FOXBORO, Mass. For 21 years, Doug Flutie s career has been defined by one play. Now the "Hail Flutie" has its historic bookend. The 43-year-old Patriots backup converted the NFL s first successful ...

Belichick is well-known as a football historian, and he played a part in a small bit of NFL history when he brought in Doug Flutie for a drop kick in 2006, the first one executed ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. For 21 years, Doug Flutie’s career has been defined by one play. Now the “Hail Flutie” has its historic bookend. The 43-year-old Patriots backup converted the NFL’s first successful ...

Oct. 15—HATCH — The story goes, this was likely going to be the final play of Doug Flutie's football-playing career. He was a back-up quarterback for the New England Patriots, who had just scored a ...

When you think of scoring in the NFL, you probably picture dramatic field goals or electrifying touchdowns. But what about the drop kick field goal? This rare and quirky play is legal but nearly ...

No. 9 Oregon baseball responded to a step up in competition with three home runs to cruise to a stress-free win over Arizona. Angel Laya’s... Whether it’s because of the Hail Mary, the drop-kick ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Doug Flutie retired Monday, ending a 21-year career in which the undersized Heisman Trophy winner threw one of college football's most famous passes and played a dozen seasons in ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Doug Flutie never lost his passion for playing despite being labeled too short and too much of a scrambler. Now, after 21 years as a pro, he's leaving the football field -- and ...

Surely it was an omen. Not even one full day into the new year and sports turned downright weird in 2006, with Doug Flutie making the first drop kick in the NFL since 1941. The year ended with a ...