Newspaper Front Pages Rip on Patriots After Deflategate Report

As always, New York’s tabloids had fun with the “Deflatriots’’ scandal. — As always, New York’s tabloids had fun with the “Deflatriots’’ scandal. –New York Daily News

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Eric Levenson

May 7, 2015

Tom Brady and the “Deflatriots’’ are under attack on newspaper front pages across the country on Thursday after yesterday’s report found the Patriots “probably’’ knew about the ball deflation.

Here are some of our favorite puns, turns of phrase, and opinions on front pages this morning.

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