Rooting for the Patriots Can Be Deflating

Let me stipulate from the get-go that I am a lifelong New England Patriots fan for geographical reasons and subsequent force of habit. I grew up in New Hampshire until I was nearly 13, just 60 miles or so from where the then-Boston Patriots played. My godmother’s son was the team physician in the early 1960s. He provided me with a few autographed photos of the players in those pre-Super Bowl days. Running back Jim Nance, quarterback Babe Parilli and place kicker and wide receiver Gino Cappelleti were the stars back then. Nance once came to the grand opening of a gas station nearby, and I got an autographed...

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