Deflating footballs gives the offense an advantage. The balls are softer, and easier to catch or hold. Try it out -- grab a fully inflated football, and then grab a deflated one. There's a difference.

The majority of players and coaches are downplaying the advantage the New England Patriots gained by deflating footballs ...

Tom Brady isn’t the only one who prefers playing with a deflated ball. ESPN’s Baxter Holmes has a long feature about basketballs and how several players prefer their balls. In the article, Holmes ...

The New England Patriots are being accused of cheating after it was revealed that 11 of 12 of the team’s footballs were deflated by about two pounds during the AFC Championship game against the ...

EUGENE — USC deflated its game balls against the Ducks? Chip Kelly didn't notice it during the game Saturday and didn't care about it after practice Thursday, a day after a USC student manager was ...

A USC student manager was fired for deflating five game footballs to below regulation levels for the Trojans' game against Oregon, the school announced Wednesday. The unidentified manager admitted to ...

Phil Jackson said nearly 30 years ago that the New York Knicks, which he was playing on at the time, would deflate basketballs on purpose to try to gain a competitive advantage. “What we used to do ...

It's not just the game balls that are deflated at Southern California this fall. An unimpressive season reached a new, weird low late Wednesday night when No. 21 USC announced a student manager had ...

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