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

joining jones on the feed was rob gronkowski, the all pro tightened, returning to practice after missing yesterday's session due to a knee injury or cited as a knee on the report. foxboro on a team that remain focused on the task at hand. >> reporter: after missing 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 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 to

. >> 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

. >> 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

rob gronkowski and patriots played in a number of the pivotal games to have a routine. >> experience or not, it all comes down to how you play on sundays how you prepareit's going to be a lot of young guys that don't have a lot of experience to make big plays and there's going to be older guys that come and make plays so it doesn't matter how many playoff games i've been in. >> reporter: that's right taking advantage of the moment. so maybe a game winning kick in different altitude comes if play. >> knowing the ball is going to go farther or it can go farther, you have to hit a good kick. >> reporter: or scrambling for extra yards is key. everybody has to do their part. >> i think that's been a big point the last two or three years is how to buy everybody more time and i think we have done a better job of that. >> reporter: as loud as stadium is going to be in denver tom brady says silence will be the key for the patriots offense. so tom will use certain looks and just hand motions to make sure that the guys are able to get in and out of plays and make adjustments. at gillette stadiu

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

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

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

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

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

. >> 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

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

rob gronkowski that was 40-yard pink up. twelve seconds to go. braid toy gronkowski. remember 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 fa

. >>> 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

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

. >> reporter: we couldn't because for the second time in week, rob gronkowski was missing from practice, reportedly he was getting an injection for his injured right knee. >> last one, i don't know about that. round with a red-hot chiefs team is no laughing matter but they plan to rolling with the punches. >> we have to go with what we got. we just have to go out and play and do our job. >> reporter: and from the team that brought you... >> we are on to cincinnati. >> joe: comes a new catch phrase to deal with this latest batch of adversity. >> we have a game saturday. we are just preparing for saturday. >> this will be nice. >> joe: gronk and the rest of the patriots have just one thing in mind as they close on on kickoff. this team everyone on the team, we will get out on that field. everything on the table, trying to ratchet imup. >> joe: he was listed as did not participate with his knee and back cited on the report. the back issue is a new reporting live in the newsroom, joe amorosino. >>> also from the nightteam: knees were like jello. >> kim: and mother and son in the line of fir

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

chandler jones and his apology for the strange incident over the weekend and rob gronkowski treated at the hospital. what both incidents could mean for saturday's game. also new at 6a. terrifying ride for a mother and her 6-year-old boy driving home in their car when it was hit with stray bullets. there are two democratic visions millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders >>> two berk wryly college student got taylor swift's attention. check this out. [ music ] >> that's violinists playing a medley of swift's wildest they record the video in september but swift just noticed it. she tweeted out yesterday, one word. stunning. we agree. much more still ahead tonight. news at 6 starts now. >>> now at 6. >> i made a pretty stupid mistake this weekend. >> chandler jones apologizes as stran

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

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

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

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 intercepted! it's intercepted by roby. he lost the football back at the 20 but it doesn't matter. it was tipped by talib. and the denver defense saves it 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

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

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

they're also talking about how the broncos plan the hit rob gronkowski low at the knees. let's go to 7's nicole oliverio with more on what gronk had to say about that live from >> nicole: well, christa, everybody hoping that gronk doesn't have as painful a visit to denver as he did during the regular season, but gronk says he knows they're playing a tough defense. he says they're just playing the game the way they're supposed to. my first podium. [laughter] i'm big time. >> nicole: rob gronkowski spotlight at home as he and the team get ready to head to denver later today. the pats' tight end says when it comes to the tough broncos' defense, he isn't concerned about low hits to the knee. >> they're not doing anything illegal out there. it's just part of the game. i just got to be aware of it. maybe i got to step up my game a little bit, maybe throw a juke. i don't know how many jukes i got. >> nicole: it was this hit in the game against denver back in november that knocked gronk out of the game with a knee sprain. now he's focused on helping the patriots get out to a quic

in this particular example, rob gronkowski, we know every >> something happens, it will come back and we will see a replay, and we can be ready to put down virtual graphics or statistics based on the data coming from the players. >> reporter: new technologies are rolled out each week like the 3-d graphics unveiled at the afc championship game. >> objects that appear to be standing on the field presenting information. >> reporter: new for the super bowl, a supersize graphics package. >> our intelligence engine. >> reporter: with data coming in from every player on the field 10 times per second, the new technology will quickly analyze it and protect chances of success on any given play. information that typically is not available for a week after statisticians for over the data. smt is taking a live. >> you are telling the fans the store so they can get more involved in a game and excited about, hey, this looks like it's going to be a successful let's see what happens. >> that is pretty cool. kathryn brown reporting. the company has been doing the super bowl since 2000, but also deliver

