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May 4, 2008 - May 10, 2008 Archives

In today's article summing up the Cameragate saga to this point, I made a mistake, referring to the Patriots' bid for the NFL's first undefeated season since 1971.

It was, of course, 1972 when the Miami Dolphins went 17-0.

I apologize for the error.

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's much-anticipated meeting with former Patriots video assistant will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the league's offices in New York City.

Following that, there will be a press conference with Goodell at the Intercontinental Hotel, which will begin no earlier than 10 a.m. Walsh and attorney Michael Levy may be in attendance as well, though the pair are also scheduled to fly to Washington D.C. to meet with Sen. Arlen Specter after the meeting with Goodell.

ESPN's Mike Fish reports this morning that the tapes turned over by Matt Walsh to the NFL include evidence that the Patriots tried to steal offensive signals, not just defensive signals, as has been widely reported until now.

Fish says that a list of videotaping documents Walsh turned over to the league includes one entry, from an October 2001 game against the Miami Dolphins, that indicates a video of offensive signals. Walsh's attorney, Michael Levy, told Fish that the Miami tape was the only one in Walsh' possession that showed offensive coaches signaling from the sidelines.

Click here to read Fish's report.

Pats' veteran Kevin Faulk will hold a celebrity softball game to benefit the United Way on May 17 at 6 p.m. at Campanelli Stadium, the home field of the Brockton Rox.

Teammates including Ty Warren, Vince Wilfork, Ellis Hobbs, Jabar Gaffney and Laurence Maroney are among those expected to participate.

Tickets are available at brocktonrox.com. General admission tickets are $10 each, or VIP tickets, which include admission to a silent auction, a spring tailgate meal, the chance to meet Faulk and other players, and a reserved ticket are available for $133.

The Patriots have announced the signing of three of the players in for a tryout during the rookie mini-camp held over the weekend, as well as the release of two players who had already signed undrafted rookie deals before the weekend began.

Signed were: rookie TE Tyson DeVree of Colorado (formerly of Western Michigan), rookie P Mike Dragosavich of North Dakota State, and second-year NT Steve Fifita.

OT Josh Coffman and DL Carlos Feliciano were waived.

DeVree is 6-foot-6, 245 pounds who had 37 receptions for 402 yards and eight touchdowns last year with the Buffaloes. The 6-foot-5, 190 pound Dragosavich averaged 45.4 yards per punt last season, with 11 of 27 landing inside the 20-yard line. Fifita played in 13 games with one start for the Dolphins last year; he was a rookie free agent out of Utah in 2006. He is listed at 6-feet, 312 pounds.