Even the Patriots' hometown paper didn't believe they'd pull off the comeback

No one in NFL Super Bowl history has ever made a comeback like the New England Patriots did Sunday night, so perhaps you can forgive the editors of The Boston Globe "early edition" for assuming the worst when the paper went to the presses with the Pats trailing 21-0.

"A Bitter End," the early headline said with a photo of a sad-looking Tom Brady kneeling on the field:

The newspaper directed readers to go to its website to follow the game, GoLocalProv reports. Of course, as it turns out, the later edition of the Globe went with a decidedly different vibe on its front page. Jeva Lange

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