Sports of The Times
By JULIET MACUR
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The cheers did not echo through the desert here when the New England Patriots beat the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in one of the most exciting Super Bowls ever. Far from it.
As silver streamers and red, white and blue confetti rained from the roof of University of Phoenix Stadium, the crowd fell relatively quiet. It was as if the fans still couldn’t believe what they had just seen.
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Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski shrugged off the fight. The league will most likely do the same.
“It’s football, things happen,” Gronkowski said. “It’s all good.”
Not really, Gronk. Sometimes it’s good. Sometimes it’s bad.
Fans on Sunday got both — again. Cheer for it or cringe over it, it’s just business as usual in the N.F.L.
