Football player Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for “Deflategate” was overturned by a judge Thursday in a big win for the New England Patriot quarterback. The question of whether Mr. Brady knowingly deflated footballs before the American Football Conference Championship game, was kicked from the playing field to the courtroom when National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld what some critics said was an unfair punishment, angrily citing the destruction of Brady’s cell phone and its 10,000 text messages. The NFL's Player’s Union countersued, said Brady did nothing wrong and asked the judge to nullify the suspension.

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