A rumor began circulating yesterday that Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi had died. Thankfully, those rumors are false. So where did the rumor come from? Tom Curran of NBC Sports reports:Apparently, an anonymous e-mail to a TV affiliate in Boston came in Monday afternoon saying that Bruschi had gone to Jesus.
Before getting confirmation from the Patriots that Bruschi was (and is) indeed alive, the rumor made its way to other media types putting them on red alert as well. This caused them to start calling every contact they could to find out if tragedy had struck Bruschi and the Patriots again. And they called two friends and so on, and so on.
The rumor mill has continued churning through the day on Tuesday.
What motivated the anonymous e-mailer? Who knows? Bruschi has had some health problems, most notably a stroke after the 2004 season, but from all appearances he's doing fine now. And, to repeat: He's still not dead.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Y'know, "Gone to Jesus" and "Dead" are two very different things in this country...
Posted at 8:15AM on Jul 25th 2007 by Dave
2. Maybe Bruschi needs a site like Abe Vigoda's.
Posted at 8:49AM on Jul 25th 2007 by Marc Nelson Jr.
3. anybody know where i can find the teddy bruschi half-man, half-god, half possible centaur audio?
Posted at 9:09AM on Jul 25th 2007 by bored intern
4. Isn't this the second time he was rumored to be dead?
Posted at 10:14AM on Jul 25th 2007 by Nate
5. "Gone to Jesus" means he died.....I'm hoping you were joking not knowing what he meant by that. If not, how do you know when to inhale and exhale?
Tom Curran is the balls.....he used to write for Providence Journal.....the guy knows his sh*t when it comes to the NFL.....he actually does some leg work too and isn't lazy like 99.99% of most national writers.
Posted at 10:20AM on Jul 25th 2007 by PDW
6. He passed out from heat exhaustion.
He needs to stay in a bubble during the off-season, I cant handle this!
Posted at 12:03PM on Jul 25th 2007 by Amandah
7. I guess I should have asked Dave. I've never heard anyone use the term but thanks anyway jerk. PS - inhaling and exhaling is a visceral response look it up when you are done sucking Tom Curran's dick.
Posted at 4:17PM on Jul 25th 2007 by Casey Pratt
8. Can anyone explain what 'gone to Jesus' means??
Posted at 4:17PM on Jul 25th 2007 by Casey Pratt
9. Dead, gone to Jesus......WOW!!!!!!!!!!
Posted at 11:00PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Clay Matthews
10. On second thought, Tedy.....Beam me up! F#%k this!!
Posted at 11:03PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Clay Matthews