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NFL spokesman Greg Aiello announced Tuesday morning that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has reinstated Sean Payton from his suspension effective immediately.

PFT: Both NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith are hopeful their sides can vote on a labor deal sometime Thursday.

NFL owners and their locked-out players have resumed court-ordered mediation. Commissioner Roger Goodell, executive vice president Jeff Pash and team owners Mike Brown, John Mara, Jerry Richardson and Art Rooney arrived at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis on Monday morning along with legal counsel.

With the NFL on the brink of its first work stoppage in nearly a quarter of a century, Commissioner Roger Goodell and union head DeMaurice Smith met at a federal mediator's office Friday, the day the league's twice-extended labor contract was set to expire....

Ben Roethlisberger is getting time off for good behavior. He'll be back on the field for the Pittsburgh Steelers two games earlier than expected after convincing NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell he is turning his life around.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger plans to ask for
his six-game suspension to be reduced when he meets with NFL
commissioner Roger Goodell, ESPN.com reported Wednesday.

N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell has not committed to a time frame for making a decision on whether to reinstate Michael Vick.