Ex-Patriots Assistant Sends the N.F.L. Eight Tapes

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New England Patriots, Cheaters (Again, Or Still)
Published 4 days ago by Wrigleyville (noreply@blogger.com) at wrigleyville23
Oohhhhhh, somebody's going to be in trouble: A former New England Patriots employee has sent the N.F.L. eight videotapes showing the team recorded play-calling signals by coaches of five opponents in six games between the 2000 and 2002 seasons, in violation of league rules. ... Walsh’s tapes show that the Patriots recorded the signals of offensive and defensive coaches in regular-season games against the Miami Dolphins, the Buffalo Bills, the Cleveland Browns and the San Diego Chargers and against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2002 American Football Conference championship game. In that game, the tape has been edited to show Steelers ...

Walsh delivers tapes, but no walkthrough
Published 3 days ago at ESPN.com - Hashmarks - Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley The New York Times' Web site reported Wednesday night that former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh had sent the league eight tapes that will reveal the club videotaped the play-calling signals of five opponents in six games during the 2000-02 seasons. As ESPN.com's Mike Fish points out, the major news is that Walsh didn't deliver a tape of a Rams walkthrough practice prior to the 2002 Super Bowl. Walsh's attorney is quick to point out that the former video assistant never suggested that he had a tape of the walkthrough and that he was not the source in ...

Matt Walsh: Nothing new, let's play football
Published 3 days ago by MaPatsFan at Pats Pulpit
... Unfortunately, none of his constituents will cry foul because they think it's perfectly ok for Arlen to reach into their pockets to fly a criminal around for their team's honor.  Good luck, Pennsylvania.  You reap what you sow. Matty?  Welcome to your 15 minutes of fame.  Too bad it was built on a house of cards. Props to NESilver for this fanpost . Boston Globe story . Boston Herald story . New York Times story . ...

Patriots ‘Spy’ Tapes Finally Turned Over by Walsh
Published 3 days ago by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... that reminds us fondly of the 1980s, the naughty tapes have finally arrived that we ordered months ago and we’ve already started leaking with excitement. Matt Walsh , itinerant golf pro and former employee-of-some-sort for the New England Patriots, delivered eight tapes to the NFL that reveal… well, try to hold yourself back… play-calling recorded by the team and deftly edited with the game action. You know, just like happened before. Somehow, detailed descriptions of these tapes ended up in the NEW YORK TIMES’ lap . ...

Matt Walsh's Patriots Tapes Don't Tell Us The Whole Story
Published 3 days ago at FanIQ Blog
Obviously one of the biggest stories going on in sports - or the only story of any merit - is the tapes that former Patriots assistant Matt Walsh has now provided to the NFL. The smoking gun that was supposed to be unearthed here was the tape showing the Rams' walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl. It wasn't there. As a result, most people - including the NFL - are now pretty much calling Spygate a non-issue. But they shouldn't, and here's why. Walsh’s tapes show that the Patriots recorded the signals of offensive and defensive coaches in regular-season games against the Miami Dolphins, the Buffalo Bills, the Cleveland ...

PM Roundup: Florio Floors Howard Eskin
Published 3 days ago by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
Miranda Kerr appears to be the latest in a long line of tall and attractive Victoria Secret’s models. Orlando Bloom is a lucky lad. The victory was had on a blistering uppercut. Eskin didn’t immediately go down, but then he swung wildly, missed, and fell down without being touched. (Pro Football Talk) Matt Walsh and the Patriots and tapes and Goodell? Do. Not. Care. (NY Times) Is Tyson Chandler’s wife really as tall as Jannero Pargo? (ESPN the Mag) Hey, did you know ESPN talked about the Leinart photos a few weeks ago? (Hugging Harold Reynolds) You are what you wear? ...

Former Patriot Employee Walsh Turns Over Tapes
Published 2 days ago by Bill Jordan at The Biz of Football :: Part of the Business of Sports Network
... The tapes do show more evidence of how deep the spying really was, as reported by Greg Bishop of the New York Times: ...