting sportscenter 5. >> another patriots player still making news, only on 5, the foxborough polic

rob gronkowski with a huge catch. the pats down by two, but because of the missed point, the pats had to go for two after the touchdown and the former patriot tips the ball and it is picked off. that is it. the broncos hold on to win 20 to 18. it is a tough date when tom brady is your leading rusher. three carries for 13 yards. rob gronkowski and julian edelman got most of their catches in the second half. edelman with seven catches for the patriots ended the season at 13-5. they have not rot -- they have not won a road playoff game since 2006. >> we just wanted to concentrate on our ball. -- on our job. we wanted make as many plays as weekend and get the ball in the end zone. we could not get it done. >> they made more plays than us when they had to so that' s why they won. >> your 18-20 game, always just a couple of plays. >> you cannot win if you do not make plays but like i said once before, this team give it everything they got. that' s it. >> so tom brady has still to win a playoff game here and denver and for t

phil: once again, they're going to double-team the tight end rob gronkowski. look down at the bottom of your screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, which has been a remarkable season. so undermanned across the whole offense to get them to this point and peyton manning begins the celebration here. as now gostkowski will get set for an onside kickoff. watching manning through a last series reminded me so much of nine years ago when we were at the a.f.c. championship game at indianapolis and he was sitting on that sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a 27-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful onside kicks this year. and it's recovered by keo. phil: gostkowski was

phil: once again, they're going to double-team the tight end rob gronkowski. look down at the bottom of your screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, which has been a remarkable season. so undermanned across the whole offense to get them to this point and peyton manning begins the celebration here. as now gostkowski will get set for an onside kickoff. watching manning through a last series reminded me so much of nine years ago when we were at the a.f.c. championship game at indianapolis and he was sitting on sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a 27-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful onside kicks this year. and it's recovered by keo. phil: gostkowski was tryin

phil: once again, they're going gronkowski. look down at the bottom of your screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, which has been a remarkable season. so undermanned across the whole offense to get them to this point and peyton manning begins the celebration here. for an onside kickoff. watching manning through a last series reminded me so much of nine years ago when we were at the a.f.c. championship game at indianapolis and he was sitting on that sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a 27-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful onside kicks this year. and it's recovered by keo. phil: gostkowski was trying to kick it and get there first. keo, great job of reading it, ca

with rob gronkowski and julian edelman both back in the lineup, tom brady can spread it out and pick any defense apart, and peyton manning has seen this show before. >> to quote bill belichick, "we'll be on the new england." >> joe: tom brady and peyton manning have been here before, leading up to a 17th and perhaps final meeting. high praise from each legendary quarterback. >> i think playing someone 17 times is pretty cool, especially someone as great as him. >> to play as well as he has with the success that he's had and the team's success, i just have a lot of respect for him. >> joe: the quarterbacks have mutual respect, but the broncos doling out their fair share of trash talk, as well, calling brady a crybaby and promising to go low on rob gronkowski. but after recovering from his sprained knee in week 12, gronk has a plan for the rematch. >> they're not doing anything illegal out there. it's just part of the game. just got to be aware of it. maybe just got to step up my game a little bit. maybe throw a juke. i don't know how many jukes i got. >> joe: and with gronk, am danny

. >>> we are learning rob gronkowski not only suffered a knee injury but he also hurt his back. >>steve burton is in the studio. this is more bad news. >>the thing about the patriots having a first-round bye is it was supposed to give the players a week off to rest up and get healthy. tonight they added a back injury to gronkowski status. and he also missed tuesday's workout. this afternoon espn adam schefter said he was at a boston hospital to be getting an injection. they will have to see how he feels on saturday. networks about the treatment did not involve an injection. >>no matter what it is unsettling to have 87 dealing with this right before the >>> from the injured to the apologetic. chandler jones eking out. mistake. tim armstrong coverage are -- continues our team coverage. >>earlier today foxpro police department attempted to answer some questions. big chunks of that report remain redacted. even so this goes part of the way towards explaining exactly help chandler jones found himself half naked stumbling around his own neighborhood. another day of practice like nothin

