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Woman's Obit: 'Brady Is Innocent'

Fan gets final word in on Deflategate

(Newser) - A Massachusetts woman has used her own obituary to convey a final message on Tom Brady and the "Deflategate" scandal. Boston.com reports that Patricia M. Shong, of Auburn, Mass., died on Monday surrounded by family. Her obituary says the 72-year-old enjoyed scrapbooking, weekly card night, and spending time...

Patriots Owner: We Won't Appeal Deflategate Punishment

Robert Kraft says he 'reluctantly' realizes it's in everyone's best interests

(Newser) - Tom Brady filed an appeal just days after the league suspended him for four games over Deflategate —but the Patriots have given up and won't be fighting the league's punishment, CBS News reports. In a five-minute press conference today out of San Francisco, where the league is...

Patriots: 'Deflator' Referred to Weight Loss

Tom Brady appeals his suspension

(Newser) - Tom Brady appealed his four-game suspension over under-inflated footballs with about an hour to spare before today's 5pm deadline, reports AP . The NFL Players Association filed the paperwork on his behalf. The Patriots, meanwhile, issued a detailed rebuttal to the league report on the scandal, saying its conclusions are...

The NFL Has No Business Suspending Tom Brady

'Time' writer: League penalty, without evidence, is 'ridiculous'

(Newser) - Those who don't like Tom Brady or his Patriots are gloating about his four-game suspension over under-inflated footballs, but Sean Gregory at Time thinks they ought to stop celebrating the penalty. "Because it's ridiculous," he writes. The league doesn't have the evidence to back it...

NFL Doles Out Punishment in 'Deflate-Gate'

Tom Brady suspended for 4 games, Patriots fined $1M

(Newser) - The NFL suspended Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady for four games without pay today for his role in a scheme to deflate footballs used in the AFC title game. The league also fined the Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks, including next years' first-round choice. The NFL...

Brady: I'm 'Still Digesting' NFL Report

Ball scandal hasn't wrecked Super Bowl thrill, he says

(Newser) - A boa constrictor can take up to a week to digest a meal, and it looks like Tom Brady might take just as long with the NFL report that says he probably knew the Patriots were using underinflated footballs . "I don't have really any reaction," he said...

Tom Brady's New Legacy: He's a Liar

Sportswriters think the deflategate report is bad news for the Patriots QB

(Newser) - The NFL may not have found absolute proof that Tom Brady cheated by using under-inflated footballs, but yesterday's report suggesting that he did is already doing bad things to his reputation. A sampling:
  • Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe : It was a "bad day for the Patriots," and an
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NFL's Finding: Patriots, Brady Probably Cheated

'Deflategate' investigation wraps up, though without definitive proof

(Newser) - The NFL has produced a 243-page report on whether the Patriots cheated with under-inflated footballs , and it concludes with a definite maybe. As in, "it is more probable than not" that team personnel tinkered with footballs before the AFC title game and that Tom Brady was probably "at...

Defense in NFL Murder Trial May Have 'Backfired'

Defense Rests in Aaron Hernandez Trial After Just One Day

(Newser) - The defense rested today in the murder trial of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez after calling just three witnesses—one of whom may have hurt the man's case, Yahoo Sports reports. Hernandez, once a New England Patriots tight end, is accused of killing semipro ballplayer Odin Lloyd in June...

Brady Throws End Zone Interception

 Patriots Win 
 Nail-Biter, 
 28-24 
Super Bowl XLIX
Feb 1, 2015 9:26 PM CST

Patriots Win Nail-Biter, 28-24

Seahawks give up 10-point lead in second half

(Newser) - New England cornerback Malcolm Butler tonight stole Seattle's dream of a second straight championship, ESPN reports. With the Patriots leading 28-24 in the waning seconds of Super Bowl XLIX, the Seattle Seahawks drove down the field and even saw receiver Jermaine Kearse complete a miracle catch ( Bleacher Report...

