The last bit of hot air remaining from the NFL's legal battle against New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is expected to be exhausted, mercifully, over the next few weeks and months beginning Thursday afternoon inside a New York City courtroom.
That's when a panel of judges will hear oral arguments in the league's appeal of Brady's greatest triumph of 2015 — Deflategate.
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It's been a while since every football fan's favorite controversy made headlines. Hence, this refresher.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman ruled in September to vacate NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's four-game suspension of Brady for his alleged role in the deliberate deflation of footballs during the 2014 AFC championship game.