First, the disclaimer. That vast sports vault between my ears has lost a reel or two of highlights through the years.
It’s not that my mind is slipping in these middle years. It’s that there’s only so much room for storage. Hey, there has been a lot to remember, especially since, oh, January 2002 and the snowy beginnings not just of the Patriots’ dynasty, but of the golden age of Boston sports.
We’ve been so lucky to have so many games to anticipate and celebrate that even special moments can get lost, nudged to the back of the vault by the arrival of newer memories.