[CBFF] Source: Denver P Sauerbrun suspended for ephedra

[Kenny Claxton]

He is a moron.

On 7/7/06, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
> What an insane loser.  Million dollar leg with a ten cent head.
>
> Tom S.
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> ESPN.com: NFL
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> Friday, July 7, 2006
> Source: Denver P Sauerbrun suspended for ephedra
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> Associated Press
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> DENVER -- Broncos punter Todd Sauerbrun was suspended for the first month of
> the season after testing positive for the banned supplement ephedra, a
> person close to the player said Friday.
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> Sauerbrun
> Sauerbrun will miss the first four regular-season games if his expected
> appeal is denied, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to
> The Associated Press because the NFL has not announced the suspension.
> Sauerbrun, who was brought in from Carolina before last season, is attending
> Denver's three-day minicamp this week, but was not immediately available for
> comment.
> The NFL banned ephedra, a dietary supplement, after the death of Minnesota
> Vikings offensive tackle Korey Stringer during training camp in 2001.
> Players are tested and can be suspended after the first violation.
> In 2003, Broncos safety Lee Flowers was suspended for the first four games
> of the regular season after testing positive for ephedra, which speeds the
> heart rate and constricts blood vessels. He blamed it on a vitamin he took.
> In South Carolina, Dr. James Shortt faces a July 17 sentencing in federal
> court after admitting he conspired to illegally prescribe steroids to NFL
> players. Federal prosecutors have not identified any of the eight players,
> but say they have audiotaped conversations between Shortt and Sauerbrun and
> other Panthers players.
> Sauerbrun led the NFC in punting from 2001 to 2003, the only player since
> the NFL merger in 1970 to lead a conference in gross punting average for
> three consecutive seasons.
> By the time reports linked him to Short, Carolina was looking to trade him
> after a series of on- and off-field distractions, including a drunken
> driving arrest and fines for being overweight.
> Sauerbrun was a second-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears in 1995 and he
> showed up at training camp with the personalized license plate "HANGTIME."
> He was traded to Kansas City and then to Charlotte.
> In Denver last season, he won a player of the week award and even forced a
> fumble with a tackle against New England.
>
> No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.
>            -- Thomas Mann
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