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| Kraft feels vindicated by Boston Herald apology |
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| de had spied on opponents. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell found no more wrongdoing by New England, which had been punished for taping New York Jets coaches in the 2007 season opener. Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh produced no tape of a St. Louis Rams walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl while meeting with Goodell on Tuesday. And the newspaper that first reported on Feb. 2 the existence of such a tape said it had made a mistake and apologized in headlines on the front and back pages and in a |
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| Kraft pleased with Boston Herald's apology |
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05/14/2008 |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft complimented the Boston Herald on Wednesday for apologizing for a story that said his team videotaped a St. Louis Rams walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl. He's ``very disappointed,'' though, that the newspaper ``wrote a story that was completely false and unsubstantiated,'' Kraft said in an interview with The Associated Press. He also said he doesn't know why former New England video assistant Matt Walsh didn't refute the story soon a |
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| Specter calls for Mitchell-like investigation of NFL |
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05/14/2008 |
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| hat he knew about the team's videotaping practices. Walsh sent the NFL eight tapes showing that the team recorded play-calling signals by coaches of five opponents over six games between 2000 and 2002. However, the tapes did not include video of the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough practice prior to Super Bowl XXXVI, which Walsh had been rumored to possess. The taping of such signals is in violation of league rules. After the meeting, the NFL played the tapes Walsh provided. The clips cut from shots of opposing co |
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| Newspaper apologizes for Spygate error |
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05/14/2008 |
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| k) - The Boston Herald apologized to its readers and the New England Patriots for shoddy reporting during the NFL's "Spygate" affair. On February 2, the newspaper reported that a member of the New England Patriots' video staff, Matt Walsh, taped the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI. On Tuesday, Walsh met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for over three hours to discuss what he knew about the team's videotaping practices. Walsh sent the NFL eight tapes showing that the Pats reco |
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| Newspaper says Spygate story false, apologizes |
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05/14/2008 |
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BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Herald apologized Wednesday for falsely reporting the New England Patriots videotaped a walkthrough by the St. Louis Rams a day before the 2002 Super Bowl. The Herald apology come a day after a meeting between NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh produced no major revelations about the team's taping procedures. Walsh told Goodell he did not tape the walkthrough and had no knowledge that any other Patriots employees did so. The Herald's |
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| Former Pats employee Walsh meets with NFL commissioner |
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05/13/2008 |
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| at he knows about the team's videotaping practices. Walsh sent the NFL eight tapes showing that the team recorded play-calling signals by coaches of five opponents over six games between 2000 and 2002. However, the tapes did not include video of the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough practice prior to Super Bowl XXXVI, which Walsh had been rumored to possess. The taping of such signals is in violation of league rules. After the meeting, the NFL played the tapes Walsh provided. The clips cut from shots of opposing co |
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| Walsh meets with Goodell, Specter |
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05/13/2008 |
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| tement. They added: ``We hope that with Matt Walsh's disclosures, everyone will finally believe what we have been saying all along and emphatically stated on the day of the initial report: 'The suggestion that the New England Patriots recorded the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002 is absolutely false. Any suggestion to the contrary is untrue.''' The Spygate investigation began after the NFL confiscated tapes from a Patriots employee who recorded the New York Jets' defe |
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| Rams' top draft pick has good first outing |
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05/09/2008 |
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EARTH CITY, Mo. (AP) -Chris Long learned pretty quickly that his status as the St. Louis Rams' No. 1 pick in this year's draft does not disqualify him from rookie chores. In his first day as a pro, the 6-foot-3, 279-pound defensive end from the University of Virginia was forced to lug the helmet of veteran defensive tackle La'Roi Glover from the indoor practice facility to the locker room at the beginning and end of the Rams' two-hour workout. ``It's one of those things,'' Long said. ``Rookies got to d |
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| Former Pats employee Walsh sends eight tapes to NFL |
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05/07/2008 |
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| s reportedly sent the NFL eight tapes showing that the team recorded play- calling signals by coaches of five opponents over six games between 2000 and 2002. However, according to a report in the New York Times, the tapes do not include video of the St. Louis Rams walkthrough practice prior to Super Bowl XXXVI, which Walsh had been rumored to possess. The taping of such signals is in violation of league rules. However, Walsh's lawyer, Michael Levy, told the Times that his client does not have a tape of the St |
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| Walsh sends NFL tapes that don't include Rams' walkthrough |
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05/07/2008 |
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| Walsh sent the NFL eight videotapes that show New England violated league rules by recording opposing coaches' playcalling signals. The tapes include signals by coaches of five opponents in six games from 2000-02, but don't include video from the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl. The NFL said it received a letter from Michael Levy, the lawyer for Walsh, detailing the tapes that were scheduled to arrive Thursday at the league's New York offices. The tapes sent to the NFL show the P |
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