A lighthearted look at the race: The whole article is fun
" The New England Division: Made up of two teams -- the Vermont Deaniacs led by Howard Dean, and the Boston Brahmins, starring Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts -- this division has produced the biggest surprise.
When the season began, the experts made the Brahmins the favorites, not just for the division but for the whole conference, and dismissed the Deaniacs as a bunch of bush leaguers who couldn't make the playoffs. But the Brahmins have fumbled and stumbled while the hard-charging, trash-talking, fast-breaking, in-your-face Deaniacs have the best record and head into the playoffs as the favorites."
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