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New York tabloids win ‘Deflategate’

By AJC Sports
Jan 23, 2015

New England quarterback Tom Brady makes a comment about the deflated balls he used during the AFC Championship during a press conference Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Foxborough, Mass.

We certainly didn’t have the ba…, er courage, to say it.

But, thankfully, there are the New York papers, which are been having a field day with the drama surrounding the New England Patriots and their under-inflated equipment.

They may be, um, a little crass, but they certainly make the point. But you be the judge:

New York Daily News:

Not to be outdone, the New York Post:

In Boston, they've reserved judgment and want more answers. Boston Herald:

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