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Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue will rule Tuesday afternoon on the latest round of player appeals in the NFL's bounty probe, and any potential punishment will be delayed by a week, sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.

The latest round of appeal hearings in the NFL's bounty investigation have concluded with appearances by former Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress, Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt and linebacker Jonathan Vilma.

Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma intends to ignore whatever emotions he experiences and plans to be "all business" while present Friday at latest bounty hearing.

Browns safety T.J. Ward has appealed a $25,000 fine for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Sunday at Dallas, and said the NFL's rules on vicious hits need to be changed.

Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden has been suspended four games without pay for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing drugs, the league announced Monday.

Defending against Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick on Sunday might have just become slightly easier for the Cleveland Browns. An appeals panel has overturned the three-game suspension of Cleveland outside linebacker Scott Fujita as well as th...

The suspensions of Jonathan Vilma and three other players in the NFL's bounty investigation were lifted Friday by a three-member appeals panel and the league reinstated those players a few minutes later.

Joe Haden is awaiting word from the NFL on a possible four-game suspension for failing a drug test.

The NFL Players Association filed a lawsuit against the NFL on behalf of three players suspended in connection with the bounty investigation, calling Commissioner Roger Goodell "incurably and evidently biased."

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has rejected the appeals of four players suspended in connection with the league's bounty investigation of the New Orleans Saints.

New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees remains adamant that the NFL's bounty investigation has not proved money ever changed hands in a pay-to-injure scheme.

Former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita, a union leader with a record of criticizing the NFL's player-safety record, sees elements of a "smear campaign" in a bounty investigation that has sullied his reputation.

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.

A high-ranking Senator will meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to talk about bounties in professional football.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell held appeals hearings Monday in the Saints bounty case for four suspended players, who complained that the process is unfair and the league hasn't proved anything.

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.