Love them or hate them, new-look Patriots go back to the Super Bowl

DENVER – It’s time to dust off those old feelings about the New England Patriots, that long-standing mix of admiration and envy and disdain. They are back in the Super Bowl. For the first time in their post-dynasty history, the Patriots will play on football’s grandest stage with a Lombardi Trophy at stake. They beat the Denver Broncos, 10-7 Sunday in an AFC championship game marked by dueling defensive dominance, deteriorating weather and wintry kicking misadventures. Bill Belichick is coaching in college. Tom Brady is splitting his time between broadcasting and part-ownership of an NFL team. But their former franchise is playing on into February just like it used to do. The second-seeded...