<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A football used during the infamous 2015 AFC Championship game between the Patriots and Colts sold at auction at a high price Saturday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ESPN's Darren Rovell reports that the ball, from the \u201CDeflategate\u201D game in which Tom Brady and the Patriots allegedly knowingly used deflated footballs, sold for $43,740 through auction house Lelands.com. The ball made its way into the public domain through a fan, who received it after Patriots receiver Brandon LaFell&amp;nbsp;handed it to her after Pats running back LeGarrette Blount&amp;nbsp;scored a third-quarter touchdown.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rovell notes that although the balls were reinflated properly at halftime, they were the same balls used in the first half, according to the Wells Report.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ball sold six months to the date of New England's 45-7 victory over Indianapolis.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The appeal of Brady's four-game suspension from commissioner Roger Goodell for his role in the scandal is pending.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;READ: SI's complete Deflategate&amp;nbsp;coverage&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Jeremy Woo&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/07/18/tom-brady-goodell-deflategate-football-patriots-auction-price>