In a sports calendar year that saw the Cleveland Cavaliers win an NBA title and the Chicago Cubs win a World Series, it sure seemed plausible that Atlanta’s 21-year championship drought could also come to an end.
And through three and a half quarters of Sunday’s thrilling Super Bowl, it sure seemed that way.
Atlanta, however, would close Sunday evening suffering the same kind of sports fate it has somehow grown accustomed to. This time, the New England Patriots broke the hearts of every Atlanta Falcons football fan with a 25-point rally to ultimately win Super Bowl LI 34-28.