article_snippet.sent: the Patriots in town assembled behind head coach Bill Belichick groaned.
article_snippet.sent: Obama was flanked by head coach Bill Belichick and billionaire Patriots owner Bob Kraft.
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman for the team cited 'prior family commitments' as the reason Brady, 37, didn't attend the ceremony.
article_snippet.sent: Sports commentators, including retired football great Boomer Esiason, speculated that the team's biggest star - Tom Brady snubbed Obama because the team's biggest star - Tom Brady's from the 'wrong political party.'
article_snippet.sent: Tom Brady has also met Obama at least once before, as well.
article_snippet.sent: the team's biggest star - Tom Brady was pictured with the then-US Senator  at the 2005 the White House Correspondents dinner.
article_snippet.sent: Showoffs: the Patriots in town gathered the team's four Super Bowl trophies won under Coach Bill Belichick (
article_snippet.sent: the team's biggest star - Tom Brady met Obama at least once.
article_snippet.sent: the team's biggest star - Tom Brady is pictured here with the then-US Senator and rival quarterback Donovan McNabb in 2005 .
article_snippet.sent: the team's biggest star - Tom Brady supermodel wife Gisele Bündchen, usually active on social media, gives no hint where the family is today if not in Washington.
article_snippet.sent: - Tom Brady made time next week to be ringside at the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas next weekend.
article_snippet.sent: According to Sport Illustrated, the team's biggest star - Tom Brady appealed directly to CBS president Les Moonves for tickets to the much-touted matchup.
article_snippet.sent: Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski couldn't help but mug for the camera as the Commander in Chief gave a speech .
article_snippet.sent: Obama walks with billionaire Patriots owner Bob Kraft and coach Bellichick to a speech .
article_snippet.sent: Secretary of State John Kerry, a former Massachusetts US Senator, greets Belichick's girlfriend Linda Holliday at the ceremony .
article_snippet.sent: Patriots players Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola snap pics in the White House before meeting Obama on Thursday .
highlights_snippet.sent: Brady cited 'prior family commitments' in bowing out of meeting with Obama .
  