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Shaun Bradley Tweets and Deletes That There’s No Truth to the A.J. Brown and Haason Reddick Masseuse Rumor
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Saw this one on the timeline and clipped it before it was deleted.
It’s from former Eagle Shaun Bradley, responding to the Birds fan who is peddling the Haason Reddick and A.J. Brown masseuse rumor:
This rumor went viral back in June and was circulated in a thread from this guy, “Mansa Simba,” who said that Reddick and Brown were both seeing the same massage therapist on the side. Apparently that created some beef and Jalen Hurts was involved and blah blah whatever. That’s the story. NFL Insider Mike Garafolo said a few days later that he talked to Big Dom about the rumor, who was “adamant” that the story was untrue.
By that point, I think the average Eagles fan no longer gave a shit about any of this. They were happy that the A.J. Brown trade finally happened, and ready to turn the page for good, though certain pockets of the fan base wanted more on the A.J. story and kept beating the drum for details. They weren’t satisfied with the information that was out there.
So here comes Shaun Bradley to back up Mike Garafolo’s reporting, noting that he played with Reddick in both college and the pros. He says the rumor is “corny as fuck” and that everything is made up. Not sure why he deleted the tweet, though. Probably more trouble than it’s worth, but he does have a couple of replies still posted:
If you have to pick between random Twitter users or Mike Garafolo via Big Dom + Shaun Bradley, you’d think most people are going to believe the latter. But you never know what can happen in Philadelphia sports. Nobody ever thought something like Bryan Colangelo BurnerGate could be true. Perhaps that’s why these rumors and conspiracy theories have staying power, because things that seem inconceivable do sometimes happen.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com