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Walsh meets with Goodell and Specter
New York Times
NEW YORK --
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that Matt Walsh had provided no new information about the New England Patriots' illicit videotaping tactics and that the team and its coach, Bill Belichick, would not be punished further.At a news conference, the league showed the videos turned over last week by Walsh, a former Patriots video employee. In the eight tapes -- involving six games and five opponents from 2000 to '02 -- the camera was trained on the opposing teams' assistant coaches as they sent signals to their players, and then it showed the ensuing plays.
Walsh and Michael Levy, his lawyer, did not answer questions from media members before flying to Washington to meet with U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who has been critical of how the NFL investigated the Patriots. Specter scheduled a news conference for today.
In brief
GOLF: Dennis Helms might have a share of the first-round lead in the N.C. Senior Amateur Championship, but the Monroe resident has been around the Carolinas golf scene long enough to know where the attention will be focused the next two days.
It will be on Paul Simson, who matched Helms' 1-under 70 at Cedarwood Country Club to share the lead by one over Charlotte's David Strawn and Raleigh's John Deluise.
Simson, a Raleigh insurance executive, had a dominating win in this event a year ago. -- Ron Green Jr.
HORSE RACING: Big Brown won't be the lone Kentucky Derby horse in the Preakness after all. Gayego, who finished 17th in the Derby on May 3, was added to the field. He will be the only one of the 19 horses beaten by Big Brown in the Derby to seek a rematch Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.
MOTORSPORTS: Carl Edwards led the speed parade at Lowe's Motor Speedway as teams made final preparations for the Nationwide Series' Carquest 300 on May 24. Edwards' lap (182.710 mph) was fastest of the two-day session, topping the 182.217 mark set Monday by Denny Hamlin.
OLYMPICS: The U.S. Olympic baseball team will play four exhibitions in North Carolina before heading to the Beijing Games. The U.S. will play Canada once at USA Baseball's national training complex in Cary on Aug. 1 and three times in Durham Aug. 2-4. The U.S. team won't be selected until July. -- observer news services
