Hall of Famer Marino backs Patriots' Brady in ball brouhaha

[Sports News]

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By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dan Marino liked to rough footballs up during his Hall of Fame career in order to gain a better grip but does not believe Tom Brady had anything to do with the New England Patriots' deflated balls flap. The NFL is investigating whether the Patriots used deflated balls to gain a better grip in a rout of the Indianapolis Colts that clinched a Super Bowl berth. ESPN has reported that 11 of the Patriots' 12 game balls were under-inflated. "I've known Tom a long time and he's a class act, a great quarterback, and I don't think he'd do anything really out of the ordinary," Marino told Reuters on Wednesday.

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