FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady will drop his appeal and serve his four-game suspension for the “Deflategate” scandal. The New England Patriots quarterback said in a Facebook post Friday that “I have made the difficult decision to no longer proceed with the legal process.” Brady’s latest appeal was rejected Wednesday by the 2nd U.S. […]
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Court rejects Tom Brady’s appeal of ‘Deflategate’ suspension
NEW YORK — Quarterback Tom Brady’s last best chance to avoid serving a four-game “Deflategate” suspension to start the new season was flatly rejected Wednesday by an appeals court. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan issued a one-sentence rejection of requests by the National Football League Players Association and Tom Brady to reconsider […]
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Ben Affleck swears Deflategate is a ‘ridiculous smear campaign’
LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck gave former ESPN personality Bill Simmons’ new HBO talk show a lively start with a five-minute, expletive-filled rant on “Deflategate.” During an interview on the Wednesday debut episode of “Any Given Wednesday,” Affleck passionately criticized the NFL and its commissioner, Roger Goodell, for suspending New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady […]
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Tom Brady to appeal reinstatement of 4-game suspension
NEW YORK — Tom Brady will appeal his four-game suspension by the NFL, seeking a second hearing before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court. The decision by the New England Patriots quarterback was confirmed Monday by NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah. If the appeal is denied by the full panel, Brady could try to take […]
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Two Patriots fans want out of suit; others appeal court’s decision on NFL draft picks
Two of seven New England Patriots fans who filed a federal case against the National Football League, Commissioner Roger Goodell and Patriots owner Robert Kraft over “Deflategate” have asked the court to be removed from the case. They are no longer interested in pursuing their claims. The remaining fans have appealed the federal court’s recent […]
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Appeals court reinstates Tom Brady’s Deflategate suspension
NEW YORK — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game “Deflategate” suspension imposed by the NFL, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, overturning a lower judge and siding with the league in a battle with the players union. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled […]
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Patriot fans vs. NFL: Court denies restraining order request on 1st-round picks
A federal judge has denied a request by seven New England Patriots fans for a temporary restraining order to bar the National Football League from giving away the Patriots’ first-round draft pick April 28. The fans’ request was denied before defendants could object or before a hearing was scheduled because the federal judge didn’t want to […]
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Rumford lawyer sues NFL over ‘Deflategate’ loss of draft picks
LEWISTON — More than a year after the controversial AFC Championship game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts that launched “Deflategate,” seven East Coast Patriots fans have filed a federal lawsuit to get back their team’s first-round draft pick. The fans are being represented by Rumford attorney Seth Carey. Carey filed the […]
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NFL admits link to CTE: ‘Huge implications for the future of the game’
A top official with the NFL made a stunning admission Monday, agreeing with a neuropathologist before a Congressional panel that a link exists between football-related brain injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The league had never before publicly acknowledged such a connection. As first reported by Steve Fainaru of ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” Jeff Miller, […]
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Peyton Manning has no regrets about NFL career
Updated 12:10 p.m.: In the final moments of his retirement news conference, Peyton Manning really got choked up when he talked about how hard he prepared during his 18-year career. “When I look back on my NFL career I’ll know without a doubt that I gave everything I had to help my team walk away […]