Patriots' Brady says Super Bowl win not tainted by 'Deflategate'

By Ted Siefer SALEM, Massachusetts (Reuters) - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said Thursday the team's Super Bowl victory over the Seattle Seahawks was not tainted by the "Deflategate" investigation, but he declined to directly respond to the probe's findings. "No, absolutely not," Brady said during a speaking engagement at Salem State University when asked if the scandal over deflated footballs raised questions about the team's 28-24 victory over the Seahawks in February. Ted Wells, an attorney hired by the NFL to investigate the scandal that has been widely referred to as "Deflategate," said in his report released Wednesday that the Patriots probably deliberately deflated footballs in their 45-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game that put them in the 2015 Super Bowl.

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