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SPORTS A17
Saturday 31 October 2015

Column: SYNDER-GOOD

Patriots taking Mets bounce back and take Game 3, 9-3
out Deflategate
New York Mets starting pitch-
wrath on er Noah Syndergaard throws
rest of NFL against the Kansas City Royals
during the first inning of Game
BY PAUL NEWBERRY 3 of the Major League Base-
AP NATIONAL WRITER ball World Series Friday, Oct.
The New England Patriots 30, 2015, in New York.
are still ticked off. Associated Press
They’re taking it out on the Page 19
rest of the NFL.
Instead of being the scan-
dal that brought down
Belichick, Brady & Co.,
Deflategate turned out to
be the fuel that might just
propel the Patriots to their
greatest season yet.
New England (7-0) has
been utterly dominant
through the first half of the
season, doling out its latest
shellacking on the Miami
Dolphins, who never had a
chance in a 36-7 rout Thurs-
day night.The NFL attempt-
ed to drop the hammer on
the Patriots, doling out a
four-game suspension to
quarterback Tom Brady.
He went to court and beat
the rap. Now, at age 38,
he’s putting together a
remarkable season (69
percent completions, 20
touchdowns, just one inter-
ception, on pace to throw
for more than 5,500 yards,
which would be an NFL re-
cord) and boasting that he
wouldn’t mind playing for
another decade.
Seriously, Tom, quit rubbing
it in. Aren’t four Super Bowl
rings and being married to
Gisele Bündchen enough
for you?
Nope.

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