Boston Herald logo Boston Herald 21 months ago

Specter looms over NFL on eve of Super Sunday

PHOENIX - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said yesterday he would be “more than willing” to meet with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) to explain why the league destroyed tapes it confiscated from the Patriots [team stats] in September. Full Article at Boston Herald

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  1. I think what they did this year certainly was done within the NFL rules and on a level playing field ... I think their record is extraordinary; no team has ever gone 18-0 before and I think they should be congratulated for that.
    Roger Goodell – Roger Goodell SOURCE: Boston Herald 21 months ago
  2. The incentive should be for every team to win as many games as possible
    Roger Goodell – Roger Goodell SOURCE: Boston Herald 21 months ago
  3. I’m fine with everything that was said ... I think the commissioner did a great job.
    Robert Kraft – Robert Kraft SOURCE: Boston Herald 21 months ago
  4. I think it was the best way to make sure the Patriots followed my instructions, to make sure that bit of information would not appear anywhere again ... If it did, I’d know they didn’t hand me all the information. Not having those tapes out there, now I know if something arises, they didn’t tell me the ...
    Roger Goodell – Roger Goodell SOURCE: Boston Herald 21 months ago
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  1. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (C), Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) (L) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu prepare for a committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  2. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: United States Anti Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart (R) is greeted by the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) before a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill Septe...
  3. PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 7: Vice President Joe Biden (L) joins hands with U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) at a Labor Day parade outside the Mellon Arena September 7, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Biden spoke about the Employee Free Choice Act, which is currently before congress.
  4. KITTANNING, PA - AUGUST 13: Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) speaks at at a town hall meeting on August 13, 2009 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania. Specter held the town hall meeting to speak with local residents about health care reform.
  5. LEBANON, PA - AUGUST 11: Katy Weeks (C) of Philadelphia holds a sign as she waits in line to attend a town hall meeting held by U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter August 11, 2009 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Specter held the town hall meeting to speak about health care reform.
  6. WASHINGTON - JUNE 04: Supreme Court Justice nominee, Sonia Sotomayor (R) is greeted by Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) before a meeting on Capitol Hill June 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. Nominee Sotomayor has been on Capitol Hill the few two days making courtesy calls to Senators.
  7. US President Barack Obama (C) packs USO care packages with US Senator Arlen Specter (5th R) and members of the Pittsburg Steelers with approximately 50 Wounded Warriors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center and their families during a service event on the South La...
  8. Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) listens to testimony during the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 20, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  9. WASHINGTON - APRIL 30: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) walks down a hall in the Dirksen Senate Office Building after leaving attending a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill April 30, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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  3. New England Patriots New England Patriots
  4. Bill Belichick Bill Belichick
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