google.com - 12/5/2008
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In this Oct. 7, 2008, file photo, New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith is shown during a football game against the Carolina Panthers at the Superdome in New Orleans. The NFL Players Association is suing to block five of the six player suspensions for violating the league's anti-doping ...
sports.espn.go.com - 12/4/2008
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The NFL Players Association will file a lawsuit
in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Thursday, seeking...
to overturn all suspensions issued Tuesday by the league for any player who took the supplement identified as StarCaps that triggered several ...
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NFLPA to file suit to overturn recent suspensions
tennessean.com - 12/5/2008
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Titans defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson is facing a
four-game suspension from the NFL for violation of the...
league's anti-doping policy, according to league sources familiar with the situation. Vickerson, a reserve who's played in seven games, is ...
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Titans defensive tackle Vickerson facing suspension | ...
blog.nola.com - 12/6/2008
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Saints running back Deuce McAllister and defensive end
Will Smith were back with their team Saturday for...
scheduled activities, after their four-game suspensions were blocked Friday by a federal court judge. Rob Ninkovich and Tearrius George, both ...
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Deuce McAllister, Will Smith back with the New Orleans ...
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WILLIAMS WALL WON’T FALL
ProFootballTalk.com —
Judge Robert Magnuson decided on Friday to temporarily prevent the NFL from suspending five NFL players who took a supplement that, unbeknownst to them, had been spiked with a banned substance. Per the Associated Press , Judge Magnuson decided after several hours of oral argument in two pending lawsuits challenging the suspensions that he needs more time to assess the matter. As a result, Vikings defensive tackles Kevin and Pat Williams and Saints running back Deuce McAllister and Will Smith will be available on Sunday. Saints defensive end Charles Grant previously was ...
Fat Pat and K-Will on for Sunday
The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans —
The Vikings will have their starting defensive tackles for this Sunday’s game against Detroit. A federal judge today blocked the NFL from imposing suspensions on Pat and Kevin Williams and several others, saying more time is needed to decide whether the NFL was justified in penalizing them for taking a diet supplement containing a banned substance the players claim they were unaware they were ingesting. The matter will be taken up again next week, at which time the suspensions ...
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Saints Player Appeals
canalstreetchronicles.com 11/18/2008 — WWLTV.com is reporting that the appeal for Deuce and the others will be heard tomorrow. From their report:
Minnesota Vikings defensive linemen Kevin and Pat Williams met with NFL officials Monday to appeal their suspensions after testing positive ...
Report: Injunction extended
blogs.startribune.com 12/11/2008 — This story just moved on the Associated Press wire. Obviously, Kevin and Pat Williams will continue to play for at least the next two weeks.
Here is the AP story
A Minnesota judge has extended his preliminary injunction against the NFL’s ...
NFLPA goes grievance mad
thesportscorner.ca 12/5/2008 — You cannot accuse the NFLPA of not pulling their weight when it comes to defending their members’ rights these days. The NFLPA has announced it will be filing grievances against the NFL on behalf of five of the six players who recently were suspended for the remainder of the regular ...
STARCAPS CASE WON’T BE RESOLVED UNTIL AFTER PLAYOFFS
profootballtalk.com 12/11/2008 — Adam Schefter of NFL Network is reporting that the case of the five NFL players who were suspended for using StarCaps will not be resolved until after the playoffs.
Per Schefter, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Magnuson, the federal judge overseeing ...
NFL suspends six players for four games each
nfl.com 12/2/2008 — The NFL suspended six players for four games each on Tuesday for violating the NFL Policy on Anabolic Steroids and Related Substances. The suspended players are Charles Grant , Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints , Bryan Pittman ...
Legal action expected
blogs.startribune.com 12/3/2008 — The situation involving Vikings defensive tackles Pat and Kevin Williams, along with the four other players suspended today by the NFL for violating the league’s steroid policy, isn’t over. According to a people with knowledge of the ...
Amid controversy, Saints hanging on
myespn.go.com 10/31/2008 — Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas LONDON, England -- As New Orleans Saints history goes, this was a massive moment. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Deuce McAllister faces an uncertain future after returning to the featured-back ...
Federal Judge Calls Time Out on Suspensions —
Bleacher Report - NFL 12/5/2008
This afternoon, Federal Judge Paul Magnuson granted the restraining order that Pat and Kevin Williams sought, due to a lack of time to make a proper judgement.
What began as a seeming end run in local court that would buy the two Minnesota Vikings ...
