"Deflategate" judge says Brady suspension in jeopardy

A federal judge made clear Wednesday that the NFL’s four-game suspension of Tom Brady over ‘‘Deflategate’’ is in jeopardy as the star New England quarterback returned to practice. Neither Brady nor NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was in court Wednesday. Brady returned to his team after participating in negotiations along with Goodell and lawyers on both sides a day earlier. It was the second week in a row the judge seemed to lean harder on the NFL in open court, though he again cautioned that he had not yet made up his mind which side would win.