These two things essentially ensure that Sunday’s game — Super Bowl LI — will be fun and that the Atlanta Falcons can win. First, the Patriots’ Super Bowl games are always close, and sometimes closer than they should be. Sunday’s game against the Falcons is the seventh time the Patriots have played in the planet’s […]
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They’re Back: Brady and Patriots win AFC by routing Steelers, 36-17
After beginning the 2016 season suspended for four games for his role in the “Deflategate” scandal, the New England quarterback relentlessly carried the Patriots to an unprecedented ninth appearance in the title game, and his seventh. Brady threw for a franchise playoff-best 384 yards and three touchdowns in a 36-17 rout of the helpless Pittsburgh […]
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Super Bowl: Von Miller, Broncos stuff Panthers
Manning and Panthers quarterback Cam Newton were harassed all game Sunday, and the Broncos made enough big plays for the 24-10 victory, Manning’s 200th and perhaps his last before retirement. He wasn’t the star — game MVP Miller seemingly was everywhere on every Carolina play — but Manning really hasn’t been the headliner in this […]
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Brady wins 3rd Super Bowl MVP
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — As a kid, years before he became a pretty good quarterback in his own right, Tom Brady idolized Joe Montana. Now, at age 37, Brady owns just as many Super Bowl championships — and just as many Super Bowl MVP awards — as the Pro Football Hall of Famer. And no […]
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Super finish for Patriots
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tom Brady and the Patriots made this Super Bowl all about football, not footballs. Clutch football, spiced by a sensational fourth-quarter rally and a goal-line, game-saving interception. The record-setting Brady threw for four touchdowns, including a 3-yarder to Julian Edelman with 2:02 remaining Sunday night as New England rallied from a […]
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Franco Center throws Super Bowl party as Patriots win it all
LEWISTON — Fans of all ages gathered at the Franco Center on Sunday night to cheer on the Patriots in the center’s first, free to the public, Super Bowl party. Not known for putting on an event halfway, the center decorated tables and chairs for the occasion. Colored lights flashed from above and a 10-foot […]
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Why the Seahawks will win: Because the immovable object always stops the unstoppable force
Has there ever been a more polarizing Super Bowl than what we have in front of us this year? On one side you have the New England Patriots, a team once again mired in controversy — whether you like it or not. Despite all the success the Patriots have had in the past 15 years […]