NFL, Travis Henry in court battle over drug test

Broncos running back Travis Henry, who has a four-game substance-abuse suspension on his record from 2005, is battling the NFL in court over a new drug test, one that could lead to a one-year ban.

ESPN's Len Pasquarelli says Henry is trying to block the league from testing his "B" sample, claiming that the league isn't allowing Henry's expert to be present for the test. League VP of public relations Greg Aiello confirms to Pasquarelli that the league is in court over the matter but declines -- as required -- to go into detail.
Pasquarelli on the circumstances that could lead to a one-year penalty: "Under the two-year policy, which essentially wipes a player's slate clean, Henry was scheduled to rotate out of the substance abuse program on Oct. 1. But his lawsuit to block further testing of his urine sample was filed Sept. 20, indicating that the positive test occurred before Oct. 1."

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Inside information on Brett Favre-NFL columnist Rick Gosselin

Brett Favre is the greatest bad-weather quarterback in NFL history. It's ironic, then, that the greatest statistical moment of Brett Favre’s career will come Sunday in his personal house of horrors. You could say Minnesota was the land of 1,000 aches for much of the career of Brett Favre.

Michael Vick tests positive for marijuana
04:47 PM CDT on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
RICHMOND, Va. – A federal judge placed tighter restrictions on Michael Vick on Wednesday after he tested positive for marijuana.
Vick is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 10 after entering a written federal plea in August admitting that he bankrolled a dogfighting operation on property he owns in Surry County, Va.
Because of the postitive drug test, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson placed special conditions on Vick's release, including restricting him to his home between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and ordering him to submit to random drug testing.
The urine sample was submitted Sept. 13, according to a document by a federal probation officer that was filed in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.
The home confinement will include electronic monitoring. Vick also was ordered to submit to random drug testing.
On Tuesday, Vick was indicted on state charges related to a dogfighting ring operated on his property. He pleaded guilty to dogfighting conspiracy charges in federal court last month.
Vick was placed under pretrial release supervision by U.S. Magistrate Dennis Dohnal in July. His restrictions included refraining from use or unlawful possession of narcotic drugs or other controlled substances.
Hudson's order on Wednesday also requires Vick to participate in inpatient or outpatient substance therapy and mental health counseling, if the pretrial services officer or supervising officer deem it appropriate. Vick must pay for the treatment.
Vick's attorney, Billy Martin, did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.

Reggie Bush vs. Mario Williams Revisited

Last year at this time, many of us were bemoaning the fact that the Houston Texans passed on dynamic running back Reggie Bush and local hero Vince Young for defensive end Mario Williams. And with Williams not becoming a huge presence on his team's defensive unit during his rookie season, while Bush and Young were finding relative success with their respective teams, it seemed Houston's front office had made a mistake. A big mistake.
But through two games of the 2007 season, it looks like maybe the jury is still out on that decision.
That's partially because Williams has awaken this year and is playing much more like a top overall draft pick should. Through two games he's recorded just six tackles, but has two sacks, a fumble recovery, and a touchdown. Now those aren't exactly eye-popping numbers, but the former North Carolina State defender is becoming more and more of a factor on defense all the time. Meanwhile, Bush has done little in New Orleans this season, along with the rest of the Saints offense. Williams, in fact, has more touchdowns at this point than Bush, who has yet to score. Bush has rushed for a total of 65 yards over the first two games -- with a pedestrian 3.0 yards-per-carry average -- and has fumbled twice. I know this all too well because he is on one of my fantasy football teams. And he's killing me!
Young has continued to look like a guy who could develop into a winner, and there are some fans who will never forgive the franchise for not taking him. He's certainly got the look of a leader, but he hasn't exactly posted fantastic numbers himself. Anyway, the Texans offset passing on him by trading for veteran backup Matt Schaub, who has looked sharp through two contests and has built some early chemistry with wideout Andre Johnson.
Should Bush and Young eventually develop into superstars, it's certainly possible that the Texans could still come out of this looking like fools. But that outcome doesn't look nearly as certain now as it did last year at this time.
From James Alder
Thursday September 20, 2007

Current NFL DALLAS COWBOYS Injuries

Dallas

P. Crayton -WR - Finger -day-to-day

T. Newman -CB -Heel -day-to-day

D. Free-T-Knee-day-to-day

G. Ellis-LB-Achilles-day-to-day

T. Johnson-DT-Suspension-Elig Nov 4

T. Glenn-WR-Knee-Out indefinitely

J. Ferguson-NT-Bicep-I-R

M. Gramatica-K-Hamstring-I-R

Favre throws 3 TD passes and makes NFL history

Brett Favre picked a almost perfect way to become the winningest quarter back in NFL history.
Favre threw his first 14 passes of the second half and threw 3 touchdown passes to rally the Green Bay Packers. a 35-13 victory over Eli Manning and the NY Giants.

DALLAS COWBOYS

GO COWBOYS!!!

THE DALLAS COWBOYS ARE LOOKING GOOD THIS YEAR. MAYBE (FINGERS CROSSED) WE MIGHT MAKE IT TO THE SUPER BOWL.

Week 1 games all sold out

All Kickoff Weekend games sold out For third year in row, lifting all TV blackouts

For the third consecutive year, all 16 games of the NFL’s Kickoff Weekend have sold out in advance of the local TV blackout deadline, enabling every game to be televised in the home-team market, the NFL announced Friday.
The New Orleans at Indianapolis game on Thursday night (Sept. 6) was sold out and televised by NBC’s Indianapolis affiliate WTHR-TV.
This will be the fourth Kickoff Weekend in NFL history to have blackouts lifted for all games. They were lifted on the weekends of Sept. 6-7 in 1998; Sept. 8, 11-12 in 2005; and on Sept. 7, 10-11 last year.
The NFL blackout policy states that games sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff can be televised in the home city.