FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft promised a "special" day Sunday when the team honors Tom Brady during the regular-season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles (CBS, 4:25 p.m. ET).
"He's really excited and I'm excited, because our fans never really got a chance to say goodbye in a proper way. And we're going to do something special and unique with him," Kraft said Thursday night at a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event for a $250-million renovation of Gillette Stadium.
"He has 20 members of his family coming -- all his nephews, nieces, his sisters, his parents.