No Settlement: Goodell, Brady Await 'Deflategate' Ruling
Last-minute settlement talks between lawyers for Roger Goodell and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady have failed, leaving a judge to decide the fate of "Deflategate."
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Last-minute settlement talks between lawyers for Roger Goodell and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady have failed, leaving a judge to decide the fate of "Deflategate."
Tom Brady might have reason to practice more intensely after a federal judge made clear Wednesday that the NFL's four-game suspension of the Patriots quarterback over "Deflategate" is in jeopardy.
There are no additional talks with the judge scheduled before a hearing next week, though lawyers are expected to continue on their own.
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A federal judge put the NFL on the defensive over its four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on Wednesday.
Judge Richard Berman ordered the sides to have "further good faith settlement efforts" prior to the first meeting since the sides took the scandal known as "Deflategate" to federal court.
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In a 457-page transcript released on Tuesday, the three-time Super Bowl MVP maintained his innocence in the NFL scandal known as "Deflategate."
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"I will not allow my unfair discipline to become a precedent for other NFL players without a fight," the Patriots star wrote Wednesday morning.
The commissioner pointed to concealed evidence. The team described it as a folly. And the agent added sham to the lexicon of "Deflategate." Then the players' union said it would take it all to court.
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The Dynamic Radio Duo found themselves discussing the NFL's decision to uphold the Pats signal caller's four-game suspension, and Boomer could be heard sharing his conspiracy theory involving the Ravens.
The league announced the decision Tuesday, with Goodell saying that the New England quarterback told an assistant to destroy Brady's cellphone on or just before March 6.
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Could the Deflategate saga be coming to a close with a compromise?
No details of Tuesday's hearing were immediately available. But an unnamed source told ESPN's Adam Schefter that Brady put forward "an A-plus performance."
If Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's suspension isn't overturned, the battle could end up going to court. For now, it's up to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made it official Tuesday: He will hear Tom Brady's appeal of his four-game suspension.
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Police are looking for three people who were seen exiting a sewer near Park Avenue and East 61st Street early Wednesday morning. CBS News New York's Doug Williams reports.
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The NYPD is investigating after receiving a call that three people crawled out of a sewer and took off in two separate vehicles.
