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A ball from the game that produced the ‘Deflategate’ scandal that has seen Patriots quarterback Tom Brady suspended for four games sold at auction on Saturday for $43,740. Auction house Lelands.com sold the ball from the American Football Conference championship game — in which the Patriots beat the Indianapolis Colts to book a Super Bowl berth. It was consigned by a fan, who was handed the ball by Patriots receiver Brandon LaFell in the third quarter after New England’s LeGarrette Blount had scored a touchdown. ‘The ball that will live in infamy,’ was Leland’s introduction to the item, although it’s not clear how much the particular ball was used in the first half — when NFL investigators say the Patriots used footballs that were inflated below the league minimum before game officials corrected the problem at halftime. The Deflategate scandal nagged the Patriots

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