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Remembering Deflategate: What really happened? Did Tom Brady cheat with New England Patriots?

Is Tom Brady a legend or a cheater? Or both?

Brady spent 20 of his 22 NFL seasons as quarterback of the New England Patriots and won six of his seven Super Bowls in Foxborough. Now, after two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he plans to retire at the age of 44.

Patriots fans rode through ups and downs with Brady for two decades, but perhaps no trial was greater than the Deflategate scandal of 2014 — an exhaustive investigation into accusations of illegally deflating footballs that dominated local and national sports media for the better part of two years.