Things will never be the same

A quick aside. Also, you get $1,000, and you get $1,000, and you get $1,000! Plus your kids just might be off school for the rest of the year. And 7 other things worth your time.

The incredible news keeps coming. Yesterday brought a shocking turn — something people were half-expecting, sure, but that they largely didn’t admit would never actually come to pass.

I’m talking of course, about the news that future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady will not be returning to the New England Patriots, after 20 years with the NFL team.

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