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Deflategate has never been about footballs---so what, exactly, is the NFL up to?

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imageNFL commissioner Roger Goodell enters the Manhattan Federal Courthouse for the first Deflategate hearing on August 12. Darren Ornitz/Reuters

For the NFL, the second Deflategate hearing this week didn’t go any better than the first. In question after question, Judge Richard Berman pressed the NFL on the specifics of...

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