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- Five Rings: The Super Bowl History of the New England Patriots (So Far)
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: University Press of New England
summary
Since 2001 the Patriots have played in eight Super Bowl championships and won five, a run of excellence unparalleled in all of professional sports. In a league designed to ensure that no one franchise can dominate over time, New England won for over a decade and a half. A dynasty that began with an improbable run to a championship in 2001 has rebuilt, rebooted, and retooled several times over, winning most recently in 2017. But in those years, no other franchise reached the same level of controversy, drama, and turmoil—or even came close.
Jerry Thornton, bestselling author of From Darkness to Dynasty, provides an all-access pass to the Patriots’ years of unparalleled greatness from the unique perspective of an observant, obsessive, utterly dedicated fan.
Jerry Thornton, bestselling author of From Darkness to Dynasty, provides an all-access pass to the Patriots’ years of unparalleled greatness from the unique perspective of an observant, obsessive, utterly dedicated fan.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-7
- 1 | Bears, Cheeseheads, and Tuna
- pp. 8-16
- One Ring
- 2 | Time Is a Flat Circle
- pp. 19-23
- 3 | Legs Twitching, Quietly Barking
- pp. 24-30
- 4 | Snow Bowl
- pp. 31-35
- 6 | That Calm Inner Plumbing
- pp. 41-50
- Two Rings
- 7 | You Always Remember Your First
- pp. 53-60
- 9 | Attitude Adjustment
- pp. 65-70
- 10 | Pond Scum Again
- pp. 71-76
- 11 | Schopenhauer on the Fifty
- pp. 77-83
- 12 | Superhorse
- pp. 84-88
- 13 | Legit
- pp. 89-94
- Three Rings
- 14 | The Patriot Way
- pp. 97-102
- 15 | Last Season Meant Nothing
- pp. 103-109
- 16 | Chum in the Water
- pp. 110-114
- 17 | Flap Your Wings
- pp. 115-122
- Four Rings
- 18 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- pp. 125-134
- 19 | Martyball
- pp. 135-145
- 20 | A Van Gogh Underneath
- pp. 146-149
- 22 | Any Day the Giants Lose (Is a Good Day)
- pp. 162-168
- 23 | Anger, with Sh*tloads of Fighting Back
- pp. 169-192
- 24 | Losers and Sore Losers
- pp. 193-197
- 26 | A Tale of Two Tight Ends
- pp. 202-211
- 27 | “We’ll Take the Wind”
- pp. 212-217
- 28 | Chaos Theory
- pp. 218-229
- 29 | Maybe They Oughtta Study the Rule Book
- pp. 230-237
- 30 | Because Karma
- pp. 238-244
- 31 | Malcolm GO!
- pp. 245-254
- Five Rings
- 32 | Defend the Wall
- pp. 257-266
- 33 | Not Bitter
- pp. 267-276
- 34 | Like Some Teenage Goth Girl
- pp. 277-288
- 36 | You Can’t Always Get What You Want
- pp. 302-313
- Epilogue | The Luxury of Ordinary Losses
- pp. 314-316
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 317-320
Additional Information
ISBN
9781512603224
Related ISBN(s)
9781512602715
MARC Record
OCLC
1037885355
Pages
360
Launched on MUSE
2018-09-25
Open Access
No