for the second time this week, rob gronkowski did not practice due to what is being called a minor knee injury. >> and espn reporting today that gronkowski was actually at the hospital receiving an injection of some kind into his right knee. it was not a slow "newsday" here at gillette stadium. >> we got our mickle's worth out of you today, bob. by the way, rob gronkowski did haven the -- an injection, belowed to be cortisone in his saturday afternoon. >> the game is less than 48 hours away. >> tough player. coming up, news tonight at newscenter 5 at 7:00, erasing the past by removing tattoos. a process having remarkable as a result. >> new at 11:00, if you ride the t, an average of ninety people are killed by guns in this country every single day. universal background checks and he wants to make sure gun manufacturers can finally be held accountable when their guns are used to kill our children. it's time to pick a side. either we stand with the gun lobby... ...or we join the president... ...and stand up to them. i'm with him. please join us. i'm hillary clinton fact. advil pain reliev

. >> kim: also breaking from gillette, rob gronkowski missing practice again. let's go to joe amorosino. >> reporter: patriots remain hopeful that gronk will be able to play, but two days before the patriots' divisional play-off game he needed an injection no hin injured ride now. he spent part of the day at a boston hospital. the patriots tight end missed to us' practice with a limited participation yesterday before missing today's session. gronk injured the knee on november 29. returned on december 13 against houston and appeared to be fine in the patriots regular season finale in miami. alex corddry reporting live are preparing for the chiefs without gronk on the field. alex? >> reporter: joe, they hope they don't have to be without gronk because, but they know they node a healthy rob gronkowski so espn reporting that he was in the hospital today. he did get treatment on his right knee. but his status could be a game-time decision, he will place based on how he feels. >> i don't know about that one. >> reporter: patriots players won't take any questions when

phil: once again, they're going to double-team the tight end rob gronkowski. look down at the bottom of your screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, which has been a remarkable season. offense to get them to this point and peyton manning begins the celebration here. as now gostkowski will get set for an onside kickoff. watching manning through a last series reminded me so much of nine years ago when we were at the a.f.c. championship game at indianapolis and he was sitting on that sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a 27-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful and it's recovered by keo. phil: gostkowski was trying to kick it and get there first. keo, great job of

phil: once again, they're going to double-team the tight end rob gronkowski. look down at the bottom of your screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, which has been a remarkable season. so undermanned across the whole offense to get them to this point and peyton manning begins as now gostkowski will g g set for an onside kickoff. watching manning through a last series reminded me so much of nine years ago when we were at the a.f.c. championship game at indianapolis and he was sitting on that sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a7-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful onside kicks this year. and it's recovered by keo. phil: gostkowski was trying to keo, great job

rob gronkowski that was 40-yard pink up. twelve seconds to go. braid toy gronkowski.emember they missed an extra point. they have to go for two to tie it. brady is pick off in the end zone, broncos beat path for second time this season, 20-18. brady got the hit 18 times, manning just four. despite the the fact he had worst season of his career payton manning heading back to the super bowl trying to be the first quarterback to win one for two different franchises. manning is two months shy of his 40th birthday. brady is 38. the once they are done in this league hoist left watching these quarterbacks. are eagles going to get a quarterback like these guys you will not see the likes of these guys play for the eagles. we're talking about two of the top three quarterbacks. brady goes down today. really got hit, banged up a lot in this game. you could not see the same tom brady we're used to seeing. manning is in a situation where would i step away. i'm putting words in his mouth. i would step away. you cannot the do any better than going to the super bowl. caroline ace favo

and the denver defense saves it phil: once again, they're going gronkowski. screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, which has been a remarkable season. so undermanned across the whole offense to get them to this point and peyton manning begins the celebration here. as now gostkowski will get set for an onside kickoff. watching manning through a last series reminded me so much of nine years ago when we were at indianapolis and he was sitting on that sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a 27-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful onside kicks this year. and it's recovered by keo. phil: gostkowski was trying to kick it and get there first. keo, great job of reading it, cau