. >> 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

rob gronkowski was a no-show at practice again yesterday. initially the practice report cited a knee issue. but that was amended last night back. the tight end has had two back surgeries since college most recently in 2013. the team hoping he' ll be ready for kickoff tomorrow against the chiefs at 4:35. randy: a dog trainer in lynn heads to court today on animal cruelty charges. jason gentry is charged with 12 counts of animal cruelty in connection with the discovery of two dead donovan pinscher puppies at a gas station in revere last year. his co-defendant dominick donovan was arraigned on similar charges yesterday. emily: the woman charged in a deadly hit-and-run in dorchester appears before a judge. melissa benedict hid her face in court yesterday. she' s accused of hitting a construction worker as he crossed washington street wednesday morning. queshon ivy was killed. the prosecutor says benedict told police she was adjusting the heat and pulling down the visor of her vehicle when she heard a big boom. bill cosby' s wife is fighting a wo

on the field there are big concerns about the health of rob gronkowski. the tight end missed practice yesterday for the second time this week. espn is reporting that gronk went to the hospital for treatment for a knee injury. official report says gronk is dealing with knee and back problems. >> catherine: a bullet narrowly misses a 6-year-old brockton boy's head as he rides in his mother's car. it happened on tuesday geneva street in dorchester. she went to visit family and got lost on the way home. at first she thought the noise was firecrackers and didn't realize it was gunfire until a police officer told her just how close her family came to tragedy. >> it wasn't until the officer told me that went past your continue to investigate the shooting. and they do have a vague description of a suspect. >> daniel: a local woman suffered severe injuries when a huge chunk of ice slams into her car and she's telling her story only to fox 25. miranda cote was heading south on 128 in waltham when ice flew off the vehicle in front of her. it smashed into her windshi

does he know rob gronkowski was flagged for some pass interference calls this year? even though manning and brady are never on the field at the same time, the research department has thrown this nugget at me. this season tom brady has thrown more touchdown passes inside sports authority stadium at mile high than peyton manning has. brady three and manning thrown one at home this year. this is the 17th time these two teams, these two guys are going head to head. manning with the broncos and brady won three or four since that happened. he played the majority of his career with the indianapolis colts. meeting. they split the first four and manning is 2-1 in afc championship games. >> i think we have just known each other for a longtime and being in the same profession at all of these years and at the same events we have developed a good friendship. i am not sure how things will take place over the course of the week, but it is pretty remarkable what he accomplished this season and to lead the team to a great win -- i mean the steelers were playing as well as any team in

and brandon marshall said rob gronkowski gets away with pushing off on almost every play. that trash talk comes with a whine. and while the patriots were holding their final practice before flying to denver, peyton manning was leading his team to practice and then the big one. bronco defensive end derek wolf had this to say about the patriots. >> they're always in my way. they're always in my way, to get going to create hate. >> all right. we're going to have much more of that sound bite as he tries to explain and talk his way out of it, coming up later in sports. >> the younger members of patriot nation cheering their team on. it was a fun send-off held at the kraft center ymca in foxborough. in gillette, there was another sweet send-off. reporter: if there's any doubt that the patriots will be bringing home a conference title sunday, it doesn't exist here in foxborough. still, fans are stocking up on a bit of luck to make sure the pats bring home the big win. [cheering] >> the patriots are on their way to denver. and there is little doubt among fans, one step closer to a

here's how it went down. if they want to stop the offense they have to stop rob gronkowski. they talk about hitting him low and in the knees what they did previously knocking him out for the rest of the game. this morning gronk talked about dealing with the low blows after he got over the fact of being at the podium for the first time in his career. >> wow. my first podium. i am big time. >> how do you like it? >> it's a dream of yours. >> always been a dream. 6 years. it's probably the game. it's part of the game but i've seen it all year and my career and have to get low and get my shoulder down and protect the ball. just protect myself in anyway when i see a lot of guys coming and when i know they are going to make that many guys possibly go down on that play, but if you make a play you know, try to make a play and get more yards but at the same time i have to watch out get your pads have to be ready for contact at all times. >> he's got to know how to protect himself. gronk at the podiumo know it's play off -- podium, you know it's playooff time. dan is standing by with

another injury for rob gronkowski. y he was not on the -- yes wasn't on the practice field yesterday. >> i made a pretty stupid mistake this weekend. >> plus an apology from chandler jones. how the team is dealing with tomorrow's playoff shoown

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

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

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

bob is live at gillette stadium with an update on rob gronkowski' s availability against the chiefs. bob: the patriots have 12 players listed as questionable for tomorrow and one of them is rob gronkowski. he was limited again at practice today with knee and back issues. edelman, hightower, volmer, and in amendola questionable and expected to play. it is worrisome to have so many guys dinged up as the patriots repaired to play the team that rolled over them a year ago and has won 11 straight into this game. the patriots stumbling and limping into the playoffs and knowing the need to play the best game in months. >> they have played really well of late. we didn' t play very well. we can hopefully flip the >> it is the opportunity we have. it will take a great effort. they have a lot of good players. great front, great group of linebackers. bob: patriots fans have been hearing a lot about jeremy maclin. he is the best offensive threat. he didn' t practice at all this week with a knee injury and also s game. it is the playoffs after all. 6:00. bob halloran, wcvb sportscenter 5. phil: th

