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Borges: Believe it or not, Patriots are in trouble
Subtitle: Even if healthy, will that old magic return?MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — In the nearly silent loser’s locker room yesterday at Sun Life Stadium only one word was heard and it echoed from every...
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Borges: Deshaun Watson is Clemson's No. 1 hope to prove its point
GLENDALE, Ariz. — It’s not easy for the No. 1 team in the country to have an inferiority complex, but who could blame Clemson if it did?Undefeated at 13-0, conqueror of fourth-ranked Oklahoma in the...
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Borges: Alabama's Derrick Henry poses big obstacle for Clemson 'D'
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Harlon Barnett is best remembered in New England as the defensive back Barry Sanders twice turned around like a spinning top without Barnett ever being touched by a blocker and...
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Borges: Alabama's Nick Saban a fearless winner
Subtitle: Special plays key to victoryGLENDALE, Ariz. — To be a champion means many things. You must be resilient, resourceful and resolute, but in the deciding moments of a game like last night’s...
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Borges: Confusion costs Clemson
Subtitle: Tide cash in on three big bustsGLENDALE, Ariz. — It wasn’t just Alabama that reigned Monday night at University of Phoenix Stadium. So did chaos, and in the end, the latter made the Crimson...
View ArticleBorges: Chandler Jones debacle not Patriots' biggest problem
If anyone believes Chandler Jones’ “confused” state while allegedly standing shirtless and shoeless at the Foxboro Police station Sunday morning was distracting to Bill Belichick they need to think...
View ArticleBorges: Gimpy Rob Gronkowski proves he's still a beast
With 8:24 to play in the third quarter of yesterday’s AFC divisional playoff game at the Big Razor, Chiefs coach Andy Reid looked and felt like Estelle Reiner sitting at Katz’s Delicatessen in the film...
View ArticleBorges: Players, not stat geeks, will decide AFC title
Statistics, I’ve long felt, are like hostages. You can make them say whatever you want.We are reminded of this today as we’re being inundated with numbers. Coincidentally, all those numbers seem to...
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Borges: Peyton Manning must take back seat to have another Super Bowl shot
John Elway knows better than anyone else the situation Peyton Manning faces Sunday afternoon. He knows because he lived it.In a sport in which the biggest games are played in January, Peyton Manning,...
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Borges: How Peyton Manning makes Broncos' run game even better
DENVER — When the week of preparation began in Foxboro for today’s AFC Championship Game, Bill Belichick had a stern warning for his hard-nosed defense. “Go by what you see,” he cautioned...
View ArticleBorges: Luke Kuechly a Super middle man
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Coaches always want more out of their players than they get, but in Luke Kuechly’s case Panthers coach Ron Rivera might have to make an exception.“What more could you ask for than a...
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Borges: Final score won’t alter fan opinions on Peyton Manning
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The truth is, it really doesn’t matter what happens on Sunday night. Not, at least, in any historical context.Sure Peyton Manning wants to win what common sense and good sense both...
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Borges: NFL commissioner's address a bunch of talk by Ideal Gas Bag
SAN FRANCISCO — At least most of New England and Roger Goodell can finally agree on one thing.“The intent of what we were doing was not a research project,” Goodell said yesterday when asked about the...
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Borges: Difference here is Denver’s ‘D’
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Cam Newton will have more than the weight of the Denver Broncos defense on his shoulders tonight at Levi’s Stadium. He’ll also have the weight of history.If that history is joined...
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Khan making big mistake
Subtitle: Stepping up against Alvarez real dangerNot everyone seems to realize it these days, but they have weight classes in boxing for a reason. It’s mostly to avoid charges of assault and...
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Borges: Hey Danny Ainge, don't deal top picks
Don’t do it Danny! Do not do it!Don’t fall for the NBA okey-doke. Don’t believe the hype. Don’t listen to the noise.Do not trade those No. 1 picks, especially the one this year from Brooklyn that has...
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Borges: Roger Goodell is NFL's Money Man
Subtitle: Commissioner helps owners roll in the doughLess than a year ago, there was wide-ranging insistence that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was on his last legs. He was, many pundits and fans...
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Borges: These Celtics are flawed, but fun...and that’s OK
The Celtics are coached by Brad Stevens, but they could just as easily be run by Abraham Maslow for they are a team approaching self-actualization. Whether they reach it or not, watching them try is...
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Borges: Thurman takes it on chin
Subtitle: WBA king KO’d by air-bag deploymentThe punch you don’t see coming, they say, is the one that takes you out. The latest to learn that is WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman, whose...
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Borges: For Pablo Sandoval, size is part of the equation
The reaction to Pablo Sandoval’s girth upon his arrival in Fort Myers last week has been, fittingly perhaps, heavy. It’s also been ridiculous. If you hire a fat guy and hand him $95 million, what do...
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