Brief: Judge gives up on NFL Bounty settlement

A federal judge has all but ruled out any prospects for a settlement in the case of four NFL players challenging their bounty suspensions.

U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan issued an order Wednesday in which she lamented the failure of settlement talks, then asked for more filings pertaining to the players’ request for a temporary restraining order that would allow them to return to their teams while their case against the NFL proceeds.