Six Rings : The Super Bowl History of the New England Patriots.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

(IPG), Independent Publishers Group.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Super Bowl.

New England Patriots (Football team).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Triumph Books, 2020.

Summary:

Revised and updated for 2020! The New England Patriots' feat of six Super Bowls in 17 years represents the gold standard of dominance every sports franchise strives for. With Bill Belichick and Tom Brady at the helm, the Patriots' unlikely victory back in February 2002 became a fulcrum that tipped decades of failure into a run of dynastic success. In this revised and updated edition, bestselling author Jerry Thornton provides a behind-the-scenes look at each of the team's six championships, revealing the adversity they faced and reveling in the hard-fought victories they earned. This is the story of a franchise, a culture, and a people told from a true fan's perspective. It's about a franchise that has seemingly dealt only in extremes, hated by the nation in a way that has only fortified the strength of its supporters. Most of all, it's a story about remarkable people defying history to write their own. Six Rings is the must-read account of this unforgettable era in football.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1. "I Resign as HC of NYJ"

0 One ring

2. Time Is a Flat Circle

3. Legs Twitching, Quietly Barking

4. Snow Bowl

5. Quarterback- Shaped Balloon Animal

6. That Calm Inner Plumbing

00 Two rings

7. You Always Remember Your First

8. Finally, We Could Have Nice Things

9. Attitude Adjustment

10. Pond Scum Again

11. Schopenhauer on the Fifty

12. Superhorse

13. Legit

000 Three Rings

14. The Patriot Way

15. Last Season Meant Nothing

16. Chum in the Water

17. Flap Your Wings

0000 Four Rings

18. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

19. Martyball

20. A Van Gogh Underneath

21. Your Team Cheats (or Asterisks Like Ninja Stars)

22. Any Day the Giants Lose (Is a Good Day)

23. Anger, with Sh*tloads of Fighting Back

24. Losers and Sore Losers

25. The Super Bowl That Shall Not Be Named II

26. A Tale of Two Tight Ends

27. "We'll Take the Wind"

28. Chaos Theory

29. Maybe They Oughtta Study the Rule Book

30. Because Karma

31. Malcolm GO!

00000 Five Rings

32. Defend the Wall

33. Not Bitter

34. Like Some Teenage Goth Girl

35. 28-3

36. You Can't Always Get What You Want

000000 Six Rings

37. The Pliability War and High Strangeness

38. We're Still Here

Epilogue: The End (Maybe)

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-64125-562-5

OCLC:

1202480043