The Deflategate ruling

Goodell rejects Brady appeal, upholds Deflategate suspension

BOSTON, MA - DECEMBER 07: Tom Brady is seen on December 07, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Stickman/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

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Tom Brady has authorized the NFLPA to take the matter to court, according to reports, and the NFL has asked a court to confirm its decision.

Tom Brady on the sideline prior to the Patriots? game against the Chargers on December 7, 2014.

Tom Brady had cellphone destroyed, and 10,000 texts along with it

The Patriots quarterback said it?s his standard practice to destroy his old phones when he gets a new one.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/04864208-7075--90x90.jpg Reaction to Tom Brady?s suspension

Some on social media defended Brady and the Patriots, while others hailed the decision.

Document: NFL denies Tom Brady?s appeal

In a 20-page document, the National Football League explained why it was upholding its 4-game suspension of the Patriots? quarterback.

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians, Saturday, July 25, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Alex Speier

Should Red Sox even dream of landing Chris Sale?

Chicago?s ace lefthander would demand a bundle in return, but he has a team-friendly contract and talent that?s nearly unmatched.

Magazine | Perspective

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Jim Braude surveys life in the Land of the Eternal Wait.

Hillary Clinton

Profit sharing is a win-win

The presidential candidate touts the effects of profit sharing on employees? paychecks as well as the economy as a whole.

Movie review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/23/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/VAC-04746.jpg ?Vacation? takes up where ?National Lampoon?s Vacation? left off

We all know you can?t go home again, but this coarse retread proves you can?t even go back to Wally World.

The apartment building that Randall E. Lints lived in with his son, seven-year old Jack Loiselle in the Gilbertville section of Hardwick, Massachusetts on July 23, 2015. Jack's father Randall E. Lints of Hardwick, Massachusetts was charged on Wednesday with assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, permitting substantial injury to a child, reckless endangerment of a child and permitting injury to a child after allegedly abusing Jack who was hospitalized on Tuesday night with life-threatening injuries . Matthew Healey for The Boston Globe (METRO Section. Reporter Astead Herndon - Assigning editor Jim Wilson)

Hardwick boy lived isolated life, records show

The boy who fell into a coma after his father allegedly starved and dehydrated him faced intense isolation and discipline, police said.

Tonya Carpenter was injured by a splintered bat that flew into the stands at Fenway Park on June 5.

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THOMAS FARRAGHER

In wake of fan injuries, suit seeks more protections

A lawsuit seeking an extension of protective screens down the base lines comes after a woman was seriously injured at Fenway Park this year.

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The woman who claims a juror in the Aaron Hernandez trial lied to the judge has been in ?personal contact?? with Hernandez, records show.

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Jonathan Pollard, 60, has been imprisoned since 1985 on charges that he was selling classified information to Israel.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/video2-8596.jpg Medford detective in threat incident was admonished in 2012

Stephen LeBert was also disciplined in 1992 after he and his uncle confronted a neighbor who spat on his wife.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/greenhouse_29kendall-1_business.jpg MIT unveiling $1.2 billion plan for Kendall Square

MIT is pushing ahead with plans to turn a string of Kendall Square parking lots into six new buildings.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-8641.jpg Cynicism didn?t kill the Olympic bid

Taxpayer liability, not small-mindedness, was always the elephant in this room we call Boston.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/horowitz-087.jpg Who wants to host the Olympics?

Cities all around the world seem increasingly reluctant to host the Games.

Two charged with murder in fatal Roxbury shooting

Two Boston men, already in custody on gun offenses, are now accused of fatally shooting Raheem Ramirez on July 2.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/rathe_pindell_employee02.jpg--90x90.jpg Inside the presidential primaries with James Pindell

Globe reporter James Pindell brings you the latest news from New Hampshire and beyond as 2016 presidential politics take shape.

Opinion

editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/04/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Advance/Images/20marathonmood15.jpg A final blow to Olympic bid

The bid elicited a citywide conversation about Boston?s future, and the challenge now is to keep that forward-looking energy going.

The Big Picture

A boy plays during breaktime at the Senator Obama primary school in the village of Kogelo, west of Kenya?s capital of Nairobi on July 16. US President Barack Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia this month.

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The Big Picture

Obama?s ancestral home

President Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia this month. His ancestral home of Kogelo is home to Sarah Hussein Obama, his step-grandmother.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Terminator-Graffitti-Wall-4635--90x90.png Luminaries join warning against killer robots

Elon Musk, physicist Stephen Hawking, and others warned against a ?military AI arms race.?

Crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/scouts150-1389.jpg Are lawsuits ahead for church-based Boy Scout troops?

The BSA?s 80-member national executive board voted Monday to drop its ban on gay adult leaders.

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