Our friend Mike Felger of the Boston Herald and ESPN Radio in Boston, with whom we’ve appeared numerous times, was interviewed by phone on ESPN earlier this afternoon. 

The exchange between Trey Wingo and Felger was tense at times.

Said Wingo at the outset, “Now let us bring in the man who represents the paper that’s sort of been behind the onus of all of this [Editor’s note:  Was that Trey Wingo talking, or Emmitt Smith?], and that is Mike Felger, a columnist for the Boston Herald . . . .  Mike, we heard the Commissioner basically say that Matt Walsh denied the existence of a videotape of the Rams’ walk-through before Super Bowl XXXVI at his news conference.  Your story, your paper of course, not your story, your paper reported that in a February 2 edition that a source told you that there was indeed a videotape of that walk-through.  What’s your reaction to what the Commissioner had to say?”

Replied Felger:  “Well, first of all, you say I ’represent’ the Herald.  I don’t.  You asked me to come on and give my thoughts, and I’ll give them to you.  But I don’t represent the paper, and if you want those sort of questions, you’re gonna have to call my editor or my boss.”

Wingo talked over the last part of Felger’s response, clarifying that he’s not saying (even though he did say) that Felger “represents” the paper.

But Wingo wouldn’t let it go.  Moments later, Wingo said this, “I guess you don’t feel comfortable speaking for the paper, but does the Boston Herald stand behind that story of February 2?”

Said Felger, “You just said I’m not there to speak for the paper.  Are you gonna speak, Trey, for every ESPN story that’s aired over the last year?  I don’t think I’d put you in that position, and I’m not here to do that today, either.”

Felger also pointed out the most ignored fact in all of this — that other teams cheat, too, and that the Patriots have evidence of it. 

Finally, Felger said that there have been rumors “for years” that Matt Walsh has told people he taped the Rams’ walk-through.  So either those rumors were bogus, or he told people that and was lying, or it’s true. 

Based on today, the likely reality is that the rumors were bogus, or that Walsh was lying.