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8 Feb, 6 tweets, 6 min read
Tom Brady threw three touchdowns as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers thumped the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 to win the #SuperBowl, giving the evergreen 43-year-old quarterback a record-extending seventh championship ring reut.rs/36RgvrB
Tom Brady was winning more than the game on the field, he was also up for shouting down anybody that wanted to disrupt his plans for a seventh #SuperBowl title reut.rs/2MKTC1V
With his helmet bobbing with every word, The @Buccaneers’ veteran quarterback appeared to be in something of a socially distanced argument with @Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu near the end of the first half of an eventual Tampa Bay victory
Sailing through to #SuperBowl victory with a historic home field advantage, @Buccaneers hoisted the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the joy of fans who once considered such a fairytale ending for their team impossible reut.rs/3p3EQ3n
There’s death and taxes - and then there’s Tom Brady. The @Buccaneers quarterback was named the MVP of the #SuperBowl for a record-extending fifth time after leading his team to victory over the top-seeded @Chiefs reut.rs/36OHpjG
.@Chiefs quarterback @PatrickMahomes said a recent accident involving the team’s linebackers coach that left a child critically injured was on players’ minds during their #SuperBowl loss but had nothing to do with the result reut.rs/3oWAI5j

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