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The league suspended the Super Bowl MVP Monday for the first four games of the season, fined the Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game. Brady's agent, Don Yee, said "the discipline is ridiculous and has no legitimate basis" and that Brady will appeal.
Perhaps we care too much about this topic.
The NFL protects its shield, in obvious and subtle manners.
Tom Brady was "at least generally aware" of the rules violations.
Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday.
The conviction carries a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Ted Wells. Have you heard of him? If you haven't, you might want to make yourself familiar with him because he might be the single-most important person in the NFL right now.
The record snowfall that hit the Boston area kept the festivities on ice for an extra day but Patriots fans came out in droves to celebrate their fourth Super Bowl title of the Bill Belichick and Tom Brady era.
The Super Bowl was what an NFL game is supposed to look and feel like.
Butler made the big play with a last-minute interception to seal the Super Bowl win.
Even though he is now cemented in sports history for eternity, reaching this moment never came easy for Butler. Here are five things about the man behind the interception that you might not be aware of:
Seattle was burned when it didn't give Marshawn Lynch the ball at the 1-yard line.
While this may sound somewhat sophomoric, losers can sometimes be winners too (think gym class in elementary school).
The Internet is wondering why Lynch isn't the guy from the 1-yard line.
The Super Bowl drew a 49.7 rating in the largest media markets, Nielsen said.
Marshawn Lynch never got a chance from the 1-yard line, and the Seahawks paid for it.
The duo of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick won their fourth Super Bowl ring.
What once seemed like a fleeting dream, has become a reality, largely in part to these huge moments that set the New England Patriots on a course for Super Bowl glory.
Both sides presented their initial cases Thursday.
In a way, New England is both guilty and innocent.
There has been plenty of Super Bowl drama already this week.
Betting on the Super Bowl is undeniably an uncertainty and a risk. A much less risky bet would be that Paul Bessire's PredictionMachine.com has the most thorough and sound reasoning for why the Seattle Seahawks will defeat the New England Patriots.
The Patriots have denied wrongdoing in this absurd story.
Five days after learning that the American Football Conference championship game was played with deflated footballs, here is what we know:
