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Character revealed, good and bad

An old saying among coaches who expect a losing year is, “This will be a character-building season.”  We won’t win many games, but we’ll turn out some really decent kids. The truth, though, is that sports doesn’t build character so much as it reveals character. Something about competing, about camaraderie, about performing in public brings out the […]

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How Bill Belichick outcoached Sean McVay in Super Bowl LIII

ATLANTA — Julian Edelman sat facing his locker inside the New England Patriots locker room, pulled on a pair of Jordans and chomped on an unlit cigar that had been aged for 50 years, a gift of gratitude from New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft. The Super Bowl LIII MVP turned toward teammate Matthew Slater […]