Everyone knows about the so-called Spygate shenanigans and the fallout (including the false story on the Pats taping the Rams, for which sports writer John Tomase is still paying). But the latest rumor linking Bill Belichick to a videotape is a little less family-friendly, involves a married-at-the-time-but-not-to-Belichick woman, and wasn’t filmed on a football field.

We echo Sports Crackle Pop’s “Don’t Let It Be True” sentiment. We heart Bill Belichick and all but we don’t. Want. That. Mental. Image.

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RUMOR: Bill Belichick and a You-Know-What Tape?

Those articles were written by Tomase’s colleagues. Wait until you see the comments in Tomase’s own article today.

Thanks to reader Bacchus, who has the nose (among other things) of a bear and sniffed this out for us.

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John Tomase’s Article Bombarded With Inflammatory Comments

Usually, when you’re talking about evidence supporting a videotape claim, said evidence is—wait for it—the videotape itself. Not eight other videotapes of signals involving other teams and other games. Somehow Walsh, who turned over those irrelevant-the-Rams-issue tapes, must subscribe to the logic “If X=Y and Z=Y, then A=B because, well, because I said so.”

Or something like that.

Michael Levy, Walsh’s lawyer, added yet another “WTF?” to the mix by stating (per ESPN) that

“Mr. Walsh has never claimed to have a tape of the walk-through . . . Mr. Walsh has never been the source of any of the media speculation about such a tape. Mr. Walsh was not the source for the Feb. 2 Boston Herald article.”

So let’s get this straight: Walsh (and two others) videotaped for the Patriots during the timeframe in question. Walsh gave up tapes. But he didn’t turn over evidence of the high-profile allegation linking his name to the Rams case. (Google ”Matt Walsh” and “St. Louis Rams.” We garnered 44,200 hits. Now go re-read Levy’s comments).

This makes less sense than the fact that Paris Hilton pulled down $150K for partying at a London nightclub.

Oh, and given that the eight tapes are consistent with what the Pats already ‘fessed up to, there’s no news here. Somebody–Walsh, his lawyer, the Boston Herald, the Patriots, the NFL–has some ’splainin’ to do about this mess.

What’s more idiotic: Matt Walsh not providing a Pats-Rams Super Bowl tape or the realization that someone paid Paris Hilton $150K to show up at a London nightclub?

Image: Used courtesy of www.splashnewsonline.com

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Lawyer for Ex-Pats Videotaper Matt Walsh: He Never Claimed to Have a Rams Tape

It. Gets. Better.

The alleged documentary evidence isn’t just of the New England Patriots QB getting um, a close-up of his chick’s—we’re guessing here—Brazilian bikini wax in a snoozer locale like a bedroom.

No. Apparently, and we’re holding a container of Morton’s salt as we report this, the happy couple got busy in a wine cellar . . . in a restaurant. (Please keep your filthy “popping the cork” references to yourself). Hooray for well-placed security tapes!

Caption: Are Tom and Gisele hiding from the guy in charge of the security tapes for that restaurant?

Our first thought was “Yeah, right. We should be so lucky. The Blog Deities are never quite that generous with the foddah.”

Our second thought was ”How can we get our hands on this before it hits YouTube?”

Our third thought was . . . you know, probably not something we should post on a PG-13 blog. Never mind.

P.S. Kudos to devoted reader Pat for helping out the blog foddah cause!

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A Naughty Tape of Tom and Gisele?

Somebody please send that in a memo to the St. Louis Rams before they’re laughed out of the NFL. The Rams, who lost the game 20-17, have filed a $100M class action lawsuit against the team and Coach Bill Belichick. On what grounds? Per ESPN:

The suit says: “The basis of this action is that the Defendants illegally videotaped the St. Louis Rams (”Rams”) “walk through” prior to the 2002 Super Bowl for the purpose of gaining an unfair advantage in the game.” It claims the Patriots were engaged in fraud, racketeering, breach of contract, and were in violation of Louisiana’s unfair trade practices and consumer protection act.

This is so ridiculous there’s a plot line for another Dumb and Dumber sequel in there, we can feel it. Do you think the Rams would be suing the Pats if they actually won the Super Bowl that year?

Translation: We want $100M for these Sour Grapes we’ve been chewing for six years.

The Rams are now part of the Superfluous Lawsuits Against the Patriots club, founded by a Jets fan who sued them for “deceiving customers” following “Spygate.”

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The Rams’ Class(less) Action Lawsuit