DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Coach Bill Belichick and his stooges are still parsing out the bogus company line that Malcolm Butler?s benching was a football decision. I?m not buying it.
ALEX SPEIER
No precedent this season for Malcolm Butler to be left out The cornerback was on the field for every defensive snap in playoff wins over the Titans and Jaguars. So what happened?
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What we know about the Patriots? decision to bench Malcolm Butler in Super Bowl LII To keep the cornerback out of such an important game is a perplexing choice, especially given his past performances.
Patriots fans are asking the same question today: What went wrong?
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?Daddy won five times. They never won before? ? Gisele teaches kids about sportsmanship Tom Brady?s better half kept it positive after the Super Bowl loss, offering congratulations to the Eagles.
The Lions announced the Patricia news Monday afternoon, one day after the Patriots lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, 41-33, in Super Bowl LII.
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Malcolm Butler one of the few Patriots at somber post-game party The defensive back was one of the few players at an awkward bash featuring a dynamite performance by Jennifer Lopez and a short appearance by Gucci Mane.
KEVIN CULLEN
I got tired of winning The Patriots have been to eight Super Bowls since the turn of the century. They?ve won five.
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Analysts weighed in on Malcolm Butler, Tom Brady?s performance, and how the game offered a glimpse of the future of football.
Long, who played with the Patriots last year before going to the Eagles this season, told Brady how much he appreciates the New England quarterback.
The Dow plunged in afternoon trading, sinking more than 1,500 points at one point, bringing an end to a period of calm on worries about inflation and interest rates.
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Two young children were found stabbed to death in a Brockton apartment Monday morning, authorities said.
2015 letter belies pope?s claim of ignorance on priest abuse allegations Pope Francis received a victim?s letter in 2015 that detailed how a priest sexually abused him and how other Chilean clergy ignored it.
Trump says it?s ?un-American? not to applaud him President Trump accused Democrats of being ??un-American?? ? and perhaps treasonous ? for refusing to cheer during his State of the Union.
N.H. woman wants the fortune but not the fame after $560 million jackpot The woman has created a trust and wants the state to either withhold her name from public disclosure or replace her identifying information with that of the trust.
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The head of the Boston FBI office, in these ?surprising and tumultuous times,? there will ?be some changes on the horizon.?
There was good news for the Boston metro area: Fifteen out of the 20 projects had a higher cost-recouped percentage than the national percentage.
The Supreme Court is allowing a court-ordered redrawing of congressional districts in Pennsylvania to proceed.
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