Tom’s Two Towns: Tampa, NE abuzz as Brady prepares to return


              FILE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) meets a fan before an NFL preseason football game against the Tennessee Titans in Tampa, Fla., in this Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, file photo. Brady hasn't played an NFL football game in New England since Jan. 4, 2020. With Brady's new Tampa home just as rabid about the player who brought it a championship in Year 1, it's created a tug-of-war between the fan bases as he gets set to return to the place where his career began. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio, File)
            
              FILE - A fan arrives wearing shoes from both Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady's teams before the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Fla., in this Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, file photo. Brady hasn't played an NFL football game in New England since Jan. 4, 2020. But remnants from his 20-year run with the Patriots remain everywhere in Foxborough. With Brady's new Tampa home just as rabid about the player who brought it a championship in Year 1, it's created a tug-of-war between the fan bases as he gets set to return to the place where his career began. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Tom’s Two Towns: Tampa, NE abuzz as Brady prepares to return