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Former Patriots QB Babe Parilli dies at 87

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FOXBOROUGH, MASS. » Babe Parilli, the former Patriots quarterbac­k who starred in the team’s American Football League days, died Saturday. He was 87.

New England announced the death. The cause of death wasn’t disclosed.

Parilli played for the then-Boston Patriots from 1961 to 1967. He was voted to three AFL All-Star games and was the AFL’s Comeback Player of the Year in 1966.

Parilli was named to the All-AFL 10 Year Anniversar­y Team in 1971 and his 31 touchdown passes in 1964 were a team record until 2007. Parilli is fourth on the Patriots’ career passing list with 16,747 yards and is in the team’s Hall of Fame. He also was known as excellent holder and was nicknamed “gold finger.”

He began his pro career with the Green Bay Packers in 1952, and also played for the Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders, New York Jets and the CFL’s Ottawa Rough Riders. He was the backup to Joe Namath when the Jets won the Super Bowl in 1969.

Vito “Babe” Parilli was born in Rochester, Pennsylvan­ia — not far from Namath’s hometown of Beaver Falls. Both Parilli and Namath played under coach Bear Bryant in college, Parilli at Kentucky, and Namath at Alabama. Parilli led Kentucky to victories over Oklahoma in the 1951 Sugar Bowl and TCU in the 1952 Cotton Bowl. In 1982, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Parilli was a head coach in the World Football League, also served as an NFL assistant and coached in the Arena Football League.

NHL: Devils sign top pick

NEWARK, N.J. » The New Jersey Devils have signed No. 1 overall pick Nico Hischier to the maximum three-year, entry-level contract for salary and performanc­e bonuses.

The Devils said Saturday that Hischier will have an average salary of $925,000.

The 18-year-old Swiss forward had 38 goals and 48 assists last season for the Halifax Mooseheads in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Swimming: Brazil court dismisses Lochte case

SAO PAULO » A Brazilian court has dismissed the criminal case against U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte, who had been charged with filing a false robbery report during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The court confirmed in a statement this week that it tossed out the case after determinin­g that Lochte’s robbery claim made to NBC did not constitute the filing of a fake report, a crime punishable in Brazil by up to 18 months in prison.

“We are pleased that the court has finally dismissed the criminal prosecutio­n against Mr. Lochte, while also acknowledg­ing that he committed no crime while in Brazil. We are hopeful that the prosecutio­n accepts the court’s decision so that this story can finally be put to rest,” Jeff Ostrow, Lochte’s Florida-based attorney, said in an email to The Associated Press.

Lochte told NBC last year that he and fellow swimmers Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and Jimmy Feigen were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi by men with police badges as they returned to the Olympic Village from a party Aug. 15.

 ?? BOSTON PATRIOTS VIA AP, FILE ?? A 1961 file photo shows Babe Parilli, of the Boston Patriots. Parilli, the former Patriots quarterbac­k who starred in the team’s American Football League days, died Saturday. He was 87.
BOSTON PATRIOTS VIA AP, FILE A 1961 file photo shows Babe Parilli, of the Boston Patriots. Parilli, the former Patriots quarterbac­k who starred in the team’s American Football League days, died Saturday. He was 87.

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