The incredulous Tom Brady

[Joel S. Berson]

"The incredulous kid quarterback, who hoisted his first Lombardi
Trophy 10 years ago, is going to turn 35 in August."

Christopher L. Gasper, on the front page of the Boston Globe Sports
section today.

Although the OED allows (allowed?) "2.a. Not to be believed; =
incredible adj.", it calls it "Obs."  I think any writer today should
prefer "incredible".

Perhaps Gasper meant to contrast Brady with another controversial
Boston professional athlete, Tim Thomas, who, as a libertarian who
strongly supports the Catholic Church's position against the
requirement for Catholic agencies to provide contraceptive coverage
in their health insurance policies for employees, is very likely not
in-credulous.

Joel

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