This Deflategate Reporter’s Twitter Feed Is the Closest Thing to Being There
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If you want a blow-by-blow account of the shadowboxing match between Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell currently going down inside a Manhattan courtroom, you have several options:
- Attend law school, join either counsel.
- Scale the courtroom’s air vents.
- Follow New York Daily News reporter Stephen Brown.
For argument’s sake, let’s focus on the third one, as it’s the least time-consuming and won’t land you in a holding cell.
And #DeflateGate hearing is in session.
— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015
Brown has a seat inside the courtroom, watching and reporting as U.S. District Judge Richard Berman grills league officials over Deflategate. Brown has garnered thousands of new followers in the span of a few hours, as football fans scrounge for. By the sound of it, Berman is a smidge skeptical.
Berman: "What is the evidence of a scheme or conspiracy that covers the Jan. 15 game? I’m having trouble finding it."
— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015
Nash says Wells was retained "just to get the facts." Berman skeptical of Wells' dual role as investigator and attorney hired by NFL.
— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015
Berman grilling Nash on why some evidence used in Wells report wasn't shared with Brady team. Nash says it was privileged.
— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015
Berman: "Is there any direct evidence linking Mr. Brady to tampering?"
— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015
Berman: I’m trying to figure out what is the direct evidence that implicates Mr. Brady in that deflation…in that bathroom…on Jan. 18
— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015
Nash: "Is there a text in which Mr. Brady instructs someone to put a needle in a football? No there is not such direct evidence."
— Stephen Brown (@PPVSRB) August 12, 2015
Toss Brown a follow and watch as the drama unfolds.
