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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady walked off the field under his own power. Several teammates didnt think he was hurt badly when he grabbed his left knee after being knocked down. Yet the possibility that the New England Patriots might lose their star quarterback caused a scare at the teams joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday. A person with knowledge of the injury said an MRI was negative and Brady was day-to-day with a left knee sprain. Asked if Brady might play Friday night in an exhibition game against the Buccaneers, the person said he didnt know. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Patriots didnt make an announcement. The two-time league MVP had a season-ending injury to the same knee in the 2008 opener. Brady was injured midway through practice Wednesday when left tackle Nate Solder was pushed into him by Tampa Bay defensive end Adrian Clayborn. Brady, entering his 14th NFL season, fell, rocked backward on the ground and held his left knee. He went to the sideline then returned for a few more plays before talking with coach Bill Belichick and leaving the field toward the teams indoor practice facility next to it. "Youve always got to stay away from the quarterback (in practice)," Clayborn said. "You got a guy on his heels and my instinct is to keep going, so thats what I did." The contact came just as Brady threw a long incompletion down the right sideline toward rookie Aaron Dobson. "Were always working to protect," Solder said. "Ill have to see what happened on the film. I screwed some things up here and there." In 2008, Brady tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The Patriots missed the playoffs that season. He has played every game since then and the team reached the playoffs in all four seasons. New England is favoured to win the weak AFC East for the 10th time in 11 years. Losing Brady would have made that much tougher. After Brady left the field, third-year pro Ryan Mallett played with the first offensive unit and Tim Tebow, on his 26th birthday, played with the second team. Mallett threw an interception soon after taking over. "Im just trying to do my job," Mallett said. "Im sure Tom will be fine and well just go on." In his first series after Brady left, Tebow completed three of seven passes and looked fairly sharp. One of his passes was dropped. Tebow left practice without speaking with reporters. "Anytime anybody, especially a teammate, goes down its a dark cloud. Its unfortunate," Patriots running back Shane Vereen said. "He went back out there, but well see." Running back LaGarrette Blount was optimistic. "He walked off," Blount said. "Im sure hes cool. Im sure hes fine." But shortly before Blount spoke, a black helicopter landed on a field adjacent to the one where Brady was injured. Cameramen, apparently concerned that Brady might be airlifted to a hospital, rushed to record the landing. "The helicopter has nothing to do with Tom," Patriots owner Jonathan Kraft said on WBZ-FM. Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano said he and Belichick stress to their players to rush the passer but let him throw the football and go past him. "I didnt get to see" the hit on Brady, Schiano said. "I saw him laying there afterward. ... I hope hes OK." Losing Brady would leave the Patriots without a proven starting quarterback. Mallett has thrown just four passes in his first two seasons and has been inconsistent during training camp. Tebow signed as a free agent on June 10 and has struggled with his throwing mechanics, a problem hes had since being drafted by the Denver Broncos in the first round in 2010. "The big thing is just his familiarity with the offence, the way we do things -- the play calling, the reads, formationing, just general things we do," Belichick said of Tebow. "The quarterback has to have a good understanding of all that. The more you do it, the more you get comfortable with it and the better you can execute it. I think thats no different, really, than any other young quarterback or quarterback coming into a new system." In the Patriots 31-22 exhibition win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday night, Mallett completed 9 of 18 passes for 97 yards. Tebow went 4 for 12 for 55 yards with three sacks and ran four times for 31 yards. Brady completed 7 of 8 passes for 65 yards and one touchdown and left after the first two series.Ecco Shoes Online Canada . Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. Discount Ecco Shoes . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. http://www.wholesaleeccocanada.com/ . To the surprise of many, it isnt the Wolverines but their in-state rivals the Michigan State Spartans. Cheap Ecco Shoes Online . The Celtics closed out their first preseason under Stevens on Wednesday night with a 101-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, who rested a lot of their lineup including former Celtics Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. Ecco Shoes Clearance Sale . The 18-year-old American had five birdies in her bogey-free round for a 17-under total of 196. Lee held the overnight lead but mixed three birdies with two bogeys for a 70.Sameer Verma missed a chance to win his maiden Superseries after losing 14-21, 21-10, 11-21 in the final against NG Ka Long Angus at the Hong Kong Open on Sunday.?The match lasted 50 minutes.Verma is one of only three male players to reach a Superseries final. Prakash Padukone remains the only Indian to win the Hong Open, having won the inaugural edition in 1982. (The Hong Kong Open became a Superseries in 2007).It was a historic win for Angus as he became the first man from Hong Kong to win the mens singles title at the Hong Kong Open.On Saturday, Sameer had shocked third-seeded Jan O Jorgensen to enter the final.Earlier in the day, PV Sindhu also suffered a loss in the final, losing to?Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in straight sets.The 22 year-old Verma was appearing in his first Superseries final and looked to by riddled by nerves as Angus led 8-2 in the early exchanges.Verma had a much better opening against third seeded Jan O Jorgensen in the semifinal. He tried to fight back but Angus led 11-5 at the changeover.Verma, playing in his first final of the year, showed good retrieval skills but Angus extended the lead to 13-8 when Verma failed to return a powerful smash.Angus made good use of the down-the-line smash to take the score to 17-12. He closed out the game on the first opportunity, winning it in 15 minutes.Verma gathered himself in the second ggame and showed good composure and tactical awareness to lead 7-2.dddddddddddd Despite being ranked 29 places below Angus, Verma led 11-5 at the changeover in the second game after a perfectly placed smash down the line.A couple of errors from Verma helped Angus narrow the lead down to 7-14. But Angus started to get impatient as Verma showed good poise and increased the lead to 18-8.There was a definitive shift in momentum as Verma closed out the second game in 16 minutes. Cheered on by a vociferous home crowd, Angus took a 3-0 lead in the third game and extended it to 5-3 after a sapping 32-shot rally.Verma gave away a couple of cheap points as Angus lead 11-4 at the changeover. While Vermas retrieval skills were commendable, he struggled to close points out in the third game as Angus stretched the lead to 13-6.Vermas inexperience showed in the third game as he read the play well but failed to hold his nerve in the crunch moments as Angus won the third game in 19 minutes.Angus had dropped only one game on his way to the final and has also qualified for the World Superseries finals in Dubai in December.Verma had won both his previous matches against Angus. World number 14 Angus was also appearing in his first Superseries final. ' ' '