I don't think ESPN hates the Patriots at all (my sarcasm not coming through well over type), but the MassholeSports article linked there was so full of innuendo, you'd think it was written by "Conspiracy Theory Rob Lowe"

Then MassholeSports.com's conspiracy theory about ESPN being full of "haters" is deflating.

As a non-Pats fan, I find this whole thing to be less and less about the Patriots, and more and more about Roger Goodell's stunning incompetence. David Stern or Adam Silver would've had this looked into and put to bed in 3 days.

It would appear that Connecticut knows when to fall in line.

Worth mentioning considering how often the ESPN guys take the short drive to Foxborough and lather Kraft and Belicheck's balls all the time (Mike and Mike, "Patriot Way", etc.)

So was it pulled because he was wrong, or because the content didn't align with Connecticut-based ESPN's alleged so-called narrative of "hating" the Patriots so darned much?

Tommy from Quinzeeeeee, thanks for your call.

Really? I've seen the cable news channels... I thought pundit was defined as, "Bloviating moron who doesn't do anything except talk about what other people do."

Doesn't the WWL have a "SportsScience" guy on the payroll? Or has he been gagged and kept in Bill Simmons' basement all week?

Isn't it odd that every pundit who once worked for Bob Kraft has a different opinion from every pundit who didn't?

So, it really is the Costanza defense?

Only comparing the principle of your argument to how eeirily similar it sounds to what people were saying then: "He was going to win anyway; who cares?"

Exactly. The law-and-order commish only gets off his ass when the story shows up in TMZ Sports.

One suspension got reversed on appeal, and the other guy now plays for some other team, I forget which.

The question isn't: Would they have won anyway?

Reminds me of the scene in Anchorman after "Go Fuck Yourself, San Diego" where the producer at the station gets all verklempt and goes, "Why, Ron? Why? Why did you say... say... that... that... poop?"

Whose will be more hilarious when he's 87? Jerry Jones trying to leave the team to one of the Olsen twins or Dan Snyder leaving the team to Miley Cyrus-Snyder?

"Tommy from Quiiiinnnnceeeey, you're on WEEI"

Don't worry, everybody. If anyone's going to get to the bottom of this with integrity, it's the guy who spent Saturday night having dinner at the Patriots owner's home.