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The NFL "will begin testing" for HGH tomorrow, "nearly three weeks after the league and its players agreed to a revised drug policy" (REUTERS, 10/4).

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday said that city officials "are aware of Soldier Field's reputation for having the worst playing surface" in the NFL, "and said 'we'll work on it'" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 10/4).

BYU during its Friday night game retired College Football HOFer Jim McMahon's No. 9 jersey, a day after he was inducted into the school’s athletic HOF (AP, 10/4).

An Earthquakes' supporter group last night unveiled a banner during the team's home loss to the Timbers that "appeared to be boasting about an incident last year" in which a group of Earthquake fans assaulted a Timbers fan (Portland OREGONIAN, 10/5).

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