The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times
Newsweek, January, 2008
National sports correspondent and Boston bureau chief Mark Starr had a sickening grin on his face all year; Senior Editor Devin Gordon, a lifelong New Yorker, spent the year just feeling sick. Here ’ s why.
Boston
I’M a longtime season-ticket holder, so I’ve seen the worst, now maybe the best ever. The Patriots have answered a cheating bust with a scorched-earth run. Target: 19-0 perfection, and a fourth Super Bowl trophy in seven seasons.
We’d just put down our champagne glasses from 2004; now we’re hoisting them again. No miracles, bloody socks or Yankees this time, but another playoff comeback and Series sweep. It was just so painful to have to wait three years.
The most-storied team in NBA history, dormant since Larry Bird’s heyday,...
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