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Mitt Romney talks about his NFL owner friends

By Shira Schoenberg

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 13, 2012

Just two weeks after taking heat for saying he has friends who are NASCAR team owners, Romney is now name-dropping his friends who are NFL team owners. The former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate, in an interview with an Alabama radio show, was asked which team he thinks quarterback Peyton Manning ought to go to. “I don’t want him in our neck of the woods,” Romney said. Then he continued: “I have a lot of good friends, the owners of the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets – both owners are friends of mine. But let’s keep away from New England...”

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