NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Patriot fans brave snow storm to hail their heroes
The team was due to parade through the city in a fleet of amphibious vehicles
Boston — Tens of thousands of New England Patriots fans, bundled up in coats and red-white-and-blue knit caps bearing the team’s logo, defied a driving snowstorm in Boston on Tuesday to celebrate their team’s latest Super Bowl victory. The team, celebrating its fifth National Football League championship since 2002, was due to parade through the city in a fleet of amphibious vehicles. Security was high throughout the city, with sand-filled dump trucks blocking key intersections off the route to prohibit a vehicle-mounted attack. Boston has ratcheted up security at public events since the deadly 2013 bombing attack on the Boston Marathon. Many Patriots fans said they were particularly happy for star quarterback Tom Brady, 39, who collected his fifth career Super Bowl ring after having to sit out the first four games of the season in a league-imposed punishment for using under-inflated footballs during the 2015 playoffs, a scandal nicknamed "Deflategate". The Patriots trailed the Atla...
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