And we begin with those major questions as the super bowl nears. Tonight, the new England Patriots they superstar quarterback, tom brady, facing the cameras and tough questions, heading into his sixth super bowl, ten days from now. Brady has an incredible run with the patriots winning three super bowls already. Off the field, grabbing headlines with his glamorous wife. Playing a different kind of defense late today, answering questions about the footballs Authorities Say were deflated. Tonight, tom brady answering the question did he cheat . Heres abcs ryan smith. Reporter tonight, footballs golden boy grilled. Obviously, id like to know what happened, as you would all too. Reporter tom brady, bombarded with questions about espns report that 11 of the 12 balls his team used to beat the Indianapolis Colts were underinflated. A violation of nfl standards that some call cheating. Today, brady was asked point blank are you a cheater . I dont believe so. I mean, i feel like ive always playe
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. A potential cheating scandal involving one of the great teams and great quarterbacks in the history of the game continues to consume a colossal amount of time and attention surrounding the industry of football that is the nfl. Late today tom brady took questions from the press saying several times he had no knowledge of it or role in it. If baseball is our national pastime, football is something closer to an obsession. Last years super bowl was the mostwatched Television Broadcast of any kind in television history. The game between the seahawks and the patriots will be played ten days from now. And today was consumed by allegations that the patriots had an edge in getting there. We begin with nbcs ron mott at the home of the patriots in foxborough, mass. Hey, ron, good evening. Reporter good evening. An extraordinary day here at the stadium. Tom brady and Bill Belichick answering dozens of questions about this socalled deflategate
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Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. A potential cheating scandal involving one of the great teams and great quarterbacks in the history of the game continues to consume a colossal amount of time and attention surrounding the industry of football that is the nfl. Late today tom brady took questions from the press saying several times he had no knowledge of it or role in it. If baseball is our national pastime, football is something closer to an obsession. Last years super bowl was the mostwatched Television Broadcast of any kind in television history. The game between the seahawks and the patriots will be played ten days from now. And today was consumed by allegations that the patriots had an edge in getting there. We begin with nbcs ron mott at the home of the patriots in foxborough, mass. Hey, ron, good evening. Reporter hey, brian. Good evening to you. An extraordinary day here at the stadium. Tom brady and Bill Belichick answering dozens of questions about reports
Gab a competitive advantage, making the footballs softer and easier to throw and catch. Nbc ease Peter Alexander has been following the story closely. He joins me from foxboro, massachusetts. What more do we know about that closeddoor meeting between brady and his teammates . Reporter well, we know the team was supposed to be here today. Its a regularly scheduled practice day, a team meeting that would normally happen. Usually belleill belichick would address the team. He did. Tom brady also addressed the team. He acknowledged he liked the ball a little less inflated than other quarterbacks to give him a better grip. Of course, we do not know he said hey, i purposefully did this right now. Thats going to be the question posed to tom brady when he speaks to reporters just a short time from now. Itll happen in an hour and 45 minutes from now. This has been moved up from tomorrow, the patriots recognizing to try to take the pressure out of this story, so to speak. They needed to do someth