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A judge is urging the NFL, the players' union and Tom Brady to have last-minute settlement talks before a Wednesday hearing in the legal dispute over the superstar quarterback's suspension for using underinflated footballs. Judge Richard Berman on Tuesday ordered the sides to have ``further good faith settlement efforts'' prior to the first meeting since the sides took the scandal known as ``Defla

Major League Baseball is making some changes to speed up the length of games but it won't implement some of the more radical proposals to make games shorter. The league and the players' union announced an agreement Friday to enforce the rule requiring a hitter to keep at least one foot in the batter's box in most cases...