{"id":85372,"date":"2016-06-08T14:45:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T18:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=85372"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:36:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:36:07","slug":"tom-brady-teammates-kick-off-best-buddies-event-at-harvard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/2016\/06\/08\/tom-brady-teammates-kick-off-best-buddies-event-at-harvard\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady, teammates kick off Best Buddies event at Harvard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tom-Brady.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-85374 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tom-Brady.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Brady\" width=\"598\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tom-Brady.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tom-Brady-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tom-Brady-440x350.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tom-Brady-100x80.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a>Tom Brady, area celebrities and Best Buddies hit the Harvard Stadium gridiron once again last night to kick off the Best Buddies Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Brady spread the ball around the field, serving as the quarterback for both teams to the delight of thousands in attendance. But he was not made available to the media.<\/p>\n<p>Patriots running back Dion Lewis was among Brady\u2019s current and former teammates participating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great cause and I\u2019m always on for great causes,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cTom\u2019s a great guy so any way I can support him I\u2019m definitely going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wide receiver Danny Amendola, running back James White and linebacker Rob Ninkovich also took part while wide receiver Julian Edelman watched from the sideline with his left foot in a boot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/news\/local_coverage\/2016\/06\/tom_brady_teammates_kick_off_best_buddies_event_at_harvard?utm_campaign=bostonherald_trending_stories&amp;utm_source=bostonherald&amp;utm_medium=trending_stories\">READ THE FULL STORY HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Brady, area celebrities and Best Buddies hit the Harvard Stadium gridiron once again last night to kick off the Best Buddies Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":85373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"news-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[676,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-archive","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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