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NFL apologizes for penalizing player who prayed in end zone
Amends. The NFL apologized on Tuesday for the officials penalizing a player who kneeled in prayer after a touchdown. During Monday Night’s Kansas City Chief blowout of the New England Patriots, Chiefs...
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Annual “the Patriots cheated” story investigated by NFL officials
Deflate-Gate It’s becoming nearly as much of an annual football tradition as the Pro Bowl. Whether they are accused of secretly filming the practice sessions of other teams, (Spygate) getting hold of...
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CNN anchor: “Does anybody really care” about Deflate-gate?
Perspective This morning we were treated to the spectacle of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick being marched out in front of the press to answer media charges over deflate-gate. It was a rather...
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It’s time to inflate or deflate the NFL Superbowl open thread
End of the road This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end-The Doors Jazz: At the beginning of each...
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NFL: Patriots deliberately deflated footballs — and Brady “generally aware”
"Better be surrounded by cash and newkicks....or its a rugby sunday." If we can’t get accountability from our would-be political leaders, can we expect much from cultural leaders? The NFL has tried to...
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Deflategate is probably the least of your worries
Money, power and fame We all saw the ruling from the NFL regarding Deflategate. The short version was, We’re not saying Tom Brady is a cheater, but we’re pretty sure Tom Brady was cheating. After it...
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Breaking: NFL hands down 4-game suspension for Tom Brady, Pats get fined $1M
Deflation. When the DeflateGate report emerged, it offered a somewhat-qualified condemnation for star Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, concluding that he was at least “generally aware of the tampering.”...
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NFL owners gathering to discuss deflating commissioner’s authority on discipline
Losing streak? Has Roger Goodell pushed NFL owners too far? After a stunning and embarrassing court loss in the Deflategate scandal involving Tom Brady, it looks like the league’s owners want to make a...
View ArticleNFL divisional round Saturday open thread
Ed: Last weekend I managed to go 3-1 thanks to the Cincinnati Bengals, who rescued me from a .500 start to the playoffs. I went 1-1 on the NFC North last weekend, though, as the Vikings missed a...
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NFL conference championships open thread
Jazz: I’m still stuck in the .500 rut. My post season went to 4-4 last week when the game I wanted to be right about (the Seahawks match) went south, and the game I wanted to be wrong about (the...
View ArticleVideo: Appeals court sacks Brady, reinstates four-game suspension
Our long national nightmare is finally, er, back again. Last year, a federal court ruled that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had not treated New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady fairly in a...
View ArticleBrady skips SCOTUS, drops appeal of 4-game suspension
Fans in Beantown will spend a month in mourning, but those in Phoenix, Miami, Houston, and Buffalo will be delighted. Embattled Patriots quarterback Tom Brady announced today that he would drop his...
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NFL Week 12 open thread
Ed: Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving? I certainly did — we hosted the family celebration this year, and I grilled up the turkey on my awesome new Solaire infrared grill, which I converted to...
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NFL divisional playoffs round 1 open thread
Jazz: Normally a push goes to the previous winner, but since both Ed and I nailed both of last Sunday’s games I’ll go ahead and kick off today’s playoff thread. Since we both took the Steelers and the...
View ArticleNFL conference championships open thread
Ed: It’s coming down to final bragging rights, both in the NFL and right here at Hot Air. We’ve reached the final three games of the post-season, and today we may find out who will win it all … at...
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Super Bowl open thread
Jazz: The conference championships represented my last grasp at victory in the post-season. I came into that Sunday at 5-3, two game behind Ed, and for a fleeting moment I thought I might be able to...
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Who cares what Lady Gaga does during Super Bowl Halftime Show?
There seems to be this weird expectation Lady Gaga is going to protest during tonight’s Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show. Gaga was heavily involved in Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and was pretty outspoken...
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Those Super Bowl ratings weren’t exactly… super
Everyone else had a chance to weigh in on the Super Bowl and I’m certainly not going to be denied my shot at it. But before the usual round of kvetching begins, it’s worth taking a moment to see just...
View ArticlePats owner on White House invite refusals: So what? Big deal
File this in the Department of Everything Must Be Politicized. The owner of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots made an appearance on NBC’s Today set, obviously delighted to celebrate his...
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Has President Trump “roiled the sports world” this year?
The upcoming visit to the White House by the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots (pardon me while I gag just saying that) has taken on a far more twisted connotation in the media than the normal...
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