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Patriots get last laugh as NFL commissioner booed off stage

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was booed off stage Sunday night as he handed off the Lombardi trophy to the champion New England Patriots.

Super Bowl crowd drowns out Roger Goodell's speech as he hands off Lombardi trophy

Patriots owner Robert Kraft described the most recent Super Bowl win as 'unequivocally the sweetest'. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey/The Canadian Press)

"Deflate Gate" seems to have lost its lustre.

When the New England Patriots completed their historic comeback Super Bowl win on Sunday night, the moment many football fans had been anticipating was finally happening.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell took to the stage to hand off the Lombardi trophy to the Patriots but his speech was drowned out by merciless boos.

Goodell quickly exited stage right while Patriots fans rejoiced and, as expected, the memes that followed the encounterwere ripe.