{"id":550043,"date":"2016-11-08T10:17:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T15:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=550043"},"modified":"2016-11-08T10:17:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T15:17:05","slug":"bill-belichick-wrote-a-letter-endorsing-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/bill-belichick-wrote-a-letter-endorsing-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Belichick wrote a letter endorsing Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wild rumor has been confirmed\u2014New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick indeed wrote a letter endorsing Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>This started as a mere rumor, with the letter itself almost so silly in its verbiage it had to be fake.<\/p>\n<p>According to Steve Burton of WBZ TV in Boston, it&#8217;s real:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bill Belichick did indeed write Donald Trump a letter. The letter Trump read from Belichick is accurate. Those were Bill&#39;s words. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WBZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WBZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Burton (@SteveBurtonWBZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveBurtonWBZ\/status\/795993669019062272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csnne.com\/new-england-patriots\/belichick-did-indeed-write-letter-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Tom E. Curran<\/a> of CSNNE.com also confirmed the letter is real.<\/p>\n<p>The letter itself is&#8230;interesting:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s the \u201cmost beautiful letter&quot; Trump says Bill Belichick sent him today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kLqqk4SChZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/kLqqk4SChZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oCQ54h0IP4\">pic.twitter.com\/oCQ54h0IP4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliverdarcy\/status\/795818131830829056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Belichick isn&#8217;t alone\u2014apparently Tom Brady himself also endorsed Trump per McKay Coppins of BuzzFeed News:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/mckaycoppins\/status\/795808806752178177<\/p>\n<p>Brady and Trump have a long, documented friendship, so this isn&#8217;t much of a shock. Being the secretive person that he is, though, the Belichick development is a bit of interesting new information.<\/p>\n<p>For now, this is the most notable election bombshell from the sporting world. Given this is election day, though, something seems to suggest we&#8217;re just getting started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wild rumor has been confirmed\u2014New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick indeed wrote a letter endorsing Donald Trump. 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