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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a radio interview with 93.7&amp;nbsp;WEEI&amp;nbsp;on Tuesday, New England\u200B&amp;nbsp;Patriots quarterback Tom Brady apologized for Deflategate distracting from what his team accomplished last season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI'm sorry that whatever has happened has taken the focus away from my team and what we accomplished last season,\u201D Brady said. \u201CIt should&amp;nbsp;have been a very joyous offseason.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Patriots won their fourth Super Bowl in franchise history last February, but the investigation of Brady and team employees for allegedly deflating footballs during the AFC Championship Game defined their offseason. Brady's four-game suspension for his role in Deflategate was overturned last week by federal judge Richard Berman, making the quarterback eligible to start in the Patriots' Week 1 contest against the Pittsburgh&amp;nbsp;Steelers.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Roger Goodell is open to changing his role in player discipline&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brady was asked if he had any regrets about his level of cooperation during the investigation, which was cited by Goodell&amp;nbsp;as a reason for upholding his suspension. After a long pause, Brady said, \u201CThat\u2019s a tough question. Like I said, some of those things are pretty personal.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As the interview extended into Brady's personal life, his interviewers asked him about the rumors that he could be divorcing his supermodel wife&amp;nbsp;Gisele&amp;nbsp;Bundchen. Brady said he and his wife are doing well without confirming or denying any plans for divorce.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWe're in a great place,\u201D Brady said. \u201CI'm a lucky man. ...I've been very blessed to have a great relationship with my life partner, and I&amp;nbsp;don't see anything getting in the way of that.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brady's family life has entered into the Deflategate narrative several times, most notably last Friday when a man who said he was&amp;nbsp;Brady's father phoned in to a San Francisco radio show and called NFL commissioner Roger&amp;nbsp;Goodell&amp;nbsp;a \u201Cflaming liar\u201D for alleging that Brady is a cheater.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWell I love my dad,\u201D Brady said when asked to respond to his father's comments. \u201CAs a dad with three kids now it gets pretty emotional. He's been a great support for my entire life. I'm sure it's been hard for him, for my mom, for everyone in my family, just like it's been for me, and for everyone involved.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CIt's been a tough, challenging several months, but I think it will be pretty exciting to run out there with my teammates on Thursday night and I think they'll be pretty excited too.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Report: Patriots allegedly videotaped opponents' signals in 40 games&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NFL regular season kicks off at 8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday when the Patriots host the Steelers at Gillette Stadium.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Erin Flynn&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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