Nov. 9—It was a ritual. Newburyport residents Cindy and Jim Brown would watch New England Patriots games on Sundays.
Of course, the Patriots would usually win and the Browns would be happy before Cindy would go about her day while her husband Jim would hang around for a little more football.
She basically realized he was having some extra fun and she wanted a little, too.
Jim was playing the "I Beat Burt" Contest, which he picked up a few years earlier working at an assisted living facility in Amesbury.