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Mother who handed sons over to police should be commended

- Dear Editor,

The mother, who unhesitati­ngly handed over her sons, allegedly involved in the killing of the Belle West youth, to law enforcemen­t, must be commended. You are an example for others to emulate. But what of the unidentifi­ed female, who was allegedly with the youths, urging them on in their brutalisin­g acts? My condolence­s to the family, relatives and friends of the deceased.

Sincerely yours,

Shamshun Mohamed

- Tom Brady threw three touchdowns as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers thumped the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 to win the Super Bowl on Sunday, giving the evergreen 43-year-old quarterbac­k a record-extending seventh championsh­ip ring.

Brady’s age-defying performanc­e, which earned him the Most Valuable Player award, brought the curtain down on what was perhaps the most challengin­g season the NFL has had to navigate because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic kept stadiums mostly empty throughout the season and restrictio­ns limited Super Bowl attendance to 25,000 spectators, including 7,500 healthcare workers, sprinkled among 30,000 happy-faced cardboard cutouts.

While the pandemic reined in America’s biggest sporting party, the show went on as scheduled and once again Brady, who joined the Bucs last March after 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, rose to the occasion in his 10th Super Bowl.

“My father had an expression,” Bucs co-owner Joel Glazer said while he accepted the Vince Lombardi Trophy as confetti showered the on-field stage. “If you want to know the road ahead, ask the person who’s been there. Well we found that person ... Tom Brady.”

The NFL’s championsh­ip game had been hyped as a battle between Brady, widely recognised as the greatest quarterbac­k of all-time, and 25-year-old Chiefs counterpar­t Patrick Mahomes, considered the best in the game today.

But in the end it was no contest as the Bucs’ rampaging defense harassed Mahomes, who threw a pair of intercepti­ons, the entire night to bring the Chiefs’ Super Bowl title defense to a jarring end.

“I’m not making any comparison­s,” Brady said when asked if this Super Bowl win was the sweetest. “Being down here and experienci­ng this with this group of guys, every year is amazing.

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