SportsPulse: Yes, it will be weird to see Tom Brady in another uniform. But without a doubt, he may have left one of the biggest impacts we've ever seen for one sports franchise. USA TODAY
Tom Brady's stunning announcement Tuesday that he was leaving the New England Patriots – yes, still shocking even when you could see it coming for months – whisked me back to 1999. That's when the greatest sports dynasty of my lifetime (sorry, Yankees fans), Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls, disintegrated into a contrail of grandeur and glory tinged with bitterness.