Patriots 36, Steelers 17

The Patriots are on to the Super Bowl

Tom Brady set a Patriots? franchise record for passing and New England will appear in a record ninth Super Bowl after dominating the Steelers, 36-17.

Bill Belichick embraced Tom Brady after the game.

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Bill Belichick embraced Tom Brady after securing a Super Bowl LI berth by beating the Steelers in the AFC title game.

LeGarrette Blount hoisted the Lamar Hunt Trophy as Patriots fans joined in celebrating New England?s AFC title.

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LeGarrette Blount hoisted the Lamar Hunt Trophy as Patriots fans joined in celebrating New England?s AFC title.

Tom Brady pointed at his teammates while celebrating New England?s win in the AFC title game.

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Tom Brady pointed at his teammates while celebrating New England?s win in the AFC title game.

Bill Belichick shook hands with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin after the game.

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Bill Belichick shook hands with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin after the game.

Patriots fans in the Gillette Stadium stands seemed eager to make the trip to Houston for Super Bowl LI.

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Patriots fans in the Gillette Stadium stands seemed eager to make the trip to Houston for Super Bowl LI.

Tom Brady and Chris Hogan celebrated after connecting on a touchdown pass in the second quarter.

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Tom Brady and Chris Hogan celebrated after connecting on a touchdown pass in the second quarter.

LeGarrette Blount celebrated his third-quarter touchdown.

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LeGarrette Blount celebrated his third-quarter touchdown.

LeGarrette Blount celebrated a third-quarter touchdown.

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LeGarrette Blount celebrated a third-quarter touchdown.

Rob Ninkovich recovered a fumble in the third quarter.

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Rob Ninkovich recovered a fumble in the third quarter.

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger seemed to show some frustration in the third quarter.

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Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger seemed to show some frustration in the third quarter.

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Chris Hogan tried to stay inbounds after making a reception in the second quarter.

Tom Brady dove forward during a quarterback sneak in the third quarter.

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Tom Brady dove forward during a quarterback sneak in the third quarter.

Chris Hogan (left) celebrated his touchdown with teammate Danny Amendola in the first quater.

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Chris Hogan (left) celebrated his touchdown with teammate Danny Amendola in the first quater.

Gillette Stadium was awash in the glow of pyrotechnics before the start of the AFC Championship game.

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Gillette Stadium was awash in the glow of pyrotechnics before the start of the AFC Championship game.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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The game on Feb. 5 is an opportunity to make Roger Goodell swallow his shield and present the Patriots with their fifth Lombardi Trophy.

Chad Finn

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The NFL is designed for parity and ?any given Sunday,? but the Patriots may not have gotten the memo.

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The Patriots were able to limit the damage by an elite quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, en route to a convincing win.

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 22: Julio Jones #11 of the Atlanta Falcons makes a catch in the third quarter against Jake Ryan #47 and LaDarius Gunter #36 of the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game at the Georgia Dome on January 22, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Five things to know about the Falcons

Atlanta soundly beat Green Bay to advance to Super Bowl LI. Here are five things to know about the NFC Champions.

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Here?s everything you need to know about this year?s Super Bowl, as well as some history behind the game.

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The former Patriots backup quarterback asked an obvious question.

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The Patriots running back?s 18-yard carry in the third quarter was capped by five really tough yards.

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Globe Magazine

The debate is over. Belichick is the greatest NFL coach ever.

His sustained success isn?t just supposed to be unlikely in modern football. It?s supposed to be impossible.

A closer look at Chris Hogan

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The receiver starred at Penn State ? in lacrosse ? before turning his attention to football.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/twins150-11316.jpg Chris Hogan is expecting twins

Not only did the Patriots wide receiver have a busy game Sunday night, he?s also likely to have a busy few years ahead of him.

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INTERACTIVE

Tom Brady: Superfreak?

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United?s domestic flights are on the move again after a computer problem earlier Sunday grounded service.

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After 60 years without a public library, will the neighborhood get one?

Adrian Walker

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What began in 2011 as a one-day service program has blossomed into a year-round effort.

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Egg masses found throughout the state point to the likelihood of another moth-infested season.

Protests and President Trump

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Senator Elizabeth Warren is antagonizing the president-elect on everything from his business entanglements to the ?disarray? in his transition.

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Since 2005 the number of consumers over age 60 with college debt has quadrupled to 2.8 million.

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Special reports

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Life sciences

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Investigations

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US actor Matt Damon smiles as he takes part in a meeting on the opening day of the World Economic Forum, on January 17, 2017 in Davos. The global elite begin a week of earnest debate and Alpine partying in the Swiss ski resort of Davos in a week bookended by two presidential speeches of historic import. / AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINIFABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images

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President Trump left after being sworn in on Friday.

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The shifting global landscape
CLIMATE CHANGE: In this Thursday, May 12, 2016 photo, coal miner Scott Tiller walks through the morning fog before going underground in a mine less than 40-inches high in Welch, W.Va. For over a century, life in Central Appalachia has been largely defined by the ups and downs of the coal industry. There is a growing sense in these mountains that for a variety of reasons, economic, environmental, political, coal mining will not rebound this time. Coal's slump is largely the result of cheap natural gas, which now rivals coal as a fuel for generating electricity. Older coal-fired plants are being idled to meet clean-air standards. According to the Labor Department, there were 56,700 jobs in coal mining in March, down from 84,600 in March 2009, shortly after President Barack Obama entered office. There are stark differences between the two parties on energy and environment issues that underscore the sky-high stakes for both sides of the debate in the 2016 presidential race. Many environmental groups and Democrats fear a potential rollback of the Obama administration?s policies on climate change and renewable energy under a Republican president. Republicans all support coal production and enthusiastically back nuclear energy. They along with business groups are eager to boost oil and gas production following years of frustration with Obama. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

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Thousands of people filled Boston Common for the Boston Women's March for America on Saturday.

