That was awkward: Goodell dodges on Raiders, parries on Pats (Yahoo Sports)

Nothing produces awkward NFL moments quite like watching the commissioner parry all those thorny issues involving the league's oldest and newest troublemakers - the Raiders and Patriots. Reporters spent time poking Roger Goodell about ''Deflategate,'' the Raiders' now-threatened move to Las Vegas, and other delicate topics at the commissioner's less-formal, less-crowded and, frankly, less-newsy pre-Super Bowl news conference, held on a Wednesday this year instead of the traditional Friday afternoon slot. Going sans necktie and speaking in a room about half the size as his usual Super Bowl venue, Goodell insisted nothing was off-kilter between the league and either team.