FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Larry Garron, a star running back for the original Boston Patriots, has died at 82.
The team announced his death on Saturday but did not give details.
Garron played from 1960-68 for Boston, whose name changed to the New England Patriots in 1971. He holds the record for the longest run in team history, 85 yards for a touchdown against Buffalo in 1961. He was a four-time American Football League All-Star and was placed on the Patriots’ all-1960s team.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft noted that Garron’s death comes in the 60th year of the franchise, calling him a “member of the Patriots family since day one.” Kraft added that the organization is indebted to Garron and all the original Patriots, and without their contributions “we would not be the franchise that we are today.”
Garron was born in Marks, Miss., and played in college at Western Illinois. He joined the Patriots for their inaugural season.
NEW YORK — NFL PrimeTime with Chris Berman and Tom Jackson is coming back after a 14-year absence.
ESPN+ is bringing back the highlights show beginning on Sunday. It will air on the streaming service on Sunday nights from 7:30 p.m.-8:15 p.m. and will be available on demand until Wednesday night.
NFL PrimeTime was a staple of ESPN’s coverage of the league from 1987 to 2005, when the network aired Sunday night games and it was the only outlet to get extended highlights. It went off the air in 2006 when NBC took over the rights for Sunday Night Football and ESPN started airing Monday Night Football.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Pat Bowlen’s two oldest daughters have put themselves at risk of being disinherited by challenging their father’s trust, which is in charge of selecting the next controlling owner of the Denver Broncos, a franchise valued at more than $2.5 billion.
Beth Wallace and Amie Klemmer filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the validity of the trust, which includes a no-contest clause, on the grounds that their father lacked the mental capacity and was under undue influence when he signed his estate planning documents a decade ago.
Dan Reilly, a lawyer for the Pat Bowlen Trust, called the lawsuit frivolous, saying it was the “latest effort in their public campaign to circumvent Pat Bowlen’s wishes.”
Pat Bowlen died in June at age 75 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, two months before his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.