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Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has postponed Tuesday's appeals hearings on the New Orleans Saints' bounty case because of a tropical system forecasted to hit the Northeast, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

A judge said that he will rule next week on Roger Goodell's request to stop Jonathan Vilma 's lawyers from deposing the NFL commissioner and obtaining documents related to the Saints bounty scandal, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Jonathan Vilma and his attorney, Peter Ginsberg, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Daniel Knowles III Thursday and addressed the timing of discovery in Vilma's defamation of character suit against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

With Cleveland scheduled to play Thursday night against Baltimore, Browns linebacker Scott Fujita is likely to meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Saturday.

New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and his attorney Peter Ginsberg will meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on their own Monday afternoon, according to a league source.

There will be no settlement between New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and the NFL before a federal judge rules on whether the suspended linebacker temporarily can return to work.

The NFL has offered to reduce New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma's year-long suspension to eight games if he drops his civil suit against commissioner Roger Goodell.

New Orleans Saints interim head coach Joe Vitt says he called NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday morning and offered to take a lie detector test to prove that the league's bounty allegations against him are false.

The NFL's evidence against the suspended Saints coaches and players included emails that Sean Payton's close friend and confidant, Mike Ornstein, sent from prison, offering up bounties for hits.

Arbitrator Shyam Das has ruled in the NFL's favor and dismissed the NFL Players Association's grievance in the bounty case against four New Orleans Saints players, league spokesman Greg Aiello told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Friday.

Drew Brees hoisted his son, Baylen, after winning Super Bowl XLIV. He's hoping to do it again in February -- this time with his second son, Adam Schefter writes.

While the players of the New Orleans Saints pushed them into the Super Bowl, it's the team's front office personnel who face a tall order after Sunday's game.