They won another title in 2008 with Parish. Another a few years ago with the two Js. Now Jaylen is gone to the Sixers. The Pats went to the Superbowl and got crushed by Da Bears. Then they sucked until they hired the Big Tuna.
But they really didn't become the Dynasty until TB12 came off the bench when Bledsoe got hurt and took them to the Superbowl. Defeating the Greatest Show on Turf. Mostly due to Belicheck's defense. Then we had twenty years of Brady/Belicheck. Until Bill didn't want to give Brady 15MM/year and he left and won a championship at Tampa. Proving that the whole team revolved around Brady. Not Bill. Which is why NO ONE wanted to hire him as a head coach. The Sox went to World Series and lost to the Mets. Then they sucked for 20 years. While the Evil Empire(Yankees) dominated. Even Roger eventually wore Pin Stripes(the horror).
Eventually the Sox got sold to John Henry and his investor group. They remodeled Fenway, brought in good management and paid for some great free agents. Finally we defeated the Evil Empire in 2004 and won the Series. But the REAL series was the ALCS. Beating the Yankees.
They won again a few years after. Mostly because they brought up great young players. The best being Mookie Betts. Who eventually got the big payday with the Dodgers. There were always loyal Bruins fans. They won the cup about ten years back and generally have been a disappointment in the playoffs since. That is generally the Boston/New England sports picture.
Except for the change of the Patriots status and slight demotion of the Red Sox, that’s how I remember it based on Massachusetts people I knew. Even Boston College had its place in the early ‘90s with Doug Flutie.
As a former Dodger fan, I agree with you on the Yankees being the Evil Empire.
I grew up in Wallingford, CT, which was divided 50-50 Yankees/Red Sox. I went to school in Cheshire, which was 60-40 Red Sox (what a difference 10 miles makes!).
When the Yankees and the Red Sox were in the one game playoff with Bucky Dent saving the day, all the guys and even some girls were in the student center, watching. General Hospital was pre-empted (yay!).
That was the peak of the rivalry.