By HOWARD ULMAN The Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Bill Belichick sat on the sideline, watching the Celtics wrap up their championship – three years after his Patriots won their most recent title. The contrast couldn't have been more stark. While the Celtics were celebrated for moving from the bottom of the NBA to the top in one season, Belichick and his Patriots were reviled everywhere but in New England for a near-perfect season. One problem: The first team to go 16-0 in a regular season was upset in the Super Bowl by the New York Giants, ruining what was expected to be a historic finish. The other: The effects from Spygate, which started on the opening day of the 2007 season, when a Patriots employee was caught taping New York Jets defensive signals from the sideline, continued well into the offseason. It didn't end...
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