Yvonne Abraham

In protest marches, a chance to see hope
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Boston rally draws up to 175,000, officials say

An inaugural speech like ? and so unlike ? those before it
President Donald Trump deliverd his inaugural address at the US Capitol.

Trump stresses unity mixed with dark imagery
Senator Jason M. Lewis proposed legislation that would reduce the amount of marijuana people 21 years and older could possess in their home from 10 ounces to 2 ounces, and the number of marijuana plants people could grow from 12 per household to six per household.

Mass. legislation would sharply curb marijuana law

Sports

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Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) tries to shoot in front of Boston Bruins' Torey Krug (47) and goalie Tuukka Rask, rear, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Penguins 5, Bruins 1

Bruins swamped by Penguins in fourth straight loss

Sidney Crosby paced Pittsburgh with a goal and two assists.

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Police Commissioner William B. Evans (left), Lieutenant Detective Thomas Hopkins, and Superintendent-in-Chief William G. Gross at Sunday?s news conference.

Suspect charged with leaving explosive device near police cruiser

Asim Kieta, 42, who is homeless but previously lived in Dorchester, was taken into custody in Charlestown.

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Someone reported, at any rate, money being tossed out of a car window in Bridgewater.

Blotter Tales

Tossing money out the window? Not me, officer

A neighbor complains about X-rated noise next door, a man misplaces his ?stolen? car, and other odd tales.

Real Estate

This Manchester oceanfront estate with a guest cottage sold for $6.15 million this week

A large estate in Manchester sold for double the selling price of each of this week's other big home sales, all of which are located in Boston proper.

Politics

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FILE - In this April 2, 2016, file photo, former President George H. W. Bush waves as he arrives at NRG Stadium before the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game between Villanova and Oklahoma in Houston. Houston-area media are quoting former President George H.W. Bush's chief of staff as saying that Bush has been hospitalized in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

George H.W. Bush improving, wife staying night in hospital

The former president?s health continues to improve and his wife will remain hospitalized one more night to be ??closer to her husband.??

Cars

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Columnists

Protesters took part in the women's march on Washington D.C.

Joan Vennochi

Trump succeeds where Clinton failed
Thousands of people filled Boston Common for the Boston Women's March for America on Saturday.

Yvonne Abraham

In protest marches, a chance to see hope
This is the entrance to TD Garden where a homeless man was allegedly assaulted by a security guard last month, according to authorities.

Kevin Cullen

Recognizing the humanity of the homeless
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Renée Graham

Dear President Trump
Closeup of an empty conference room before meeting

JEFF JACOBY

Curb the commission addiction
Foxborough, MA 01/14/17 Patriots Stephen Gostkowski reacts after making a field goal in the fourth quarter. The New England Patriots play against the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Gillette Stadium Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Stephen Gostkowski doesn?t feel the pressure
Newly elected baseball Hall of Fame inductees Jeff Bagwell, second from left, Tim Raines, third from left, and Ivan Rodriguez, second from right, are joined by President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Jeff Idelson, left, and Chairman of the Board of Directors Jane Forbes Clark as they take part in a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Bob Ryan

Time to expand voting ranks for Hall of Fame
In 2012, lab technician Sherri Wang worked at Gen9, which produced a gene printer that could produce large quantities of genes and nucleic acids.

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US President Donald Trump leaves after being sworn in followed by first lady Melania Trump on the West Front of the US Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday -- ushering in a new political era that has been cheered and feared in equal measure. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Win McNameeWIN MCNAMEE/AFP/Getty Images

SCOT LEHIGH

Trump?s epic inaugural failure
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

THOMAS FARRAGHER

The chapters of Trump?s memoir are now in his hands

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Eric Fehrnstrom

Trump is a true force of nature
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, arrives for the Inaugural Luncheon in the US Capitol January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump is attending the luncheon along with other dignitaries after being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

OPINION | DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Trump to environment: This is war

Nation & World

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Jeff Bullard and his daughter Jenny viewed the ruins of their home after a tornado Sunday in Adel, Ga.

At least 16 die as tornadoes sweep Southeast

Twelve people were killed in Georgia, and there were four deaths in Mississippi.

Business

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Brendan Geldart loaded a rack of circular blades into an oven that heat treats them at the Hyde Group?s factory in Southbridge.

As Trump takes office, Mass. manufacturers talk globalization

Companies? decisions about where to base factories involve more than labor costs.

Arts

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Julie Fiorenza with Jessica Lang Dance in a performance of ?The Calling.?

Julie Fiorenza learned to dance in Boston, then took flight

The Walpole product makes a major homecoming as a soloist with Jessica Lang Dance.

Travel

A group of Grand Slam Tennis Tours clients on the clay courts at the Tennis Club de Paris.

Tennis tour business is a grand slam

Tennis resort director Andrew Chmura was often asked about the best ways to see Grand Slam tennis events. He decided to start a tour business to take people there himself.

The Big Picture

President-elect Donald Trump waits to stop out onto the portico for his Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Associated Press

The inauguration of President Donald Trump

Trump, who upended American politics and energized voters angry with Washington, was sworn in today as the 45th president of the United States.

Ground Game

Ground game

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Trump may add his own eloquence to American history. After all, crazier things have happened during prior inaugural festivities.

Design New England

Design New England

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The lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.

Magazine

The cover for the January 22 2017 issue

The debate is over. Bill Belichick is the greatest NFL coach ever.

The cover for the January 15 2017 issue

These retro French chicken recipes are easier than they sound

The cover for the January 8 2017 issue

A widow in unfamiliar territory

The cover for the January 1 2017 issue

How I feel about my daughter?s search for her birth parents