OK!  Full disclosure: I am a New England Patriots fan through and through, having grown up and lived much of my life in Massachusetts.  Leading up to Superbowl  XLIX, there  was incessant media coverage discussing potential “cheating” in the AFC title game through the use of deflated footballs.

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Whether or not someone intentionally deflated game balls cannot be disproven by science, but … science can at least offer a plausible alternative, using the Continue reading →