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Article: New England still strong despite Super Bowl loss
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2008
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Perfection has its nitpickers.
The New England Patriots learned that last season when they won
their first 18 games -- but critics wouldn't let them forget
Spygate. And when that streak ended in the Super Bowl, the sound of
them crashing from their pedestal was met by cheers from those who
enjoy the decline of the dominant.
"You're going to find something wrong with somebody because in
our nature, in our human aspects, it's hard to believe that someone
can be perfect," cornerback Ellis Hobbs said.
So when Usain Bolt spread his arms and pounded his chest in the
final strides of his world-record 100-meter sprint in the Olympics,
Hobbs found the perfect example of how ...