Goodell avoids question on league’s failure to correct ESPN report

Roger GoodellThe Commissioner should have known it was coming.

During a Tuesday appearance on PFT Live on NBC Sports Radio, Ben Volin of the Boston Globe called his shot. Or, more specifically, disclosed the question he’d be asking Commissioner Roger Goodell: Why didn’t the NFL correct the false report from ESPN that 11 of 12 Patriots footballs were two pounds under the 12.5 PSI minimum at halftime of the AFC Championship Game?

That’s precisely what Volin asked. Here’s the answer from Goodell, via Volin:

“Ben as you know, first and foremost we went to an independent investigation that week following the AFC Championship Game. All of that focus was put to Ted Wells at that point in time —…