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Like their team, Patriots fans survive

New England’s win had all the fear and trembling that has long marked the Boston sports scene

By Billy Baker

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 23, 2012

The AFC title game had the fatalism of being a Boston sports fan butting up against the confidence built from a decade of unprecedented success and against-the-wall miracles.

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