Holding Their Own in the Super Bowl
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The specialists who snap the ball and hold it for kickers labor in obscurity - except when they screw up
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Haven&#39;t seen too many people dare to cross Bill Parcells, verbally or in print. Not many have the guts. Most are afraid to incur the Tuna&#39;s wrath.
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I thought after the way the New England Patriots disposed of the pass-happy Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship Game last year that all the talk about the Colts winning the Super Bowl would end.
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Get in, grab the win, get out. The New England Patriots are awfully good at that.
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The strong hearts behind the NFL's toughest players provide their own kind of 'special teams' support.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - One of the Patriots' mantras during their run at a perfect 16-0 season has been that they can focus only on the game and the opponent that week. Another constant theme was that they had more important goals, meaning the Super Bowl.
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Patience has never been highly rated as a virtue in the NFL. That's especially true among owners, who tend to change coaches almost as often as they do underwear.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The "D" word has been mentioned early and often by the media throng the last two weeks. But the Patriots, ever mindful of the task at hand, refused to comment on talk of themselves as a dynasty. There was a Super Bowl to win and no one on the club was going to make the mistake of ...
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida  - Behind every great team,  stands a great coach and when Bill Belichick accepted the Vince  Lombardi trophy following New England's Super Bowl victory  Sunday, the symbolism was clear to everyone but him.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- One Super Bowl XLI attendee was reluctant to leave his seat early in the fourth quarter with the Indianapolis Colts clinging to a 22-17 lead, despite dominating the Chicago Bears. He said he didn't want to miss Bears quarterback Rex Grossman throw the game-winning touchdown, to which a media member seated next to him replied, "For ...
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- If you wonder where the Patriots got their "appreciate every Super Bowl you're a part of" theme, look no farther than the top of the organization.
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FOXBOROUGH -- The game has been hyped on national television for a week. It will be played in a stadium full of fans wearing T-shirts made for that night. One player has dubbed the contest, &quot;Super Bowl No. 2, Round 2.&quot;
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Bill Parcells led Super Bowl winners from the sideline. The Miami Dolphins hope he'll do the same from the front office.
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There are Super Bowl favorites and Super Bowl contenders, and there&#39;s a pretty big distinction between the two. In the Patriots&#39; 30-20 win yesterday, both the Patriots
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Under normal circumstances, the hype surrounding the Patriots [stats, news]-Jets game Sunday at Gillette Stadium would come with its own set of pressures, what with their identical
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FOXBOROUGH -- The Patriots have raised the bar. Before the team's run of three Super Bowl championships in the last five years, simply winning the AFC East was considered by many a significant accomplishment. The shift has been reflected at the cash register of the team's pro shop; there was a time when fans would covet ``AFC East championship" gear, ...
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Kevin P. O'Donoghue is going to the Super Bowl. When he gets back, he'll worry about the house he mortgaged to watch his beloved Eagles. He's not alone. Some championship-deprived Philadelphians are so desperate to get down to Jacksonville for the big game that they're borrowing against their homes to pay for the tickets.