Robert Kraft picked up the newspaper at his home Wednesday morning and was happy to see the front-page headline in big capital letters:

``SORRY, PATS''

The Patriots owner felt vindicated by the Boston Herald's apology after a season - and offseason - of reports the NFL's most successful franchise of the decade had spied on opponents.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell found no more wrongdoing by New England, which had been punished for taping New York Jets coaches in the 2007 season opener. Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh produced no tape of a St. Louis Rams walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl while meeting with Goodell on Tuesday.

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