[vincesanity82]

This is the front page of today's Boston Herald, and when a newspaper issues a front-page apology, you know it seriously screwed up.

And when newspapers seriously screw up, sometimes they get sued. But while there's a lot of speculation that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will sue the Herald over its February 2 story claiming the team videotaped the St. Louis Rams' last practice before the 2002 Super Bowl, such a lawsuit would be a bad idea. David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch explains:

we'd have to guess that the Herald is begging The Krafts for such action. Nothing sells papers or draws web traffic like a good lawyers-on-lawyers scrum involving a media entity and a professional sports franchise. Even if it would be costly for Pat Purcell to fend off the Krafts, the resulting documents from discovery and the potential depth into which Spygate could be dissected should be more than enough for the Patriots to talk tough now and slink away quietly, shortly.

Patriots Suing Boston Herald? Bad Idea - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

[simple simon]

id love to see a lawsuit .... i hate it when media gets off on crap like this .... and the worst part is that it is a hometown paper