Goodell sees nothing new in Pats tapes

From Call wire services

May 14, 2008

Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh disclosed no new rules violations in the Spygate scandal during his meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell or in the tapes that the league released Tuesday.

The clips, shown after Walsh's nearly 31/2-hour meeting with Goodell, cut between shots of opposing coaches sending in signals and the play that followed.

''The fundamental information that Matt provided was consistent with what we disciplined the Patriots for last fall,'' said Goodell, who didn't anticipate punishing the team any further.

The most scandalous part of the tapes shown before Goodell's news conference had nothing to do with stealing signals -- it was several minutes of close-ups of San Diego Chargers cheerleaders performing during a 2002 game.

Walsh did not comment after leaving the NFL offices and left through a different exit to avoid the media following his afternoon meeting with Sen. Arlen Specter in Washington. Specter, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been critical of the NFL's handling of the investigation.

Seattle Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu was arrested during the weekend for investigation of drunken driving.

He was stopped early Saturday, Kirkland police said. An arrest report said Tatupu had breath tests of .155 and .158 -- the legal limit is .08.

A Tampa judge has sentenced former NFL running back Troy Hambrick to five years in prison for selling crack cocaine.

The former Dallas Cowboy and Arizona Cardinal pleaded guilty on Feb. 26 to one count of distributing 50 grams or more of crack cocaine.

The Buffalo Bills released Kevin Everett on Tuesday, clearing the way for the former tight end to receive disability benefits for the spinal cord injury that ended his career.

NBA

Al Horford and rookie of the year Kevin Durant from Seattle headlined the NBA All-Rookie team announced Tuesday.

Atlanta's Horford was the only unanimous choice. Houston's Luis Scola, the Clippers' Al Thornton and Seattle's Jeff Green also made the first team.

The second team was Toronto's Jamario Moon, Memphis' Juan Carlos Navarro, Philadelphia's Thaddeus Young, Detroit's Rodney Stuckey and Houston's Carl Landry.