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Time for another Boston breakdown

By Bill Simmons
Page 2 columnist

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Back in mid-January, you might remember me writing a "Dr. Jack" breakdown of the undefeated Patriots and the '86 Celtics, trying to figure out which team was greater and leading to hundreds of "You better not have jinxed the season!" e-mails. When the Pats blew Super Bowl XLII three weeks later, more than a few Boston fans blamed me, like my column had the opposite effect of "The Secret" or something. Can you really blame a writer for altering the outcome of a football game with a column? Of c ...

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