Overview

• Mary Kay Cabot accepted the Bill Nunn Memorial Award Friday evening at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Gold Jacket Dinner in Cleveland.
• She became the second woman and the second Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter, after Chuck Heaton, to receive the Pro Football Writers of America’s top reporting honor.
• In her speech, Cabot recounted years of clashing with Belichick when he was Browns coach and delivered a pointed retort about having the ‘footballs’ to challenge him.
• Cabot quipped that at age 28 Belichick “just couldn’t relate to a woman that old,” underscoring the age-gap jabs tied to his relationship with 24-year-old Jordon Hudson.
• The roast reflects enduring media fascination with Belichick’s combative reputation and his off-field controversies as he leads the North Carolina Tar Heels.