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Report: Most of the Patriots’ footballs were ‘just a few ticks’ underinflated

The footballs the New England Patriots used in the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts may not have been as under-inflated as we were initially led to believe. According to a new report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, most of …

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Rex Ryan: Seahawks need to ‘take the air out of the football’

Rex Ryan has made a number of media appearances during the two weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, and the new Buffalo Bills head coach continues to prove he has not lost his sense of humor. During an appearance on the CBS Eye on Football podcast …

Fire alarm goes off again at the Patriots’ hotel

On Tuesday, a fire alarm went off at the New England Patriots’ hotel in Arizona at about 1:30 a.m. We joked at the time that the false alarm could have been the 12th man getting an early jump on harassing the Pats, but suddenly that idea …

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Kurt Warner still wonders about Patriots cheating in Super Bowl

The New England Patriots’ involvement in the “deflategate” controversy has former Rams quarterback Kurt Warner wondering whether the Pats were up to no good when the teams met in the Super Bowl in 2002. The Patriots pulled off an …

Fire alarm went off at Patriots’ hotel in the middle of the night

The New England Patriots arrived in Arizona on Monday evening, spoke to the media a few hours later and then headed off to their respective hotel rooms. The players and coaches may not have slept that well, but that has nothing to do with …

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Patriots staffer reportedly brought footballs into bathroom for 90 seconds

On Monday, Jay Glazer of FOX Sports reported that the NFL has reviewed a video of a New England Patriots locker room attendant taking balls from the officials’ locker room into another room before bringing them out onto the field. At first, it …

Report: NFL approved under-inflated balls from Patriots

Many have questioned the role of the officials in Deflategate, and rightfully so. A huge part of the NFL’s investigation will be determining if the New England Patriots’ game balls were tested, approved and then had air taken out of them. …

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Report: NFL has video of Patriots staffer taking balls from officials’ locker room

Deflategate won’t be dying down anytime soon. Jay Glazer of FOX Sports is reporting that the NFL claims to have a video of a Patriots locker room attendant taking balls from the officials’ locker room into another area of the team’s …

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Report: 10 of the Patriots’ balls were only one pound under-inflated

Over the past week, we have seen every major television network from ESPN to CNN trying to determine if people can tell the difference between a football that is inflated to 12.5 pounds per square inch (PSI) and one that has only 10.5 PSI of air …

Report: NFL tried to catch Patriots in the act with Deflategate

Believe it or not, the outrage surrounding Deflategate will eventually fizzle out. And when it does, no one will be surprised if the NFL comes out looking very bad. According to ESPN’s Ed Werder, the NFL was warned before the AFC Championship …

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What if the Patriots inflated their footballs in a sauna?

While one report indicated that the NFL has concluded that the footballs the New England Patriots used in the AFC Championship Game were deflated by humans rather than weather conditions, the league stopped short of saying that in its official …

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Ex-Panthers GM Marty Hurney questions whether Patriots cheated in Super Bowl

There is an adage that “what you don’t know can’t hurt you,” but for former Carolina Panthers GM Marty Hurney, what he does not know is only driving him crazy. Hurney was GM of the Panthers when they reached the Super Bowl …

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Patriots would have had 10 minutes to deflate footballs before kickoff?

As we learn more about Deflategate, it has become clear that the New England Patriots would have to have an extremely polished system in place to intentionally deflate footballs after an NFL official has approved them for play. Ben Volin of the …

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NFL tells us what we already know with Deflategate statement

The NFL on Friday released its first official statement regarding Deflategate, and it provided few additional details other than what we have already learned. The investigation remains ongoing, though the league has determined that the New England …

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Patriots used Colts’ footballs in first half

The New England Patriots apparently used properly inflated footballs for more than just the second half of the AFC Championship Game. Indianapolis Colts linebacker D’Qwell Jackson, who is said to have made the interception that sparked …

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Did the NFL run a sting operation on the Patriots?

The NFL cannot afford to screw up Deflategate, which is why the investigation has been ongoing for days and the league has yet to reveal any of its findings. But one thing has become clear — either Bill Belichick is lying and many of the …

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