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March 29, 2024

Ray Rice wins appeal, suspension vacated

Ray Rice and wife Janay Palmer

Jason DeCrow / AP Photo

Ray Rice arrives with his wife Janay Palmer for an appeal hearing on Nov. 5 of his indefinite suspension from the NFL in New York. Rice has won the appeal of his indefinite suspension by the NFL, which has been “vacated immediately,” the NFL football players’ union said Friday, Nov. 28, 2014.

NEW YORK — Ray Rice has won the appeal of his indefinite suspension by the NFL, which has been "vacated immediately," the players' union said Friday.

The appeal was heard earlier this month by former U.S. District Judge Barbara S. Jones. She was deciding whether the NFL overstepped its authority in modifying Rice's two-game suspension, making it indefinite after video of the Baltimore Ravens running back punching his fiancee— now his wife — became public.

Rice was released by the Ravens and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made the suspension indefinite shortly after the video was made public.

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