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There were individual drills and full-team drills when the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots gathered Wednesday at the Saints’ training camp in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, to begin a set of joint practices.

He ordered Brady and Goodell, neither of whom was in court on Wednesday, to appear at that next hearing.

“We had [settlement] discussions prior to this”, Goodell told reporters.

Berman said there is legal precedent for overturning the NFL’s four-game suspension and asked lawyers for the league why deflating footballs and lack of cooperation was punishable on the same terms as drug use. Goodell, who by contract with the players’ union can act...

In court documents, the union’s lawyers said the suspension was unfair and violates the labor contract and complained that it would cause irreparable harm to Brady by forcing him to miss games. An NFL lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Judge Richard M. Berman suggested Wednesday that he could have grounds to drop Brady’s suspension altogether should he decide to do so, citing concerns about the league’s issues with “fundamental fairness and evident impartiality”. There apparently was...

Below is a bit of an intro and then my Patriots Saints pick for tonight. And while everyone will tune in closely to the future Hall of Fame quarterbacks, there are several key members of the Patriots who deserve a closer look. Let’s explore what has happened, and what to...

Now they’ve gathered for a football summit of sorts this week at a secluded luxury resort in the mountains of West Virginia.

Tom Brady, New England Patriots quarterback, and commissioner Roger Goodell both spoke privately with the judge in court.

The Patriots quarterback connected on 16 of 18 passes during Thursday’s practice. “Physically I think it’s possible, but mentally the season is a grind”. But throughout the hearing, he also cited several weaknesses in the way the NFL handled the...

So Payton had a special message: If you decide to fight during practices, as has become a sudden trend during joint sessions across the league, you should pack your bags.

The team continues their joint practicing with the New England Patriots in advance of their preseason game this Saturday.

As to whether Brady is innocent of the whole deflating-footballs thing, which, lest we forget, is how this whole mess began, Sherman said, “It wasn’t just him”.

The Patriots open their regular season on Sept. 10 against the Steelers, a game for which Brady’s availability remains in question.

Originally brought to the court by the league after it upheld the four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Judge Berman is also hearing a counter-suit by the union attempting to strike down the league’s decision.