. >> reporter: two days before the patriots divisional play-off game rob gronkowski needed an injinx. he missed to us' practice and was limited as a participant session. gronk injured the knee on november 29, returned on december 13 against houston and appeared fine. in the patriots regular season fin ally in miami. the patriots remain hopeful that gronk's knee will respond well to treatment and that he will be ready to go on saturday against the chief. alex reporting live at gillette stadium with more on the patriots practices without gronk again, alex. want to hear that rob gronkowski missed two of the four practices especially heading into the divisional round game on saturday, but in this case maybe rest, treatment and rehab. is better than practice because the pats know they need a healthy gronk headed into the play-offs. >> let the players after practice -- >> reporter: gronk missed practice thursday. espn is reporting that he was at a boston hospital receiving treatment on his right knee which included an injection. teammates were mum on the situation. >> i don't know if he was

how they are going to tackle him if they are going to tackle him. >> gronkowski talks to the media on thursday so we'll get his response to all of this at that point. reporting live from gillette stadium, wcvb, sport center five. >> stay with us for complete coverage of the completes road to the super bowl. mike lynch and bob will be reporting live from denver beginning saturday night. of course, all day sunday. >> the search for 12 missing marines has been suspended. the community is praying for jack harper is live with more on all of that. >> as you know over the past few days as the search continued obviously hope was waning but at least there was hope and now that's gone. >> this is a very sad time for this town. and for the military families in this town. to witness this. a young man, in the prime of his life. >> marine corporal christopher orlando, one of 12 who went down when two helicopters collided off hawaii. away from combat but not danger. >> i think it highlights the fact serving in the military, it's a very dangerous job. >> his memory will be honored with flags. >> ever

we are learning rob gronkowski his back. gronk missed practice yesterday and espn reporting he was getting treatment on his knee at a boston hospital. fenway. he will play fenway park this summer. it will be his third straight year playing at the ball park. the concert is set for august 18th. tickets go on sale next friday. >>> a heads up if you use the mbta pay by phone parking app you may have been overcharged. yesterday passengers were accidentally charged for two days. the t says a one day refund is pros seesed and -- processed and according to the globe a software update to the app caused the glitch. more than 8100 passengers were charged double. >>> it's 5:50 on your friday morning. a lot of you -- daily talker. a lot of you have kids who get paid a weekly allowance but does your kid ask for it in advance. >> a dad wrote his son a rejection letter and it's viral and it's funny robi is here with more. >> reporter: the dad who is from st. louis submitted the letter to redit be a says his 6- year-old son asked for $20 adv

then it is gronkowski. i guess this means is back is okay. brock had seven catches for 83 hours, and then the top tv 12 to 87. the patriots were up 7 to 0 quickly in this game. 73 now for the patriots. second goal, tom brady. he is showing off a speed. well, it's not really all that fast, but he is tough. he shows that toughness and gets drilled at the goal line. he does not get in until the we have to call this the brady sneak. from the goal line, get the goal all across the line, 14 the patriots up, no question brady we get into the end zone. he is the best in the nfl, maybe ever, for doing that. the chiefs got the ball first and the second half and were driving, but now they've fumbled. taylor jones, he forces a fumble and dante hightower recovers it. it's good to see taylor making a playing this game, and that would lead to this beauty. the pump and go. that is pretty. ready to grunt again, 21 to 6 with the patriots running away with the same. brock had two touchdowns, one today, but that she's had one 11 straight games for a reason. alex

brady this time hitting gronkowski with a 16-yard touchdown pass and the patriots beat the chiefs 27-20 advancing to next week's afc champion game against the winner of tomorrow's pittsburgh in per. hockey action this afternoon the rangers and philadelphia along with their moms and made a special row chip together with their sons and they got to see matt zucarello, begin a the rangers loved it and so did their moms. the rangers beat the flyers 3-2. that's a look at sports. it's looks calm down and memphis. checking out the final score a grizzlies up by five with 20 seconds to go. antwan: he took the high road. christina: it's smarter to say is -- stay silent. antwan: that's going to do it for us. christina: way, we want to know what the weather is going to be like. audrey: is going to be colder than was today across the tri-state area. the temperatures more seasonable for this time of the year paid increasing clouds and the chance of snow showers in the evening into early monday and monday and tuesday look really cold with highs in the 20s factor in the window that will be elected tee

phil: once again, they're going to double-team the tight end rob gronkowski. look down at the bottom of your screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, season. so undermanned across the whole offense to get them to this point and peyton manning begins the celebration here. as now gostkowski will get set for an onside kickoff. watching manning through a last series reminded me so much of the a.f.c. championship game at indianapolis and he was sitting on that sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a 27-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful onside kicks this year. and it's recovered by keo. phil: gostkowski was trying to kick it and get there first. keo, great job of re

