Patriots fan gives NFL commish Roger Goodell middle finger during photo opp
We all know New England Patriots fans are none too fond of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, thanks to the league's never-ending "Deflategate" crusade.
But this -- this Patriots fan is going to be a popular guy in the Northeast. Some already call him a hero.
Goodell attended NFL legend Jim Kelly's annual charity golf event Sunday night and Monday. So, apparently, did a Patriots fan named Jim Podanoffsky.
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Which led to this magic moment:
Is the photo legit? Let's just say a few seconds on the Google machine turns up a Jim Podanoffsky who looks strikingly similar to that guy at right. Did he mean for it to get out? That's less clear, but it's everywhere now.
Fans online reacted as you'd expect.
It's been a rough couple days for Goodell, who is well-paid by widely loathed. The NFL's Twitter account was hacked Tuesday and falsely tweeted that Goodell had died.
That's less funny.
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Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
