Indianapolis columnist Bob Kravitz is an established, long-time voice in the midwest. He also happened to initially break the story of the Patriots’ deflated footballs after the AFC Championship Game. Since that story broke, his life has been turned on its head. In fact, some fans have so much hatred towards Kravitz that they’re actually lobbing death threats at him.
Ben Volin of the Boston Globe interviewed Kravitz in Phoenix in the lead-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl, and some of the details of what Kravitz has had to deal with over the last two weeks are shocking.
Kravitz notes that he’s been dealing with a “tsunami of hatred”, and that he’s been dealing with “some anti-Semitic remarks, some threats to my well-being”. He’s not surprised by the reaction, and said that this was the biggest story he’s ever broken. Kravitz also says that after receiving the tip, he confirmed the story with two sources before all hell broke loose.
When it came to the topic of the Colts and whether or not he felt that the story was leaked because the team was bitter about the loss, Kravitz had some interesting comments.
My sense is the Colts want to sit back and see where this investigation goes. I haven’t spoken to a single member of the organization who believes the footballs, deflated or stuffed with chicken feathers, had anything to do with the one-sided outcome. I sense some of the players are downright embarrassed this came out, simply because it makes them look like poor losers.
Deflategate has been such a bizarre story because while it might seem like a relatively benign story on the surface, it’s resulted in some very strong reactions on both sides of the situation. Patriots fans are angry, Patriots haters are angry, Goodell haters are angry…it’s a melting pot of hatred, and naturally, a good bit of that hatred is spilling over towards the guy who put all of this in the spotlight to begin with.
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