then with 17 seconds to go, brady to gronkowski.time it's a touchdown but because new england earlier missed an extra point, they had to go for two to tie the game and it did not work out. edelman, intended receiver. incomplete. so the broncos beat the new england patriots. their eighth super bowl appearance in franchise history. >> there's no question this is a sweet day, sweet victory. to me this victory sort of is a great example of what this entire season has been like. it hasn't been easy. >> i wish the 2-point play would have been different. i'm sure everyone can look at different plays throughout the game when it's that close and say man, i should have made that play but we certainly fought to the end. >> there will be no homecoming for tom brady. >>> the spurs are known for resting their players throughout the regular season so were the warriors surprised to hear that tim duncan will not play tomorrow night? >> no, i'm not surprised. i'm surprised more people are sitting. >> tim is 57 years old so he deserves a night off eve

just the size of gronkowski, 6'6", goes over chris harris. jim: the touchdown stands. here we go. time-out is called by the broncos. referee: time-out, denver. that's their third and final time-out. 30 seconds. phil: what a job by tom brady. the fourth down throw. two fourth down throws but the first one was clear. that one he was going to get sacked so he just gave his guy a chance and rob gronkowski made the play. jim: and remember, they had a fourth down play earlier in this drive when brady heaved it down back in the first quarter, gostkowski missed the p.a.t. a lot of things have happened since then but that's why they're at this point right now facing a two to try to force overtime and they have amendola back for this play. he's been out this whole drive up until this two-point conversion. so the denver defense has to be in a little bit of shock after the two fourth down conversions, the latest one going for the touchdown but they must regroup here because one stop takes them to the super bowl. here's brady. rolling out. rolling and throwing. it's tipped in the heir and it's

phil: once again, they're going to double-team the tight end rob gronkowski. look down at the bottom of your screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, which has been a remarkable season. so undermanned across the whole offense to get them to this the celebration here. as now gostkowski will get set for an onside kickoff. watching manning through a last series reminded me so much of nine years ago when we were at the a.f.c. championship game at indianapolis and he was sitting on that sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a 27-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful onside kicks this year. and it's recovered by keo. kick it and get there first. keo, great job of readin

look at the catch from gronkowski. gronk works out of double coverage. beautiful touchdown. thought he stepped out of bounds but he didn't. because because of the missed extra point he thought he had to go for two. that's the game. broncos win 20-18 and going to super bowl. the defending champs heading

recently the globe reporting that rob gronkowski missed tuesday's practice with a minor ailment. the patriots weren't required to release a practice report on tuesday so it's possible we'll never learn why gronk was absent. >> reporter: after missig at least the beginning of tuesday's practice, rob gronkowski was back on the practice field wednesday. the patriots should have gronkowski, julian edelman and amendola on the field saturday for the first time since week 10 but this be isn't likely to be a smooth game for tom brady and the offense. >> they're a great football team. we're putted for them to come to foxboro. >> they're doing a lot of things well. by accident. >> reporter: defensively kansas city enters foxboro with one of the best units in football. >> it's going to be a challenge. >> reporter: the chiefs have an afc leading four pro bowlers in peters, barry, and houston and ali. however, how healthy houston and ali are is the question. >> they're all good and at fourth and sax this year. >> reporter: sebastian bomber will be back protecting brady's blind side which hope

as we mentioned rob gronkowski was at practice after not being on the field yesterday. and video here he is getting help putting on protective arm gear. here's the latest from kansas city. chiefs best wide out jeremy macklin missed practice again because of a high ankle sprain he was walking without a limp after a morning walk-through. and we will have a special live edition of patriots all access friday at 7 right here at cbs and i sit down with devan mccourty. >> how do you put guys put aside the distractions this week? >> okay bill belichick's black eye gronk missing a practice chandler jones situation? how did you put that aside. >> we got one shot. one shot in the post season for this year and i think coach says whatever is on your desk grab it put it in the drawer but for right now, whatever you have put it into this and see what comes of it. >> here he's your captain and wbz has it on saturday starting with a 90ment patriots game day at 2. and pats and chiefs kick off at 4:35. 5th quarter post game show owl all here and celtics and bruins are in action. celtics t

