chron.com - 10/25/2008
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Texans deep snapper Bryan Pittman has tested positive for a banned substance that is a violation of the NFL’s steroids policy, and if he loses his appeal, he could be suspended for four games. Pittman, who has been with the Texans since 2003, declined comment. Atlanta attorney David Cornwell, ...
nfl.com - 10/23/2008
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Last meeting Carson Palmer threw for 276 yards
and a touchdown as the Bengals defeated the Texans,...
20-14 , in 2005. Streaks The Bengals have won the only three meetings between the franchises. Last week The host Bengals could never get on track in a ...
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chron.com - 10/27/2008
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Four games and four defeats into the current
season, Andre Johnson’s pent-up frustration was boiling over. A...
Texan since 2003, he was beginning to wonder if there was ever going to be an end to the losing, and he expressed those fears publicly one day ...
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Texans WR Johnson's success sparks Texans | Houston ...
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ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog —
... Texans deep snapper Bryan Pittman has tested positive for a banned substance that is a violation of the NFL's steroids policy. If he loses his appeal, he could be suspended for four games, reports John McClain. ...
NFL Players Steroid Use
RightFielders Women in Sports —
... reportedly unaware that the weight loss pill contained a banned substance. The NFL steroid policy, however, holds players responsible for all ingested substances, even if they do so unknowingly. These players may try to negotiate lesser penalties if they can prove the banned substances were not on the diuretics label. Lesser penalties may include increased testing. Texans Bryan Pittman is appealing the positive test, and has retained attorney David Cornwell. In a statement to the Houston Chronicle , Cornwall said:“Bryan did everything humanly possible to comply with the NFL ...
Diuretic Bumetanide Used by NFL Players to Mask Anabolic Steroid Use?
Steroid Report —
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Four of the eight NFL football players whose names were “leaked” as having violated the league’s policy on anabolic steroids and related substances were caught using the diuretic Bumex (bumetanide). New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister and defensive ends Will Smith and Charles Grant tested positive for bumetanide as did Houston Texans deep snapper Bryan Pittman.
Reports of a “rash of positive steroid tests” in the NFL by news websites here and ...
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Suggs denies issuing bounty on Steelers —
FOXSports.com News for NFL 10/24/2008
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Eagles-Falcons: Week Eight Preview —
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