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| Despite dour image, Patriots coach Belichick rocks - and even jokes |
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02/02/2008 |
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| of his schemes and that he's simply smarter than his 31 adversaries. Many of them resent him for that as much as they resent him for the episode in the first game of the season when a Patriots employee was caught taping the defensive signals of the New York Jets, coached by former Belichick assistant and protege Eric Mangini. Belichick was fined $500,000 by the league. ``He's one of the smartest people I've ever known, maybe the smartest. That's why I hired him,'' said Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Despite |
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| Goodell defends destroying evidence in Spygate scandal |
NFL Football |
02/02/2008 |
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| ``They may have collected it within the rules, but we couldn't determine that. So we felt that it should be destroyed,'' he said. NFL security confiscated a video camera and tape from a Patriots employee during New England's 38-14 victory over the New York Jets in the season opener. The employee was accused of aiming his camera at the Jets' defensive coaches as they signaled to players on the field. Goodell fined coach Bill Belichick $500,000 and docked the team $250,000 and a first-round draft pick. It |
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| Goodell gives state of the league address |
NFL Football |
02/01/2008 |
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| ar-season contest. But the dominating topic of the day was the infamous 'Spygate' incident, in which the New England Patriots -- who are set to face the New York Giants in the Super Bowl on Sunday -- were caught using videotape equipment to film the New York Jets' defensive signals in Week One. For the incident, Goodell fined Patriots head coach Bill Belichick $500,000, the club $250,000, and stripped New England of its first-round draft choice in 2008. He also destroyed the evidence. On Friday, Goodell was |
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| UNDATED: Add Super Bowl History |
NFL Football |
02/01/2008 |
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| rnovers, Minnesota got right back in the game on Dave Osborn's short TD plunge in the third quarter. But the Chiefs answered as Dawson hit Otis Taylor for 46 yards for the final score of the game. ---Super Bowl IIIJan. 12, 1969 At Miami-75,377 New York Jets 0 7 6 3-16 Baltimore 0 0 0 7- 7 Despite the fact that the Colts were coming into the game as 17-point favorites, Jets quarterback Joe Namath ``guaranteed'' victory on the Thursday before the game. He then went out and led the AFL to its first Su |
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| Senator wants explanation on NFL spying case |
NFL Football |
02/01/2008 |
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| s NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to explain why the league destroyed evidence related to spying by the New England Patriots. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was fined the maximum of $500,000 by the league for the use of equipment to videotape the New York Jets' defensive signals in Week 1. In addition, Goodell fined the club $250,000, and stripped the Patriots of their first-round draft choice in 2008. Specter, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said that Goodell would eventually be called before the committ |
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| Specter wants NFL to explain why it destroyed New England Spygate videotapes |
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02/01/2008 |
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| it got out five days later,'' he said. ``That was one of my concerns.'' The New York Times first reported on Specter's letter. NFL security confiscated a video camera and tape from a Patriots employee during New England's 38-14 victory over the New York Jets. The employee was accused of aiming his camera at the Jets' defensive coaches as they signaled to players on the field. Goodell fined Belichick $500,000, the maximum amount, and docked the team $250,000 and a first-round draft pick. It was the big |
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| Specter wants NFL to explain why it let New England cheating tapes be destroyed |
NFL Football |
02/01/2008 |
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| a news conference. ``I don't know anything about it.'' The Patriots play Sunday in the Super Bowl against the New York Giants. NFL security confiscated a video camera and tape from a Patriots employee during New England's 38-14 victory over the New York Jets. The employee was accused of aiming his camera at the Jets' defensive coaches as they signaled to players on the field. Goodell fined Belichick $500,000, the maximum amount, and docked the team $250,000 and a first-round draft pick. It was the big |
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| Report: Senator wants explanation on NFL spying case |
NFL Football |
02/01/2008 |
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| hy the league destroyed evidence related to spying by the New England Patriots, according to a report in the New York Times. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was fined the maximum of $500,000 by the league for the use of equipment to videotape the New York Jets' defensive signals in Week 1. In addition, Goodell fined the club $250,000, and stripped the Patriots of their first-round draft choice in 2008. According to the New York Times, Specter, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said that Goodell would eventu |
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| UW picks former NFL assistant Ed Donatell as defensive coordinator |
Division I College Football |
01/31/2008 |
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| l, 50, has spent 12 of the last 13 seasons as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator in the NFL, most recently as defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons from 2004-06 under coach Jim Mora. Last season, he was a special assistant with the New York Jets. Donatell's second coaching job was as a graduate assistant from 1981-82 under former Huskies coach Don James. He has also coached on NFL staffs with Pete Carroll, Bruce Coslet, Mike Shanahan and Mike Sherman. ``I couldn't be more excited in thi |
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| Should the Patriots's coronation come with an asterisk for having cheated? |
NFL Football |
01/31/2008 |
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| Patriots certainly have the right to celebrate something special if they do what no team since the 1972 Miami Dolphins has done. But don't forget what Goodell said earlier this season when the team was caught videotaping the defensive signals of the New York Jets: ``This episode represents a calculated and deliberate attempt to avoid long-standing rules designed to encourage fair play and promote honest competition on the playing field.'' That kind of conduct upsets more people than you might think. Peop |
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