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Cover sports and whether they're reliable sources. new england patriots quarterback tom brady and deflategate are back in the headlines after the wells report found it was more probable than not, their words, that brady was aware of those improperly deflated footballs. reporter bob kravitz broke the deflategate story and ignited the media firestorm that followed. for him wednesday's official report was vintdication after his reporting that drew disdain and even death threats. he wrote, the people who disappointed him most were the folks at the globe's website boston.com. they were renowned pom...

Victims spoke. >> i don't want to say a happy day but i feel grateful for the outcome. >> i don't think it's closure. it's just that we are glad that the person who did it was found guilty. >> one more step to the end to finally being able to put it behind. >> relief. everybody has been on edge. i think we're all expecting it to end up that way. >> he should be held accountable for his actions and i'm very thankful for each of the jury members that are making him do that. >> the jury must decide whether to sentence him to death or life in prison. joining me now is eric levinson news writer for...

I mean, obviously hernandez has an attorney as we've seen in the past with other players in trouble. they get an attorney. but do they talk with the team and lay out what they know? >> well, it depends on the team and the problem is if you have the head coach, the owner, the general manager talking to the player and the player's saying things, that makes those folks potential witnesses because anything the player says to anyone can be used in a court of law. so the team will want to know what happened, the league will definitely want to know what happened. at some point, if the nfl's own inves...

Meant fox 25, my fox boston. two explosions, and their reporter, maria, is reporting she saw the smoke at the finish line at it happened. strangely so far we're not getting much out of boston on this. jonathan hunt has been reading up and getting more information while arthur and i were talking. this is disturbing. >> one of the initial reports says the two explosions came from inside the fairmont plaza hotel. i'm not sure which of those building it is there. i'm just looking at boston.com's live blogging of this here. there is one report of injuries. i've not heard that anywhere else. but som...

Ha! >> back to "hardball." now the "sideshow." first, has leading economist paul krugman fallen on hard financial times? if you look to conservative website, breitbart.com for your daily headlines, this one would be quite the shocker. "krugman files for bankruptcy." the story links to a blog post on boston.com and reads in part, "the bankruptcy filing also sheds some fascinating light on krugman's spending habits which includes an amex bill reaching $84,000 in one month and charges for portuguese wines and a dress from a victorian period." red flags started to go up at the reading an that. the...