SALEM, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady declined to comment in detail Thursday about the Wells report that tied him to the underinflated footballs used by the team in January's AFC Championship.
Brady, making his first public appearance since the report's release as part of Salem State University's speaker series, was joined on stage by interviewer Jim Gray in front of a raucously supportive audience.
"Tom, it looks like you picked a pretty friendly place to reappear," Gray quipped in his opening comment.
"We are going to keep the evening as to what it was supposed to be, however there is an elephant in the room.