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Confessions of an Ex-Patriot Fan

Sorry, Bill Belichick. This Super Bowl Sunday, it’s all about Tom Brady and the Bucs.

by R.J. Petrella

February 5, 2021, 1:46 PM

Tom Brady plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (YouTube screenshot)

I have to come clean. I’ve been a New England sports fan my whole life, but this football season has been different. Not just because of COVID-19, but because I'm one of the thousands of New Englander...

No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here.

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