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Report: Goodell, Kraft have spoken, hugged recently

AP

Patriots owner Robert Kraft may have been angry at NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell as a result of the penalties given to his team and quarterback Tom Brady as a result of DeflateGate, but his anger wasn’t getting in the way of a chance to get a hug.

Adam Schefter of ESPN reported Monday that the league and the Patriots are working behind the scenes to resolve the Patriots’ unhappiness about those penalties and added Tuesday that Goodell and Kraft have already done some in front of the curtain work. Per Schefter, the two mean already have “met, spoke and even hugged” already and that they were spotted “on a couch, talking by themselves for quite a long time” at a birthday party for CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus over the weekend.