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Deflate-Gate memes take over social media

By  David Just
   
SHARE Deflate-Gate memes take over social media
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Nothing brings memers together like a controversy about balls.

I’ve rounded up some of the best memes since the outbreak of the Deflate-Gate “scandal.” Enjoy:

And then there were the New York tabloid covers, which may as well have been memes.

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