Merriman drops appeal, begins suspension (AP via Yahoo! News) The San Diego Chargers must play their next four games without outside linebacker Shawne Merriman, one of the NFL's top young stars who decided Tuesday not to appeal his suspension for testing positive for steroids.
Kaduk: Steroids still a hush NFL topic (Northwest Herald) Twenty months. That?s about how long it?s been since Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro reluctantly climbed Capitol Hill to talk (or not talk) about steroids and baseball.
Merriman won't appeal, takes suspension (CBS Sportsline) Linebacker Shawne Merriman of the San Diego Chargers has been suspended for the team's next four regular-season games for violating the NFL policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.