By Elaine Magliaro

The biggest sports news story of the past two weeks has been Deflate-Gate–the controversy over the allegation that the New England Patriots used under-inflated footballs during the first half of the AFC championship game that pitted the team against the Indianapolis Colts. The Patriots won be a wide margin: 45-7.

There has been so much discussion in the news about this “soft-ball” scandal. Did the Patriots cheat? Who was responsible for the improperly inflated balls? Was it Bill Belichick? Tom Brady? Fingers have also been pointed at a locker-room attendant who had custody of the Patriots’ balls for a period of time.  Is he the culprit responsible for the under-inflated footballs? The plot thickens! I thought we should take a look at some of the humorous reactions to Deflate-Gate.

Deflate-Gate: The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore: The Patriots’ Tom Brady faces scrutiny for his role in an alleged cheating scandal, but Larry points out that dishonesty in sports is nothing new.

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Tom Brady’s Deflate-Gate Gets an ‘SNL’ Spoof

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I am the Locker Room Guy (Jimmy Kimmel): More than half a dozen people have come forward to claim responsibility for DeflateGate. (With Matt Damon, Ben Affleck,  John Krasinski, Chris Evans, Steven Tyler, Eli Roth, Dicky Barrett and Bill Simmons.)