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Justice was served Monday night in the form of a suspension that has rocked the NFL to its core and taken down one of the game's most treasured athletes with it. When the New England Patriots begin their defense of a Super Bowl title this September they will do so without Tom Brady under center, as the quarterback has been suspended for the season's first four games after his involvement in DeflateGate. Brady was cited hundreds of times in the report as having indirect, or even direct knowledge of what both Jim McNally and John Jastremski were doing to the footballs before Patriots' games; a history of violence that could date back years. The two equipment guys were both suspended indefinitely, and chances are they will be fired and will never see an NFL field again. Justice has been served there, since both were totally rouge and irresponsible in their behavior by first trying to fool the NFL by concealing the deflation of footballs, and for lying to investigators du...

14 weeks and over 100 days after the New England Patriots were suspected of deflating footballs during the AFC Championship game, the Ted Wells' law firm hired by the NFL to investigate the matter has finally come out with its report implicating two Patriots personnel employees and quarterback Tom Brady for their involvement in the scandal. It's about time too. In a document that spans over 138 page s, the investigation finds that the Patriots "were in violation of the NFL Playing Rules and were involved in a deliberate attempt to circumvent those rules." More specifically the investigation does implicate Brady for having some knowledge of what both went on during the scandal. "It is more probable than not that Tom Brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of Jim McNally and John Jastremski involving the release of air from the Patriots game balls." The two men in question are Jim McNally, a part time employee for the Patrio...

For a better part of the off-season Jets General Manager Mike Maccagnan has made plenty of headlines with the bevy of moves he's transacted to change the face of the New York Jets. So far he is batting 1.000, at least in the eyes of Jets fans, and his hot streak didn't stop at the draft. Maybe with a little bit of luck, or perhaps a result of the Titans decision to draft Marcus Mariota with the second pick, the Jets had the best defensive player in the draft fall to them at number six in USC defensive tackle Leonard Williams . No players was graded higher in the draft than Williams' who is said to have a combination of "length, athleticism and power," (NFL.com). He was named USC's MVP and Defensive Player of the Year, and was First Team All Pac-12 in 2014. Last season, Williams amassed 80 tackles, had seven sacks and a pick (yes, a defensive tackle with an interception). He is a truly gifted athlete and fits into a crowed, but talented front four for the Jet...

The New York Giants have plenty of needs in 2015. They have an offensive line that is in tatters, have no running game, and have seen their secondary get thinner and thinner thanks to free agency. The obvious answer for Jerry Reese and Tom Coughlin is to try to supplement those needs in the draft, and the Giants have done that to the best of their ability. In the first round, New York selected Ereck Flowers , a monstrous offensive lineman from the University of Miami who is going to slide into the Giants need at right tackle. The past two seasons, the Giants have started 2013 first round pick Justin Pugh at tackle, but he was always a better fit at guard. Big Blue can now move him inside, and put the 330 pound Flowers at tackle. They say he's a better run blocking tackle than a passing blocking tackle, but in a honesty what's the difference? The Giants have been horrible at running the football the past few years, and need to run the ball better to take the load of pressure t...

Alex Rodriguez is in the history books and the Yankees wish he weren't. In a game the Yankees needed against the rival Red Sox, Rodriguez came up with a clutch solo-homer in the eighth inning to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead, which just so happened to be the 660th of Rodriguez's career, tying him with Willie Mays. Most hits of that magnitude would be celebrated by not just the Yankees, but baseball. How often is it that a hitter ties a historical marker in a big game, on the big stage with all the attention on him? Almost never. Take away the steroids, its a moment for the ages. Again, that is if you take away the steroids. Hence the problem. It is nearly impossible to separate Rodriguez from the steroids, and in turn it makes even harder to accept him as the fourth best home run hitter in baseball history, much the same way it's impossible to accept Barry Bonds and 762 as the gold standard of career home runs. Rodriguez's 660 is tainted. It means nothing. He spat...