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Eagles, Patriots Brace for Super Bowl

By Ron Rapoport

Published February 5, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Ron Rapoport offers his thoughts on Sunday's Super Bowl between the defending champion New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. Rapoport predicts injured Eagles' star Terrell Owens won't play much, if at all, and that the Patriots will prevail under coach Bill Belichick.

Ron Rapoport

Ron Rapoport is a sports columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times whose conversations about sports with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday are noted for their relevance, their light-hearted approach, and their often hilariously wrong predictions.

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