Here are a couple of stories that caught my eye today:
1. Tom Brady’s Disappointment–If you’ve played sports before, you’ve probably experienced this type of agony. What would you say to Tom Brady in that locker room?
Tom Brady sat facing his locker, his head down and draped in a white towel, staring at the space between his cleats.
He was in full uniform. He was in full thought. There were the plays that hadn’t been made. There were the opportunities not seized. There was the Super Bowl that had slipped away, 21-17 to the New York Giants. Again, the Giants. Again.
It was 10:04 p.m.
The minutes ticked by and Brady didn’t move. Across the Patriots’ locker room there was dejection and depression, hushed whispers and thousand-yard stares. This is the pain of almost having everything. This was the hurt of winding up with nothing. All the money these guys make, all the glory they receive, it does nothing in times like this, the losing locker room after the biggest of games.
Nobody was taking it quite like Brady though. Others slipped out of their uniforms or headed to the media interview area in full dress. Some shuffled off to the showers or patted each other on the back.
Not Brady. He just kept staring at the floor.
His longtime physical therapist, Alex Guerrero, sat in an empty locker next to him and tried to offer words of comfort. They had no impact. Brady never moved.
It was 10:12 p.m.
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Brady began to pull at his shoulder pads. Guerrero helped slide them off. He stood again and began glancing around the mostly empty locker room. He focused on nothing in particular. His eyes were red.
He’s supposedly too cool, or that’s what rival fans say. He’s supposedly too much of a pretty boy, or that’s what they mock. Not here. The guy with everything looked empty.
2. Tom Brady’s Wife, Gisele Bundchen, blasts Pats WRs:
New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker was so upset over dropping a crucial pass late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 21-17 loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI, he nearly started crying at the podium.
Welker isn’t going to get any pity from quarterback Tom Brady‘s wife, Gisele Bundchen, though.
Former New York Giants WR Amani Toomer says the Patriots aren’t giving QB Tom Brady enough help but Brady hasn’t played like a Hall of Famer in the last two Super Bowls. Toomer says he expects Giants coach Tom Coughlin to return to the team.
After her prayers for a Patriots’ championship went unanswered, Bunchen lashed out at the team’s receiving corps for failing to haul in her husband’s passes. While waiting for an elevator at Lucas Oil Stadium, Bundchen was being heckled by Giants fans when she spoke to people in her group.
“My husband can not f—— throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can’t believe they dropped the ball so many times,” Bundchen said in a video captured by theinsider.com, a gossip website.
3. The Faith of Matthew Slater–Slater didn’t play much in the Super Bowl other than on special teams but this is an article describing his faith:
“When I was 7 years old, my father sat me down in my room,” Matthew said. “He had his illustrated Bible for kids there, and he shared Christ with me. He told me about the relationship that he had with Christ, and some of the things Christ had done in his life. At that time, I accepted Christ.”
