Deflategate

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge put the NFL on the defensive over its four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on Wednesday, demanding to know what evidence directly links Brady to deflating footballs and belittling the drama of the controversy.

BOSTON (AP) A courtroom artist whose gaunt sketches of Tom Brady at the first ''Deflategate'' civil suit hearing in Manhattan federal court led to a Twitter flurry says it's her job to show what's going on. Jane Rosenberg's drawings of the New England Patriots quarterback Wednesday were compared with everything from ''Lurch'' in ''The Addams Family'' to the figure in Edvard Munch's ''The Scream...

NEW YORK (AP) _ Here are the latest developments in a federal court hearing in football's ``Deflategate'' scandal, with the NFL, the players' union and superstar quarterback Tom Brady at odds about a four game suspension he received for using underinflated footballs (all times local): 1:40 p...

NEW YORK (AP) - The federal judge handling Tom Brady's attempt to overturn his four-game suspension strongly suggested the New England quarterback and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appear in court on Aug. 12 and 19.

With the announcement on Tuesday that the NFL will uphold Tom Brady's four-game suspension for his role in the Deflategate scandal came some surprising new information for all of the Patriots fans who thought Brady would ultimately be vindicated and the fine would be erased...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says "there is no timeline" for Tom Brady's four-game "Deflategate" suspension appeal. Goodell tells the "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review" the league wants to make sure they have a fair and open process, and the decision will take as long as it takes...

Update:  Tom Brady's appeal of his four-game suspension lasted more than 10 hours Tuesday, ending in the early evening. The sight of Commissioner Roger Goodell leaving the league offices after he heard Brady and representatives from the players' union during the lengthy meeting, confirmed its conclusion...

A properly inflated ball from the game in which Tom Brady used underinflated footballs is up for auction. Bidding starts at $25,000 in the auction running through July 17. An NFL-commissioned report found that during a halftime examination, 11 of the 12 balls used by the New England Patriots offense were under the league-mandated minimum of 12...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is not recusing himself from Tom Brady's suspension appeal later this month. Goodell informed the Players Association in a letter on Tuesday, saying he will not rewrite the Collective Bargaining Agreement to alter his authority and discretion to hear any appeal...

The appeal hearing for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's "Deflategate" suspension is set. ESPN reports it will begin June 23rd, and will continue, if necessary, on June 25th. The deadline to set the hearing was extended this past Wednesday when the NFL Player's Association did not agree with the original dates the league had set...