ago they lost the apc -- afc championship to peyton man and broncos and over time defeat and rob gronkowski carted off with an injury. tonight patriots are hoping for better luck. >> we have team coverage from foxboro to denver and star with >> thanks very much. some of the players are walking around in the locker room saying they must have laser focus and not dare think about the super bowl and bill belichick won't let them. practice. after practices indoors outside today. tom brady and company won't be in foxboro on sunday and they will be in denver facing one of the loudest crowds and toughest league. so to be effective brady knows same page. >> i think when you go on the road, you still want to be able to everyone on offense to go on the right rhythm and jump the count. but you can only do that in a silent count because no one can hear me verbally when you are on the road. >> playing on the road in the nfl is a difficult task. but we are going on the road in denver and the fans will be loud and ready and denver broncos very solid team and very, very solid defense and we have to be ready

. >> reporter: rob gronkowski at the podium also this afternoon. he said it was his first time ever up there. he felt special. you know, he was asked his knee injury came as they were playing denver during the regular season. he was asked if he could imagine that he would be back there in the afc championship game. he says his focus has always been on getting better and now nicole oliverio, 7 news. >> sarah: stay with 7 news for the pats in the play-offs. joe amorosino and trey daerr heading to denver. see their live reports starting later today right here on 7 news. 7 news now turning to another threat for local schools. the day. officials say the school sefld a bomb threat earlier this morning. list are now investigating. they are not sure if it is other school threats that happened earlier this week as well. the woman who lived in the so-called house of horrors facing a judge today. she is accused of murdering two babies and for concealing the death of her newborn. her lawyer is fighting to get some of the nine charges against her dropped. victo

absolutely. get in the way of a including rob gronkowski. he's missed a lost practices this week. >> everyone is hoping everyone will be able to play. let's get out to 7's trade live in gillette with the latest. trey now the weather another problem to deal with. >> it's been raining all morning. really coming down very heavy. >> now it's one step forward and probably more like two steps back and the question on everybody's mind, will the absence of rob gronkowski this week, or chandler jones have any effect on how either is used here tonight? >> i can zero a game plan. >> i want to apologize to all of the fans and everyone's support. this weekend is probably going to be -- i'm focusing on having the biggest game of my life. >> the same can't be said for gronkowski missing twice with knee and back issues. questions around the primary concerns remain consistent yet unsettle ed unsettled. >> just the sheer volume indicates the team is forced to handle distractions while the patriots hope to lock in the chiefs for the year. >> this is a year-rou

brady -- to gronkowski -- might wanna guard that guy -- he's pretty good... new england up 21-6... back comes k-c... alex smith -- hits albert wilson for a 10-yard chiefs back within 8... 4th quarter -- chiefs down 14... but still not going away... charcandrick west into the endzone -- k-c back within a touchdown... just over a minute to go -- patriots could end it with a first down... pass deflected right into the hands of julian edelman... and that'll do it -- the new england patriots are heading to the a-f-c championship game for the 5th straight year... the other game tonight -- score update -- well the wolf pack basketball team won't be in action again until some really good games today across the country great matchup in norman, oklahoma -- the 2nd ranked sooners hosting number 11 west virginia... 2nd half -- jordan woodard -- nice move... oklahoma up 5... back comes west virginia... 3... mountaineers within 2... final seconds -- tied at 68 -- oklahoma ball... good -- but khadeem lattin tips it in... with 2.8 sooners up 2... one final heave for west thriller, 70-68 number 14

you have to be better for that. >> and gronkowski does not drop balls. >> gronkowski scares you. yards after catch, that's where gronkowski is so good. he pushes off. chris harrison, the only thing you can do to tackle him at the knees. the other guy that concerns me is yule yan edelman. he -- julian edelman. one stat stuck with me. he's been hurt a lot. in the last 23 games he's played for the patriots, the patriots are 22-1. >> he's a weapon, that's for sure. >> he's a 3rd down weapon. he runs the underneath routes and you can't stop them. >> ron is going to stick with us over at the 7:00 hour. we'll talk more about broncos football. >> sounds good. >> i know this man has a magnet on his car. there are a lot of people wanting them on their cars this morning. vita, are there any left? >> yay. we have a steady stream of people coming through. we have the bronco cheerleaders over there. we started out with a long line, and that came through. then in and out, we have a wave of people coming through. tell me about reichen? >> he's a retriever. he's orange, of course. so i had to bri

