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This is no longer about deflated footballs. Tom Brady signaled in his appeal of his "Deflategate" suspension that he will put NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's credibility on trial, further inflating the stakes in what started as a silly little scandal about the air pressure in footballs...

A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press the NFL plans to change guidelines regarding the way footballs are handled before games.

(Associated Press) - The NFL suspended Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady for the first four games of the season, fined the New England Patriots $1 million and took away two draft picks Monday as punishment for deflating footballs used in the AFC title game...

SportsNetwork.com - Speaking publicly for the first time since the Wells report was released Wednesday, the Patriots quarterback said, "I don't really have any reaction," when pried by Jim Gray at the Salem State Speaker Series, a pre-scheduled Q&A appearance.

After more than 100 days of investigating, the NFL report is out on the Patriots-deflate gate scandal. The report author by attorney Ted Wells doesn't call star quarterback Tom Brady a cheater, but it may as well. Wells calls some of Brady's claims that he didn't know of efforts to deflate game balls "not plausible and contradicted by others...

New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Ted Wells has completed his investigation into deflated footballs used by the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game and concluded that team personnel deliberately tried to "circumvent the rules ...

The NFL is fining the New York Jets 100-thousand-dollars for tampering with Darrelle Revis while he was still a member of the New England Patriots. The "New York Daily News" reports the league is docking the club as a result of owner Woody Johnson saying "I'd love for Darrelle to come back...

A federal judge is giving final approval to the NFL concussion settlement. Thousands of former players sued the league, claiming it purposefully hid the long-term dangers of concussions and head trauma from playing football. The settlement will provide payments of up to five-million-dollars to players diagnosed with specific neurological disorders...

The NFL is reinstating Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. The league announced that he will become an active NFL player again effective Friday and may participate in all scheduled team activities. Peterson had been suspended since pleading no contest last November to child-abuse charges involving the disciplining of his four-year-old son with a tree branch...

According NBC News, Aaron Hernandez, the former star tight end for the New England Patriots, was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder.