Undersized Patriots Are Shedding Their Anonymity
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The Patriotsâ offensive line has been the bedrock of its record-setting season.
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Outwardly, they are saying the right things, telling the world they understand why the Patriots, a team they beat during the regular season, a team with a worse record, and a team that is playing on the road, is a 3-point favorite over them.
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A couple of years ago, there would have been a celebration in the New England Patriots&#39; locker room. Certainly some hugs and shouts.
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The much-anticipated Shiite list of candidates for the forthcoming elections in Iraq was presented todayâin partial anonymity and peculiar secrecy.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Hey, here's one you Patsologists may have heard before. On the subject of your 2006 New England Patriots: It Is What It Is. Or, They Are Who They Are. Take your pick.
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Season ticket holders of the New England Patriots reacted nervously yesterday to reports the team may take disciplinary action against fans who bought or sold tickets over the last five years on the online site StubHub Inc., while other sports fans praised the team for fighting back against scalpers.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - They had done a passable job of ignoring the issue, shunting any sense of perfection with a claim of ignorance. Or a studied refusal to be a part of the questioning and the hype and the excitement that surrounds a team gunning for history. The Patriots knew they were on the path. Everyone knew they were ...
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The Patriots already are perceived as smug, dismissive and manipulative, and they get caught cheating at a time when the boss has declared zero tolerance.
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Many of the players arrive from work still in business-casual attire. They change into their uniforms in the comfort of their cars. They engage in friendly tete-a-tete with the "enemy."
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In such a tight race, the game is about turning out your supporters. TIME goes inside the ground war
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They sit, slightly hunched, in anonymous blue baseball jerseys with possibility stitched across the front. Their pants, frayed at the hem and patched in the back, are myriad colors, gray and white and blue pinstriped with thin red lines or thick blue lines or nothing down the sides. They are wearing -- against academy rules ...
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Halftime lockerrooms are sacrosanct. Only the privileged few are allowed entry. Theyâre like the situation room at the White House, only with tighter security.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Even when they're bad, it's good. These world champion Patriots have taught us a new way of thinking about a local pro sports team. The competence and success of the Patriots has produced a fan base that expects good things to happen -- no small accomplishment in a region famous for another team with a nation of fans ...
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It's different now. There are people who claim to be members of Red Sox Nation who have no idea that Bucky Dent's middle name is Bleeping. There are people under pink hats wearing PEDROIA jerseys who think Big Papi, not Ted Williams, is the greatest hitter who ever lived. They don't know that there was a guy named ...
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Jan. 4 - Some players seem destined to make a statement in big games, and some seem to shy from the moment.
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Strange how things evolve. The New England Patriots are in the midst of one of the great runs in NFL history. They are on the brink of dynasty status and have totally spoiled loyal fans who expect nothing less than another Super Bowl victory.
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The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Sunday, March 11:  People with information about wrongdoing in government or elsewhere are reluctant to talk if their identities might be revealed.