Katy Perry Lets Out &#39;Roar&#39; at Halftime
 Katy Perry 
 Lets Out 'Roar' 
 at Halftime 
super bowl xlix
Feb 1, 2015 7:45 PM CST

Katy Perry Lets Out 'Roar' at Halftime

But did she diss Taylor Swift?

(Newser) - Did Katy Perry diss Taylor Swift , or just let out a huge roar? The pop princess emerged for her Super Bowl halftime show in a flaming dress riding an enormous mechanical beast and singing her hit song "Roar," reports the New York Times' Super Bowl Blog . As she...

DeflateGate Inquiry Goes Ivy League

NFL lawyers seek science help from Columbia physicists

(Newser) - The investigation into DeflateGate has gone Ivy League. Lawyers working for the NFL are seeking help from Columbia University physicists, hoping to learn whether the weather could have played a role in the deflation of footballs during the AFC championship game, the New York Times reports. A lawyer in the...

Secret to Brady Success? 'Ever-Present Guru'

NYT profiles QB and his all-around adviser/trainer

(Newser) - Political writer Mark Leibovich switches gears for a lengthy profile of Tom Brady in the New York Times Sunday Magazine , and, no, it doesn't offer any revelations about the Patriots' deflated footballs . But Leibovich got rare access to the QB—"it would be hard to name an athlete...

Patriots Staffer Took Footballs Into Restroom: Reports

But he was only in there for 90 seconds

(Newser) - Reports are offering a potentially significant new development in DeflateGate : A Patriots locker room attendant was spotted in surveillance video taking 24 balls into a stadium bathroom. Half those balls were for the Patriots, the other half for the Colts, Pro Football Talk reports, citing an NFL source. That video,...

Bill Belichick: We Followed Rules 'to the Letter'

Patriots' coach makes unscheduled appearance amid DeflateGate

(Newser) - Saying his team "followed the rules to the letter," New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick explained how his team prepares its footballs on game day and defended his players from chatter that they made it to the Super Bowl by cheating via deflated game balls . In an unscheduled...

Tom Brady: 'I Didn't Alter the Ball'

QB denies any wrongdoing in Deflategate

(Newser) - When coach Bill Belichick today adamantly denied any knowledge of the Patriots' under-inflated footballs , suspicious eyes turned to QB Tom Brady. But in an afternoon news conference, Brady issued an adamant denial of his own, reports the Boston Globe . “I didn’t alter the ball in any way,”...

Patriots' Belichick: I'm 'Shocked' by DeflateGate

'I have no explanation for what happened,' Pats coach says about deflated footballs

(Newser) - The hands-on head coach who scrutinizes obscure rules in the NFL handbook to come up with controversial plays said today at a news conference that he never fully knew the process behind inflating footballs and that he is "shocked" and has "no explanation" for how 11 out of...

11 of 12 Patriots' Game Balls Were Deflated: Report

League says it's still investigating DeflateGate

(Newser) - Allegations that the New England Patriots used deflated footballs in Sunday's game appear to be true: Unnamed NFL sources have confirmed as much to ESPN , though league officials tell the AP that "we're still awaiting findings." The ESPN report holds that 11 of 12 game balls...

Cops: Fan Drinks 9 Beers, Crashes, Is Rescued by Patriots Player

Vince Wilfork saw accident, stopped to help

(Newser) - A Good Samaritan in Massachusetts stopped to help a woman in an overturned vehicle, which is making more headlines than usual because of one weird twist: The Good Samaritan is New England Patriots star Vince Wilfork, and the driver is a woman who was watching him play at Gillette Stadium...

DeflateGate: Patriots Face New Cheating Investigation

NFL investigating whether Super Bowl-bound team deflated ball yesterday

(Newser) - The New England Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl, but under the cloud of a new cheating scandal: The NFL is looking into allegations that the Patriots might have deflated the football in last night's victory over the Indianapolis Colts. An NFL insider told WTHR of the investigation,...

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