phil: once again, they're going to double-team the tight end rob gronkowski. look down at the bottom of your screen. easy to say now but that was your one-on-one. and as we've said all day long, pressure made brady move. jim: talib was the one who tipped it. roby, who has a nose for the football -- we've seen that over the course of his two years. he ended up making the pick and brady see -- brady's season, which has been a remarkable season. so undermanned across the whole offense to get them to this point and peyton manning begins the celebration here. for an onside kickoff. watching manning through a last series reminded me so much of nine years ago when we were at the a.f.c. championship game at indianapolis and he was sitting on that sideline and could barely watch. phil: came back from a 27-3 deficit. the patriots have a high number of different onside kicks. you always have to be alert for the one right down the middle. jim: they've had two successful onside kicks this year. and it's recovered by keo. phil: gostkowski was trying to kick it and get there

rob gronkowski gets away with pushing off on almost every play. working the refs, but darren wolfe is hating on the patriots. >> they are always in my way. it is naturally going to create a hate. i have a ton respect dish a time of respect for the whole organization. bills belichick is a great coach -- i have a ton of respect for the whole organization. bill belichick is a great coach. ed: usually that honest thing -- that honesty is refreshing. >> they are setting the table for the game. >> i think if rob gronkowski is pushing off the reference likely -- the ref is less likely to call it. >> they look for it. ed: bob is going to denver. mike lynch is going to denver. they will bring you reports live the patriots move on the road to the super bowl. heather: the search for a missing child or adult with special needs now made easier. ed: the cutting edge technology from a local company that' s finding them in minutes. heather: a massachusetts hospital puts hundreds at risk of exposure to hiv and hepatitis the mistake putting patients in danger. ed: let' s go live to the nation' s capita

there is some concern over the health of rob gronkowski. the star tight end missioning in action for a second time this week. 7's nicole oliverio live at gillette with his injuries. any dole, a lot of fans are worried about this one. >> you can imagine why. we have just been plagued by injuries. and having gronk back made the team feel better about their playoff chances. however, for the past two days, gronkowski has not been at practice. he was listed on the report with his back, and the back issue is actually new. now, it's being reported that gronk was at boston hospital yesterday getting an injection in his injured right knee. that injury happened last november against the broncos. of course the team and fans remain hopeful that he'll be able to play tomorrow afternoon. now, while all this is going on, of course, there was that off-field distraction and defensive player chandler jones is saying he is sorry, although he's not saying much else about what led him to lock -- walk himself to the foxborough police department on sunday. police

a bigger problem may be the health of rob gronkowski. the all pro tight end missed practice today for the second time this week. he showed up on the injury report with knee and back injuries. either way it's clear gronk will be slowed a bit on saturday. has not been smooth sailing for the defending champs, has it, but i guess things never come easy, right? tom leyden, fox 25 news. >>> as time ticks down to saturday's game, massachusetts missouri governor nixon have made a friendly bipartisan bet on the outcome. if the chiefs win, baker promises to send nixon boston coffee cupcake store in springfield and if the pats win, they promised to send him some barbecue from kansas city. >>> a local teacher off the job. at 5:00 and 6:00 we broke the news because of an incident with the student. john monahan is live in west boylston now with the new details he's uncovered for us tonight at 10:00. fox 25 is learning new tails for what police are calling improper behavior toward the student. we also kno tonight the >> reporter: fox 25 school to the w

on 4th and 10 -- brady -- to rob gronkowski... inside the 10-yard-line... 4 plays later -- 4th and goal -- this is the ballgame... brady -- to gronkowski! touchdown patriots!... but they're still down 2 because of that missed extra point... here's the 2 point conversion... brady's pass is tipped and intercepted... and the broncos hang on, 20-18... that means wolf pack alums and current broncos brandon marshall, virgil green, and kyle roberts are heading to the super bowl so who will they play? cam newton and the carolina panthers hosting arizona in the n-f-c title game... this one was all carolina... first quarter -- already up 10-0... cam -- over the middle to corey brown -- makes a man miss -- and he's gone... 17-0 panthers... 3rd quarter -- the rout is on... cam -- gonna do it himself this time... he passed for 2 touchdowns, and ran for 2 touchdowns... panthers up 34-7... it was a rough day for carson palmer... this is one of his 4 interceptions -- and luke kuechly takes it back for a touchdown... carolina is heading to the sup

