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Tom Brady fined $10K for leg-up slide

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) slides to avoid being tackled by Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed (20) on a three-yard carry in the second quarter in the AFC Championship game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on January 20, 2013. UPI/Matthew Healey
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) slides to avoid being tackled by Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed (20) on a three-yard carry in the second quarter in the AFC Championship game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on January 20, 2013. UPI/Matthew Healey 
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Published: Jan. 24, 2013 at 12:05 AM

FOXBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The NFL Wednesday fined New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady $10,000 for a leg-up slide into Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed.

Brady protected himself in the first half of the AFC Championship game Sunday with a leg-up slide into Reed, and his cleat made contact, drawing a call for unnecessary roughness.

Reed told a Baltimore radio station Brady apologized, The Boston Globe reported.

The Ravens won the game 28-13 and advanced to Super Bowl XLVII against the San Francisco 49ers.

Topics: Tom Brady, Ed Reed
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