FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady moved the New England Patriots with ease in their Super Bowl rematch against the penalty-prone Eagles, with a little help from running back James White and fifth-round draft choice Ja’Whaun Bentley. In his first action since losing in the NFL title game to Philadelphia, Brady completed 19 of 26 […]
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Eagles face Patriots again, this time in preseason
It’s not exactly a Super Bowl rematch, especially in the preseason. But the Philadelphia Eagles will face the New England Patriots on Thursday night for the first time since the Eagles won their first Super Bowl with a 41-33 victory in February in Minneapolis. And just like at the Super Bowl, Carson Wentz will miss […]
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The Hot Corner: Shaking my head at Brady's non-shake outrage
Tried to forget, but the Super Bowl aftermath was a painful reminder how obsessed America is with surface, symbolic foolishness such as handshakes. We can’t even bask in the afterglow of what was arguably the greatest NFL championship game in most of our lifetimes. Irrational haters of the New England Patriots couldn’t even enjoy the […]
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What a catch! Or was it a catch?
MINNEAPOLIS — It was another season with “What’s a catch?” intrigue in the NFL, so much so that Commissioner Roger Goodell said last week he wants the league’s rulemakers to start from scratch this offseason in rewriting the sport’s now-infamous, often-confounding catch rule. So it was only natural that four days after Goodell made that […]
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Philadelphia Eagles win first Super Bowl, holding off New England Patriots 41-33
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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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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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. […]