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profootballtalk.com - 11/18/2008
STARCAPS HEARINGS START TOMORROW
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Per various media reports, the first of the appeal hearings in the StarCaps cases will convene tomorrow in New York. Players who were taking StarCaps tested positive for Bumetanide, a prescription medication that apparently had been added to the supposedly all-natural StarCaps product like grain ...

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profootballtalk.com - 11/19/2008
CORNWELL SAYS NFL FAILED TO WARN PLAYERS THAT STARCAPS CONTAINS BUMETANIDE
— profootballtalk.com — A source with knowledge of the situation tells us that the appeal hearing arising from the four-game suspensions of Saints running back Deuce McAllister and defensive ends Charles Grant and Will Smith lasted until midnight on Tuesday. And, based on a ... (more) CORNWELL SAYS NFL FAILED TO WARN PLAYERS THAT STARCAPS ...

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profootballtalk.com - 11/16/2008
NFL PREVIOUSLY CLEARED STARCAPS
— profootballtalk.com — We’ve picked up a little information regarding the specific arguments that could be made when the various players who were popped for Bumetanide present their appeals to the NFL. The players who are fighting four-game suspensions include Vikings ... (more) NFL PREVIOUSLY CLEARED STARCAPS

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Atlanta Falcons Grady Jackson sues StarCaps over bumetanide suspension
grg51.typepad.com - 11/17/2008
Atlanta Falcons Grady Jackson sues StarCaps over bumetanide suspension
— grg51.typepad.com — Suspended Atlanta Falcon's DT Grady Jackson will sue the makers of StarCaps, the women's weight loss supplement NFL players apparently use to skim off fluids.  The suit will obviously contend that bumetanide contaminates Starcaps, thus causing ... (more) Atlanta Falcons Grady Jackson sues StarCaps over ...

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Getting to Know the New Orleans Saints
Acme Packing Company — ... on Tuesday with the league office for using the diuretic Bumetanide. I don't know how they get out of that one. McAllister is having a good season, but his likely replacement is RB Pierre Thomas and he's just as good. Losing Grant and Smith would really hurt their pass rush, but ...

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