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The New Orleans Saints players who were punished for their alleged role in "bountygate" have won their appeals, thus lifting their suspensions. Jonthan Vilma sent out a...

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The NFL opens its 2012 regular season on Wednesday night when the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants host the Dallas Cowboys. Fifteen other games fill out the schedule of the new season’s first week. Here’s

The National Football League will open its 2012 regular season on Wednesday when the Dallas Cowboys visit the defending Super Bowl-champion New York Giants. The off- and pre- seasons have set up several key story lines for the new season. Here are the 10 burning questions for the 2012 NFL season:

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After a 2011 season dominated by news of a potential lockout, many football fans were looking forward to a drama-free 2012 campaign. Those fans, however, are going to be disappointed.

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When New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was suspended by the NFL for his alleged role in "bountygate" the NFL made it pretty clear he could not interact with anyone from the Saints without permission from the league

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As much as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has "brought down the hammer" in terms of disciplining players who have run-ins with the law, this offseason he's been unpredictably quiet about 24 players arrests. While he's spit out plenty of pelavor in regards to "bountygate," Goodell hasn't said a word about an offseason full of other horrendous headlines. Has the mishandling of "bountygate" made Goodell more...

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Jonathan Vilma sued NFL comissioner Roger Goodell for defamation of character in May. Over the weekend, Vilma filed a lawsuit against the NFL in federal court, claiming...

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"It's their cavalier interpretation of everything that's been way off. They clearly proceeded with a public smear campaign with very little regard for the truth," says Scott Fujita. With his documented history of questioning NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in the past, could Fujita be...

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Former NFL player and current analyst Warren Sapp apologized to former Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey for publicly calling him a "snitch" in regards to "bountygate." In a radio appearance, Sapp claims he met with Shockey and told him...

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The Associated Press acquired an infamous e-mail that convicted felon Mike Ornstein sent the Saints coaching staff when he was in prison last September. The e-mail has been cited by the NFL as an important piece of evidence in the "bountygate" investigation. As has been the norm, the NFL and the accused players definitively disagree on the context of Ornstein's e-mail, in which he references putting $5,000 on (Aaron) Rodgers. Ornstein claims...

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