Brown says NFL gave him reprieve

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NFL Saturday: Vince Young Works on Footwork; Koren Robinson Cut
Published 5/10/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
... (Sacramento Bee) NFC News Giants: Mario Manningham Is a Test Case (Daily News) Giants: Couglin to Chat with Rookies (New York Post) Falcons: Ryan Debuts, Brooking Among Many Changes (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Packers: Koren Robinson Saga Comes to a Close (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Rams: Fakhir Brown Says NFL Gave Him a Reprieve (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

FAKHIR AVOIDS ONE-YEAR SUSPENSION
Published 5/11/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
... under the league’s substance abuse policy.  Brown declined comment at the time. But he’s talking now.  At a minicamp that opened on Friday, Brown told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the suspension almost was imposed as a result of a diluted urine sample, which counts as a positive.“ That’s what it was — a ‘dilute,’” Brown said.  “If we’re getting tested right before practice, I’m quite sure it’s going to be a dilute, because that’s all I do is drink water and Gatorade before practice.  [But] I had to take the test right then.” Brown still thinks that some type of penalty ...