Not that you're actually going to search a newsstand for a Boston Herald, but today's front page might actually be of interest — because it's a forced apology to the New England Patriots. [E&P] The entire front page, plus part of the back sports page, is being used to say sorry for the paper's February story, which accused the NFL team of breaking league rules by videotaping the St. Louis Rams' team practices the day before the two faced off in Super Bowl XXXVI.

"While the Boston Herald based its Feb. 2, 2008, report on sources that it believed to be credible, we now know that this report was false, and that no tape of the walkthrough ever existed," reads part of the apology. [BH]

Naturally, the paper's commenters are having a field day.

• Weak. Lame. Ridiculous. What on earth were you people thinking? I hope Kraft sues the pants off you and Tomase. No wonder players in this town detest the media.

• I am never reading the Herald for the rest of my life, and I hope the writer of that article, who everyone knows by now, is severely punished for this. To publish a false report, of this magnitude, the day before the Superbowl, is unforgivable.

• The Herald screwed up. You must fire Tomase and the Editors ASAP. Boston Sports fans will not forget this.

• Worst newspaper ever.