Boston newspaper apologizes for false Pats tapes story

The Boston Herald newspaper apologized on Wednesday for a false report on the New England Patriots videotaping the St. Louis Rams’ final walkthrough a day before the teams met in the 2002 Super Bowl.‘Sorry Pats’ read the newspaper’s front-page headline a day after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said there was nothing new in videotapes he received showing the Patriots taping opposing teams’ signals and that no additional penalty against New England was being considered.

“We own up to the error on the walkthrough story,” the tabloid said in its apology for this year’s February 2 story quoting unidentified sources and published a day before New England’s 17-14 Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants.

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