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“ATTENTION – Your gas guzzler kills. We have deflated one or more of your tires. You’ll be angry, but don’t take it personally. It’s not you, it’s your car.” The letters placed on windshields, along with said deflated tires, are what greeted several Bay Area drivers on the morning of July 5. The letters contained a message written by an international group that deflates the tires of SUVs and other larger vehicles in the name of fighting climate change. “We did this because driving around urban areas in your massive vehicle has huge consequences for others,” the leaflet says. “We’re...

Am I a bad researcher or are the Patriots fumbling less than last year? Question occurred to me on the way to work this morning. I am a Pats fan, was a long suffering fan before Brady came along, and though I'm not in love with Tommy, do not believe he was responsible for super evil bad awful wrong behavior that caused other NFL teams to suck when they played him. Do the patriot haters want to comment? NFL Fumbles per Game (By Year) Looks to ME like it's .8 per game this year, .9 prior (the year of the...

The Deflategate report did not reach a concrete conclusion, and investigators say Tom Brady is partially to blame. While Brady agreed to be questioned, he declined to hand over pertinent texts and emails despite the requested communication being “limited to the subject matter of our investigation,” the report said. “Our inability to review contemporaneous communications and other documents in Brady’s possession and control related to the matters under review potentially limited the discovery of relevant evidence and was not helpful to the investigation,” the report continued. Investigators still obtained some text communications between Brady and the equipment managers they say...

The NFL has confirmed it is looking into charges the New England Patriots cheated Sunday night when they clinched a trip to the Super Bowl Sunday night by using deflated footballs. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed the probe Monday, following the AFC championship game, in which the Patriots demolished the Indianapolis Colts, 45-7. The charge was first made Sunday night, when an Indianapolis reporter that the NFL had seized at least one game ball from the AFC championship game to examine whether pigskins were intentionally deflated to make them easier to throw and catch. “The NFL is investigating the possibility,”...