. -- and ron gronkowski. matthew slater gave a pretty good reason. he is going to be a dad. he says that' s more important to him than football at this stage in his life. meanwhile, bill belichick is already on the move. this is a shot of him at a practice today in mobile, alabama. missions we come up with to see gems. that is where you find these guys, at the all star games, scouting, wearing out the souls of your shoes. boston college has announced its season for next year. they will play georgia tech in ireland. clemson is the number one football team in the country until they lost to alabama. they will play uconn at home on november 19. tonight is the final game for star break. the anaheim ducks are in town , just when the bruins got a bit of steam in their game, they are going to have to hit the pause button. >> you can' t complain , but we are always looking for better. learning a lot this week. we do have to be a little better . >> not going to complain about where we are in the standings or how hard w

fourth dowow brady to rob gronkowski, unbelievable. good. broncos win 20-18. they do advance to super bowl 50. on february 7th in santa clara, california. >>> in the nfl, rashard jones wanted to get to the pro bowl with a hula dance there in hawaii. he finally got his wish and he earnedt. spectacular seasonfor the 'phins also goingo pro bowl, he didn't have his best year but still got a nod for a trip to hawaii. the game is played this weweend. >>> heat hoping to play in tonight game against the bulls. he's listed as questionable. 22 in that loss in toronto. a surprising game for him to played. wade is one of six players listed as questionable for tonight's game. goran dragic already out. he will not once again play. >>> heat visiting a bulls team. the cavs this weekend. bulls currently in the third spot in the east. the heat clinging to the eighth spot. a big win in college hoops tonight. coral gables will be on national tv when they host duke. blue devils struggled, the defending national champs have a three-game winning streak but they did snap that with a

rob gronkowski on hand to check out his little brother, glenn. and little girls looks like big gronk. a gain of 34 yards, fullback tight end hoping to get picked in the late friend of this year's around. he would love to play with his big brother.>>>reporter: dan roach gets it up to -- gets it done tonight. he sits down with jerry york, steve epstein and the current owner. the biggest free agent signing this season, david price. he is the ace of the staff and the stuff for being first on pitcher. >> he is very talented. he throws hard. he will throw 96, and i seven at times but the other thing in addition is he does have secondary pitches and he has continued to develop his secondary pitches south he is a person know who has added the cutter over the last couple years. his changeup is much improved. his curveball -- his curveball's become better so he is a much more complete picture. >> a week after jerry york had his 1000th career win, we go one-on-one for the theme park tournament with a game tomorrow night. we will hear what he has to say comi

he's not the same quarterback. >> their safety, they have to tackle well with gronkowski. if they're going to wwn it, a game in the 20s, that's either going to be a fumble, scoop and score or an interception where they get the ball at the 20- yard line, something of that nature where they get a cheap touchdown. >> we saw in the steelers game a turnover determined the outcome of that game. the broncos drove it down. running game and turnovers to me, guys. how important is it for peyton to not turn the ball over. >> can't have it in this game there. 's a reason the patriots are favored. when they have this crew together, they're unddfeated. that's not the team that played in denver. they're the best team in the afc.

tom brady not worried about the chief's game, patriots open, 11 passes, brady to rob gronkowski, 7-0,riots, second quarter, brady, two yards, 42 yards to martin. got to get into chief's territory, brady completes the drive with a one-yard touchdown run and the patriots led, 14 at the half. new england led one at home. chiefs open the second half with a ball driving, now davis gets the first down stripped at the end of the play, patriots recover, leads to seven more point points. freddy and gronkowski again, passing vernon davis and former raiders dave casper, new england advances with a 27-20 victory facing denver or pittsburgh. patriots' pre-afc game. >> it's pretty cool to do. you have to grind the entire year, we're one of the four teams playing next weekend. that game means a lot. >> altogether they have won better, executed better and certainly has a good plan, we were not able to make the adjustments fast enough. >> two great games. all right, warriors hit the road, with detroit, cleveland and chicago hoping to throttle the pistons, draymond green, born and raised in saginaw, mi