Patriots coach illegally taping since 2000, senator claims

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa) announced today that in the course of a nearly two-hour meeting, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told him that the New England Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick had been illegally taping defensive signals since 2000, prior to being caught during Week 1 of 2007. Belichick was fined $500,000 and the Patriots organization [...]