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Hype will center on 'bootlegs,' slick balls and Boston-New York hate

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Super Bowl hype began in New York one afternoon after the AFC title game. During a day off, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was spotted in New York visiting his supermodel girlfriend wearing a boot over an injured left foot. For the next 24 hours, cameras kept following him and his footwear. The boot was off the next night, but the hype took a major foothold for Super Bowl XLII. Only a super quarterback could be traced visiting a super ...

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