HOUSTON _ Lightning is about to strike twice in the Super Bowl.
The Patriots, who were punished by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for “DeflateGate,” are going to be celebrated by Goodell Sunday night (6:30 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 19) after they deflate the ball in a victory over the high-tech Falcons for their fifth NFL title.
And the record-breaking Lombardi Trophy for head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady is going to come the same way the first one did 15 years ago in New Orleans when they outsmarted the Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf,” and slowed the game into a defensive brawl.