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Senator wants Goodell to explain 'Spygate' tapes
Senator wants Goodell to explain 'Spygate' tapes
Sen. Arlen Specter wants to know why NFL commissioner Roger Goodell destroyed the Patriots Spygate tapes, and Goodell may have to appear before a senate committee.
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Arlen Specter: Trust Buster (threatener, anyway)
Mile High Ramblings — Can we at least do away with adding the word "gate" to the end of every subject that may seem the slightest bit shady? Spygate? I know that's been how the Patriots cheating thing has been referred to since day one, but come on. It's not clever, it represents a thorough misunderstanding of the actual events and location of it's pseudo namesake, and it seems like a lazy way to shape a story in order to make it seem bigger. Anyway, Arlen Specter wants an explanation for the NFL's destruction of the Patriots cheating tapes. "It's analogous to the CIA destruction of tapes," Specter ...

Why is this Man Angry?
ShysterBall — Because of what his successors in government are doing to the nice little document he wrote: Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) wanted to hear the NFL's explanation for the purging of evidence in the infamous "Spygate" case involving the New ...

In The Red Zone - Breaking News From Super Bowl XLII
SOX & Dawgs — ... NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is on record again on Friday as being satisfied with the outcome and with how the league handled the situation. ...

Must Read of the Day
the metropolitans — ... Congress is back at it assuming their newly self-crowned position of morality police. I think Belichick should sit in the corner for what he did, but stealing baseball signs has been around and is probably still prevalent. Teams go through great lengths to try and mask their signals because they assume there will probably be an attempt to steal them. ...

Sunday Evening Rangers Notes
Texas Rangers — ... any optimistic news in regard to Omar Beltre and Alexi Ogando, two electric pitching prospects who have now been trapped in restricted list purgatory for nearly two years, thanks to a visa scandal involving marriage fraud. Daniels said he wasn’t optimistic about getting either Beltre or Ogando stateside anytime soon, making it more likely than ever that the club will be forced to release them at some point in the near future. Good to know our government has their priorities in all the right places. What a freakin’ joke. Alright, my temperature ...

Spygate: Who Cares?
Out of Bounds — ... the evidence he needs to go after the NFL and the destruction of the previous Spygate videos. Do you know what Specter will find? Nothing. Nada. Not a damn thing. Good, Good, Good. ...

No Redskins fans in Hawaii and no Brennan jerseys, either
MVN RSS — ... This being Washington, the solution is write your congressman, Colt Brennan fans. If Arlen Specter can bully Commissioner Roger Goodell on Spygate, surely ...

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In the face of congressional pressure over destroying evidence from the Spygate scandal, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell defended his actions Friday. Goodell also said he'd be willing to meet with Sen. Arlen Specter, who sent a letter to the ...
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