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APFormer Ole Miss Rebel Brandon Bolden has won two Super Bowl rings as a back-up running back and special teams stalwart for the New England Patriots. His team-first attitude embodies everything this successful franchise is all about. He can add a third ring today when the Patriots face the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII.

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Ex-Rebel embodies what it is to be a Patriot
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Sun,02/04/18-12:55AM , 70 Reads
Former Ole Miss Rebel Brandon Bolden will never be a star in the NFL, and he’s just fine with that.
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Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive tackle Fletcher Cox (91), a former Yazoo City High School and Mississippi State standout, will play in his first Super Bowl today. Oddly enough, he says this will be his first time to ever see the big game. He said last week he has never watched the Super Bowl before.

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Cox force for Philly ‘D’
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Sun,02/04/18-12:53AM , 99 Reads
Fletcher Cox, a mountain of a man, is at the heart of the Philadelphia Eagle defense that will try to stop Tom Brady today.
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Married to a supermodeal with his own good looks and more money than he could spend in two lifetimes, Tom Brady goes for his sixth Super Bowl title today against the Philadelphia Eagles. So what’s not to like about the charmed life that the controversial quarterback lives?

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Burrus: Most either love Brady or hate him: Where do you fall?
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Sun,02/04/18-12:47AM , 107 Reads
America has a love-hate relationship with Tom Brady — literally.
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Burrus: No big shocker: ’Bama will start 2018 as team to beat
By BILL BURRRUS - Sports Editor
Sun,01/28/18-2:31AM , 263 Reads
If you are already suffering from college football withdrawals, fear not fellow fans — we only have to wait 214 days or seven months and two days.

The season begins in earnest on Thursday, August 30, with five games scheduled. There are three games the next day, then — bam — it’s the first Saturday of the season.
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