A good-luck charm?

To Patriots owner Bob Kraft, Fox Sports is sort of like a good-luck charm. Yes, his Patriots lost their first Super Bowl with Kraft as the majority owner on FOX, but the man understands that the Green Bay Packers were better on Jan. 26, 1997. Of course, Kraft hasn’t forgotten that former coach Bill Parcells made Troy Brown inactive for Super Bowl XXXI in favor of special teams player Hason Graham, who couldn’t tackle MVP Desmond Howard, who had a record 244 of punt-kick return yardage in that 35-21 loss.

“I can still see Troy crying on the sidelines about not playing that day,” Kraft said Tuesday when bumping into me and Terry Bradshaw.

But the Patriots run of three Super Bowls in six years started on FOX, when Bill Belichick’s team upset the mighty St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI on Adam Vinatieri’s 46-yard field goal as time expired. That win in New Orleans was almost five months after September 11.

The Patriots won again after the 2003 season, before winning again on FOX in Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville.

The Patriots this Sunday will be going for their fourth Super Bowl in seven years.

“That’s one thing you will always have over us, should we win,” Kraft said to Bradshaw. “Your Steelers won four titles over six years. It’s been a great run, but it’s always great to see you guys when we’re at a Super Bowl.”

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