patriots held the walk through or practice here on a friday and rob gronkowski was present so that's the good news. injury report came out and he is officially listed as questionable for the game with a knee and back injury. everything is okay so far. as for the opponent patriots the chiefs lost to the vikings on october 18th to fall to 5-1 and haven't lost since. winners of 11 straight including a 30-0 win over texans in houston and wild card last week. bell check says they will -- belichick says they will get the same treatment the other teams face. >> we prepare to face the team we face we can't control their record, 15-0 and we don't have control over that. all we can control is the team we play and our performance again the team. so that's what we try to do. we prepare our team to play against our opponent. we don't worry about their record what it was or wasn't or how many yards they gained or didn't gain we try to prepare our team to play the opponent we are playing. it's the same way every other team we face. it's not that hard. >> reporter: back to that injury report so far

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

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rob gronkowski was carted off the field, he will be healthy as will many for of tom brady's weapons. tom: the only thing that is going to matter is those three hours on sunday, talking about what we're going to do or thinking about what we're going to do. i think that's all part of your preparation. it's going to come down to how well we execute. on the same page and have the chemistry be the same where i know where he throws the ball, where it's going to be. >> we love playing together. a lot of guys in this locker room whether you have been here for a while our you're just getting here that are ready to step up and make plays. mike l.: so far, weather has been great here, in the 50's today, low 40's. back with more in sports, live in denver, see you then. reid: much more ahead as we continue our coverage tonight of the storm. pam: the nation's capital with some serious digging out to do. we will look at d.c. where it could take days to get the city back up and running. reid: we head to the city that never sleeps, the great white way living up to its name tonight in manhattan. trave

we learn rob gronkowski's official status for saturday's game. we can see number 87 on the field tomorrow. >> rob gronkowski listed as questionable for the patriots on their final injury report today. this after having limited work and practice today. it has been a long week for gronk. limited at practice on wednesday. out on thursday. plus, there were reports that 87 received an injection into his bad knee. so we will see tomorrow the long list of patriots on the injury report is nothing new. 12 total players were listed thankfully tom brady was not one of them. his ankle is good enough to be probable. but you have jewels edelman and his foot but from chatting with him he will definitely play. dante high to youer who has been nursing a bum knee both listed as questionable and i believe both will play. o lineman trey jackson is out. i have more on the patriots as they look to snap the chiefs 11 game winning streak tomorrow. brian salman, fox 25 news. >> fox 25's coverage of the pats game starts on the fox 25 morning news starting at 6:00 a.m. we'

even rob gronkowski came to visit. >> we wanted to do it. we're lucky enough to be able john: and today police stepped in to open the road to dorian's dreams. >> as long as he's happy, we're happy. we let him dictate what happens next. john: in peabody, john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. antoinette: that's nice to see that and especially the smile that it brought to his face. doug: and the parents. we're pulling for the whole family. we really are. antoinette: a local marine missing after two helicopters collide off the coast of hawaii. doug: the factor that's complicating that rescue mission. and looking live at gillette staduim where in just a few hours the pats will take the field. the biggest concerns for patriots nation ahead of the do or die game. check this out, bro. what's that, broheim? r i switched to geico and got more. r more savings on car insurance? p yeah bro-fessor, and more. rlike renters insurance. more ways to save. nice, bro-tato chip. tthat's not all, bro-tein shake. r geico has motorcycle and rv insurance, too. oh, that's

there are questions whether rob gronkowski will be able to play. randy: we have the latest on his condition. frank: he has missed two practices this week. that' s because of two different injuries. initially, it was a knee problem. he sprained against the broncos in november. he underwent treatment at a boston hospital yesterday. now, the injury report was amended to include a back injury. he has had two surgeries on his back since college. that adds concerns to his readiness and the patriots much -- must win showdown with kansas city tomorrow. >> police are looking for suspects after a barrage of gun or its is suv on geneva avenue. a mother and her young son and boyfriend were in the car and narrowly escaped injury. >> the bullet came to the back window and over my sons had. >> she says will he puts missed her son by just two inches. the incident happened after she made a wrong turn in dorchester. three shots were fired from behind. no one was hurt. no arrests have been made. emily: republicans took the stage in their debate and the gloves were of

tight end rob gronkowski did not. gronkowski was not present for tuesday's session after practicing with teammates on monday. it's not clear why he was not on the field yesterday. >> christa: new this morning, cuts are coming to boston public schools as the district faces a $50 million budget gap for the next school year. in a letter to parents, superintendent tommy chang says expenses continue to increase as federal and state aid declines. now, school officials met with mayor marty walsh on monday, and they plan to look for some additional support through grant, state funds and partnerships. chang says $20 million will be cut from the central office budget and $10 to $12 million more will be saved by trimming from individual school budgets. he did promise, though, no schools would close because of in a series of public hearings is set for next month. >> sarah: right now a firefighter is recovering after being injured while battling flames in mattapan. it happened last night. you can see the flames coming out of the r