I don't think Goodall destroyed the tapes on purpose; she probably just left them near the chimps, and they did what chimps do with tapes. (Smash them and smear feces on them.) Chimps will be chimps.

You're so nice. That means a lot to me, thank you.

The Herald said that their story was false; I think that qualifies as vindication.

Ha, that wasn't my intent, Axe, and there was actually a bit about the sideline filming that got lost in editing. I've added a note about the sideline stuff back in, because I didn't mean to obscure the issue for anyone. Apologies for the poor phrasing. Belichick did not deny the sideline filming; he just tried…

I like to start with the theme song

"Or something to that effect"—No, you pretty much nailed it! An eloquent summation that had me cracking up at my desk.

Aw. Good memory! Thanks for being such a loyal B&T reader.

Sean's the team captain!

Yeah, what the hell! Clearly there was an edict from somewhere to avoid cutting to Christie. But how high does the conspiracy go??

Sorry about that, Malkovich Malkovich, and thank you for the correction. The photo said it was posted in September 2014, and I made a sloppy assumption.

I hadn't seen it, sorry, 123456789! Dan did mention it to me after our chat.

"Macklemore is to the Seahawks as Affleck was to the mid-2000s Red Sox."

The New England area is beautiful

That's the one Belichick wears, also an excellent choice! Re: your edit, apparently some troll is going through and flagging comments this morning. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Truth

Quite right, and he is indeed worthy of recognition, Miller! I didn't mean to slight Beebe; I just try not to introduce too many players' names if I don't have to, in order to keep the column as readable as possible for football novices. But yes, the flip side of that Leon Lett Super Bowl play is that it's a testament…

Good point, Ryan, and agreed.

Took me a second, but now it's hard to unsee.

Sharp eyes! I did not notice that.

It's just my first initial followed by my last name at theonion dot com. Looking forward to hearing from you!