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    Tom Brady Uses Katy Perry

    Cheat master Tom Brady uses Katy Perry dumb luck to steal Super Bowl: Rob Gronkowski only pure winner of Classless Bowl

    Chris Baldwin
    Feb 2, 2015 | 5:58 am

    It looks like another giant meteor of karmic justice is crashing down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Seahawks wideout Jermaine Kearse makes a juggling catch on his back and the Super Bowl cameras catch the usual haughty, smug, rules skirting Brady flashing the kind of look most people would give if they saw their mom getting punched.

     

    Brady can utterly not believe it — and all is right in the sports world. Justice is once again served in the Arizona desert — the kind that you just know that the forever backtracking Roger Goodell will never ever deliver himself.

     

    But in a moment, it's gone. Pete Carroll green lights the worst play call in NFL history and the Seahawks throw away a Super Bowl.

     

    It all happens so fast, emotions and legacies ping ponging all over the Arizona Cardinals' spaceship-looking stadium, in the final minutes. And it somehow ends with Bill Belichick doused in Gatorade (it's like seeing Darth Vader get a birthday party) and Brady grinning from ear to ear. Patriots 28, Seahawks 24.

     

    The New England Patriots got away with one. Again.

     
     

      Smugness kills Seattle in the end. Carroll is so sure the Seahawks can get away with calling anything that he allows the unthinkable to be called. 

     
     

    The team that excels at cheating (secretly filming teams' walk-throughs, "allegedly" deflating footballs) has finally stolen a Super Bowl the old fashioned way. By relying on a nearly equally smug team to self destruct.

     

    Tom Brady skates by on as much dumb luck in this one as Katy Perry does in her overblown halftime show. Perry is saved from her dancing sharks by Missy Elliott's drop in brilliance. Brady is saved from his shaking nerves by Carroll's brain freeze.

     

    Make no mistake, Brady does his best to throw away this Super Bowl before the game ever gets to the fourth quarter. Buckling under the moment, Brady tosses two of the worst interceptions you'll ever see. He whips the ball right to Seahawks he somehow does not see.

     

    It's not as colossal of a choke as what Peyton Manning pulled off in last year's Super Bowl, but it's not completely out of that ballpark either.

     

    "That wasn't the way we drew it up," Brady says in his postgame on-field NBC interview. "A couple of interceptions didn't help."

     

    Carroll's Seahawks are too impressed with themselves to take advantage of Brady's blunders though. Somehow Russell Wilson, Richard Sherman and company don't seem to get the message that they're in a real fight until halfway through the second quarter.

     

    That arrogance is apparent in the nonsensical way Carroll tries to defend the pass call on second-and-goal from the Patriots' one-yard line that ends up in that unfathomable game-stealing Malcolm Butler interception.

     

    "I just had a vision . . . " Butler says. "It all comes from preparation. I knew they were going to be in that play."

     
     

      "I hate we have to live with that. Because we did everything to win the football game." 

     

     

    Carroll just cannot admit it's the wrong play call, an absurdly wrong call. Maybe not even to himself. So he keeps trying to rationalize it. He keeps noting that the Patriots went into a goal-line defense as if Belichick's team is the 1985 Bears or something and can only be beaten with trickery. He keeps insisting that the Seahawks were going to run it on third and fourth down anyway so the second down call didn't matter.

     

    Ah, Pete. It matters because it turned into an interception that made those planned third and fourth down runs never happen.

     

    "All right, I'll go through it again for you guys," an exasperated — but still a little arrogant — Carroll tells reporters in his televised news conference.

     

    There's no going through this one again and making it anything close to all right. The Patriots are rewarded for another season of treating NFL rules as a mere suggestion. The Seahawks are self robbed of that ultra rare Super Bowl repeat.

     

    "I hate we have to live with that," Carroll admits at one point. "Because we did everything to win the football game."

     

    Except play with any sense of humility. And that smugness kills Seattle in the end. Pete Carroll is so sure the Seahawks can get away with calling anything that he allows the unthinkable to be called.

     

     Super Bowl Sore Losers Fight

     

    And what happens when it doesn't work and blows up into utter disaster? Seattle's defense starts a fight, nearly ending the Super Bowl on a brawl. It's a pathetic way for champions to go out.

     

    As Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin swings away, this big game comes into sharp focus. One of the most classic Super Bowl ever — a frantic back-and-forth affair that sees the Pats win the fourth quarter 14-0 after the Seahawks win the third 10-0 — is also clearly The Classless Bowl.

     

    It would be hard to feel good about seeing either one of these teams hoisting the trophy.

     
     

      The team that excels at cheating has finally stolen a Super Bowl the old fashioned way. By relying on a nearly equally arrogant team to self destruct. 

