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Nothing feels super this week for Patriots and their fans

Something's wrong with this picture. Any picture, that is, of the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Miami this week. Both teams arrived in Florida on Sunday for Super Bowl LIV, and all the hype and hoopla begins and the New England Patriots won't be part of it. There was not big ...

Greenwood: Brady drama already grows painful

There is nothing sweet about the sorrow inspired by Tom Brady’s possible parting. Indeed, the saga has become more annoying than anything. The rumors are endless, many are mindless. Brady is buying a house in Connecticut. Clearly he’s staying. Brady was spotted at a UFC extravagana in ...

These two teams are clearly above all the rest

Yes, we know it's Saturday and that usually means our NFL picks. But sorry, there's no breakdown of the only pro football game this weekend, the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl. So we'll interrupt things on the final Saturday in January to give you a few tids and bits to ponder: If you weren't at the ...

Let the Super Bowl betting begin in New Hampshire

The folks at DraftKings wasted no time. Seemingly days after it was shoved through the New Hampshire legislature, action is alive on the upcoming Super Bowl between the 49ers and Chiefs. If you are in the Granite State – well, at least a mile inside the state border – you can find ...

Pro Bowl may (almost) be watchable

Floating down a lonesome stream of consciousness, curious as to the reasoning for the absence of an “X” next to Derek Jeter on one Hall of Fame voter’s ballot … While the football filler officially known as the Pro Bowl will never be more than that, at least the NFL has loosened up a ...

Now here’s a deal Celtics’ Danny Ainge should make

One 30-point win over listless LeBron and his Lakers cannot hide the fact that the Boston Celtics are muddled in the middle of the Eastern Conference pack. Second seed, sixth seed, it hardly matters in this bunch of also-rans. So we sit here in late January, one simple question is worth ...