Belichick breaks silence on 'Spygate'

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Belichick, Pioli go on the offensive
Published 2/18/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... Patriots coach Bill Belichick and vice president Scott Pioli undercut former video assistant Matt Walsh while making their strongest Spygate-related statements since the scandal broke in September. Mike Reiss' story in the Boston Globe includes the following comments from the Patriots: ...

Belichick apologizes, refutes Rams allegations
Published 2/18/2008 by Sean Leahy at Sports Scope
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick finally opened up about Spygate on Sunday night and refuted suggestions that the team recorded the St. Louis Rams on the day prior to their Super Bowl XXXVI defeat of the St. Louis Rams on Sunday. In remarks to the ...

NFL Monday: Belichick Apologizes for Spygate
Published 2/18/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
Patriots: Belichick Breaks Silence on Spygate (Boston Globe) Patriots: Belichick Apologizes, Denies Super Bowl Taping (AP) Patriots: Zach Thomas to Visit Patriots (Boston Globe)

Bill Belichick Denies Taping Rams' Practice
Published 2/18/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Patriots, Rams, Boston, St. LouisNew England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has, for the first time, spoken extensively about the accusations that he ordered a team employee to secretly tape the St. Louis Rams' final walkthrough before the Patriots beat the Rams in the 2002 Super Bowl. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Belichick strongly denied the accusations and said he barely even knows Matt Walsh, the former Patriots employee whose role in Patriotgate has been the subject of a great deal of ...

Coach Hoodie Breaks His Silence
Published 2/18/2008 by Memphis Bengal at Sports Frog
The coaching Marcel Marceau gets relatively effusive. From the Boston Globe: "In my entire coaching career, I've never seen another team's practice film prior to playing that team," he said. "I have never authorized, or heard of, or even seen in any way, shape, or form any other team's walkthrough. We don't even film our own. We don't even want to see ourselves do anything, that's the pace that it's at. Regardless, I've never been a part of that." Belichick added that in his "entire coaching career, I have never filmed a walkthrough, ...

Belichick, Pats VP Respond To Walsh Allegations
Published 2/18/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... The BOSTON GLOBE reports that Bill Belichick and Pats official Scott Pioli decided to do a little character assassination on Matt Walsh. ...

Morning Update (Another DUI Edition)
Published 2/18/2008 by Chris <info@arrowheadpride.com> at Arrowhead Pride: Front Page Posts
Per KFFL, Rich Cimini of the New York Daily News reports that the Chiefs are interested in Jets free safety Erik Coleman and linebacker Victor Hobson. The price of tickets to a Chiefs game will be going up. I completely forgot -- The NFL Combine begins this week. Bill Belichick finally broke his silence on the Patriot's taping scandal. Really? Eli Manning could be on the cover of Madden '09. Looks like Todd Collins will be back in Washington next year ...

Interlude: Classmates
Published 2/18/2008 by DCScrap at on 205th magazine: Stuff Guys Like. [Pop Culture For Men]
... our effort to keep you in the know, every so often throughout the day, we'll drop some knowledge on you about the world, mostly sports, but we'll mix in some other stuff when appropriate. MLB: Report: Pettitte's ex-classmate provided HGH MLB: Marlins finalizing $515M proposal for new ballpark MLB: Milwaukee's Gallardo might have cartilage tear in knee CFB: 'Bama freshman charged with first-degree robbery CBB: C-USA looking into Memphis-UAB taunting NFL: Belichick opens up on taping NBA: Mavs finalize trade to land Kidd from Nets ...

Patriots Planning Strategic Defense Against Matt Walsh, but Arguments Don't Add Up
Published 2/18/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Patriots, Boston Strategic defense has long been the hallmark of New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, but it was a different kind of defense that Belichick offered up in the extensive interview he and right-hand man Scott Pioli gave the Boston Globe over the weekend. In publicly discussing former Patriots employee Matt Walsh for the first time, Belichick and Pioli didn't state categorically that there's no way Walsh has video evidence of New England taping its opponents' practices, but they ...

Cheap Shots #108
Published 2/18/2008 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... Coach Hobo and Scott Pioli Address Taping: Belichick and the Pats’ GM say they have never taped a walkthrough, and minimize the role of Matt Walsh in terms of taping — saying he also got fired because he taped conversations with Pioli. [Boston Globe] ...

Kornheiser, Wilbon Think Patriots Latest Comments Are 'Aimed at Discrediting' Walsh
Published 2/19/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
Filed under: Patriots, NFL Fans, NFL Rumors The fine folks at PTI weigh in on the latest episode in the Spygate saga: the response from Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli about Matt Walsh's claim that he has video evidence of the Patriots cheating. Like FanHouse's Michael David Smith wrote yesterday, Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon are of the opinion that by speaking out now, it looks like the Patriots are trying to discredit Walsh. So even if he ...

Cheaters and cameras and tapes, OH MY!
Published 2/22/2008 by MaPatsFan <info@patspulpit.com> at Pats Pulpit: Front Page Posts
... That alone makes him suspect, in my mind.  Second, Belichick has flatly denied any knowledge of taping the walkthrough.  that being said, let's examine the possible conversation Mr. Walsh and his mouthpiece, attorney Michael Levy, will embark upon: ...