ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Perhaps no one had clued the local sports reporter in to the fact that the coach of the New England Patriots is hardly the warm, fuzzy, and whimsical type who would get gushy about such things. That would explain the question late yesterday that began with a sort of statement that made him sound like the ... (Full article: 757 words)

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