MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles’ flight from last to first ended up with a Lombardi Trophy. In a record-setting shootout between Nick Foles and Tom Brady, the backup quarterback led a pressure-packed 75-yard drive to the winning touchdown, 11 yards to Zach Etrz with 2:21 to go Sunday night. Then a defense that had […]
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Working during the Super Bowl while everyone else parties? Someone has to.
Nick Folan figures he’ll get a lot of generous tips delivering Otto pizza to hungry Pats fans. Portland police Lt. Kevin Cashman, a Chicago Bears fan, will take the opportunity to remind other officers that the Patriots used to lose Super Bowls. And emergency room nurse Monique Gilbert will do her best to keep patients […]
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For this nurse and Maine native, it’s great being Tom Brady
The 28-year-old from Sherman, now working in Alaska, is proud to share his name with the Patriots’ quarterback. His name is greeted with smiles, laughs, taunts of “cheater” and, sometimes, utter disbelief. “Guys (in bars) have gotten a little agitated because I continued to tell them my name is Tom Brady,” said Thomas C. Brady […]
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Super Fan: 81-year-old Maine man has attended every Super Bowl
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Donald Crisman has more than a half-century of Super Bowl memories behind him, from taking a 24-hour train ride to Super Bowl II to seeing his beloved New England Patriots win in overtime last year. But he says the 52nd Super Bowl featuring the Philadelphia Eagles and the Patriots on Sunday […]
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Super Bowl LII: Why the Patriots will win, again
Let’s get this straight. A second-year head coach and a second-string quarterback are not going to keep the New England Patriots from winning a second-consecutive Super Bowl. Not. Going. To. Happen. I mean, it could happen. But it won’t. I will give props to the Philadelphia Eagles. They were dominant enough in the regular season […]
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Tom Brady cuts off radio interview over remark about daughter
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he’s reconsidering whether to continue a long-running weekly radio appearance after a host at the station called his daughter “an annoying little pissant.” Brady cut short an appearance on Monday morning and said, “I’ll obviously evaluate whether I want to come on this show again.” WEEI […]
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Thousands of fans give New England Patriots a super sendoff to Minneapolis
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady praised the Philadelphia Eagles, dropped the microphone and then walked off stage Monday to lead the New England Patriots on the road to the Super Bowl. “It’s going to be fun, it’s going to be a lot of hard work, we’re playing a great team, but I tell you […]
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Super Bowl: Patriots don't need help, but they tend to get it
Opponents tend to freak out against Tom Brady and Bill Belichick just when they’re about to conquer the New England Patriots’ dynastic duo. The Philadelphia Eagles swear they won’t fall into that trap if they have the chance in Super Bowl 52. The pair have built such a reputation of coming through in the clutch […]
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Tom Brady rallies Patriots past Jaguars in AFC title game
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Give ’em a hand: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are heading back to the Super Bowl. Brady shook off a hand injury and threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Danny Amendola with 2:48 remaining , rallying the Patriots to a 24-20 comeback victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC […]
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Patriots get Jaguars in AFC title game, Vikings-Eagles in NFC
NEW YORK (AP) — Watch out, New England. Here comes Sacksonville. Get ready, Philly. The Vikings are sailing into town. Tom Brady and the big game-tested Patriots (14-3) square off against the sack-happy Jacksonville Jaguars (12-6) next Sunday in the AFC championship game in Foxborough, Massachusetts — with the winner headed to the Super Bowl. […]