     
     

    It's hard to argue that sports fans didn't get the worst of both worlds though with Patriots owner Robert Kraft definitely declaring, "Our people didn't touch the balls" on the mammoth on-field stage. As if another title erases all (though it likely officially will thanks to another crackerjack NFL investigation).

     

    Richard Sherman of all people is one Seahawk who shows grace in defeat, going out of his way to come over and congratulate Brady. Which just shows once again how ridiculous and offensive that Richard Sherman "thug" storyline was from last year's Super Bowl week.

     

    But in the end, only the Patriots party boy tight end Rob Gronkowski infuses this Super Bowl with any sense of kids' charm.

     

    "What's up!" Gronkowski drawls at Dan Patrick when the NBC host attempts to corral him.

     

    "It feels unbelievable," Gronkowski continues, clearly steering the ship of this interview. "No doubts at all."

     

    Actually, there are plenty of doubts with this more easily fooled Tom Brady. On day when he throws for 328 yards and four touchdowns, Brady is not close to Trent Dilfer getting dragged alone for the ride. But this is no Joe Montana worthy performance either.

     

    This isn't a display of great cool. It's a flash of dumb luck — enabled by the arrogance of another. Katy Perry can surely relate. The all-time greats of the game cannot.

     

    Sometimes justice flees the scene and is nowhere to be found in the biggest games of all. And all that's left behind is one big jumbled mess.

    Tom Brady looked on as Rob Gronkowski went full Patriots party animal after the Super Bowl win.

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    Tom Brady looked on as Rob Gronkowski went full Patriots party animal after the Super Bowl win.
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    Premier Japanese women's wrestling league performs in Houston this weekend

    Jef Rouner
    Jul 9, 2025 | 12:30 pm
    Two Japanese women wrestlers compete in a ring. One is stomping in the other with both feet.
    Photo courtesy of Tokyo Joshi
    Hard-hitting women's wrestling for two nights in Houston

    For the first time ever, one of Japan's premier women's wrestling promotions, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, will be touring Texas, with a two-night stay in Houston this week.

    "Bringing TJPW to Texas reflects Tokyo Story’s broader strategy," a Tokyo Story representative writes in an email. "As a Japan-inspired toy and event company, we see major Southwest cities — especially in Texas — as prime for the growth of Asian pop culture. Houston, Dallas, and others are becoming more diverse, culturally curious, and open to new entertainment formats. This isn’t a one-off stop — it’s part of a long-term push to bring Japan’s creativity to cities with eager audiences. And we are making TJPW Live an annual event!"

    The events happen on Thursday, July 10 and Friday, July 11 at POST Houston (401 Franklin). Tickets are available at TokyoStoryUSA.com.

    TJPW split off from DDT Wrestling in 2012 as a sister promotion (or "league") that ran alongside its male counterpart before becoming its own entity in 2015. In that time, they've launched the career of international superstars like Yuka Sakazaki and Mina Shirakawa (both currently signed to All Elite Wrestling in America), as well as hosting non-Japanese guest grapplers like Thunder Rosa.

    The fighting is excellent and often brutal, but TJPW is also known for its playfulness. Matches embrace anime-like absurdity, such as having a wrestler work in a giant panda mascot costume. The promoters are hoping to one day partner with Texas truck stop icon Buc-ee's for a more mascot shenanigans. Many of the women also perform in J-pop girl groups on of their wrestling duties.

    On Night 1, strike specialist Miyu Yamashita will take on Maki Itoh, known for her flamboyant style and high risk maneuvers. Night 2 will feature much of the local guest talent, such as Houston's own Kaylia Capri (Reality of Wrestling) vs Yuki Arai in a singles bout, and Austin's Vert Vixen teaming with reigning TJPW tag champ Hyper Misao. Other Texans slated to appear ar Maya World, Alejandra Quintanilla, and Billie Starkz.

    The last decade has seen a marked rise in the quality and prestige of women's wrestling in America, with WWE hosting all-women Royal Rumbles and stars like Rhea Ripley and "Timeless" Toni Storm becoming household names. Most major promotions now feature robust line-ups of Japanese women wrestlers, with some like Asuka and Iyo Sky becoming world champions.

    For Japan, women's wrestling has a more consistent history of legitimacy going back decades, and the talent pool there is vast. TJPW branching out into Texas tours gives them a chance to showcase their wrestlers in the land that spawned legends like The Undertaker, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and the Von Erich Family.

    "The response has been overwhelmingly positive," said the TJPW spokesperson. "Many who had never experienced joshi (women’s) wrestling before are discovering how entertaining, emotional, and uniquely captivating it is. Since announcing the Texas shows, we’ve received a flood of enthusiastic messages — not just from wrestling fans, but from people drawn to the theatricality, comedy, and creativity of TJPW. We've also heard from fans in other states asking us to bring the tour to their cities."

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