The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Nearly 20 years after winning his first Super Bowl title with the New England Patriots in February 2002, Tom Brady captured his seventh championship Sunday by leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 55.
Brady's sustained success over two decades is almost impossible to process, but sometimes, a picture and a headline can tell a thousand words. So, let's see how newspapers across the country reacted to the GOAT's latest triumph.
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We'll start with the Tampa Bay Times, which is now declaring its city "Titletown" in the wake of the Lightning's Stanley Cup victory last year and the Bucs' championship:
Fans in New England may take issue with Tampa co-opting that nickname after just two titles, but the local papers in Boston weren't above giving Brady his due.
Here are The Boston Globe and Boston Herald's front pages Monday:
No newspaper front page roundup would be complete without checking in on the New York tabloids, which didn't disappoint in their reactions to Brady succeeding at age 43.
Brady already admitted he's returning for a 22nd NFL season, so we'll have at least another year of appreciating the GOAT's greatness.