suffered from a degenerative disease often associated with repeated blows to the head. he joins a list of several dozen former players who were found to have that disease. when major league baseball players get back to work, they will be facing an increased number of tests for illegal drugs. a deal between management and the players means human growth hormone testing will be conducted throughout the season instead of just during spring training. urine and blood tests will be administered and each player will be tested at least once. that news coming this week. and with that hall of fame news, no one got in. so interesting times for major league baseball. in other news this morning, stormy weather is finally moving out of southern louisiana after days of drenching rain and violent storms there. surveillance video captured a tornado yesterday morning as it descended on a chemical plant near baton rouge.
institutes of health found seau suffered from a degenerative disease often associated with repeated blows to the head. he joins a list of several dozen former players who were found to have that disease. when major league baseball players get back to work, they will be facing an increased number of tests for illegal drugs. a deal between management and the players means human growth hormone testing will be conducted throughout the season instead of just during spring training. urine and blood tests will be administered and each player will be tested at least once. that news coming this week. and with that hall of fame news, no one got in. so interesting times for major league baseball. in other news this morning, stormy weather is finally moving out of southern louisiana after days of drenching rain and violent storms there. surveillance video captured a tornado yesterday morning as it descended on a chemical plant near baton rouge. the twister damaged the roof but thankfully no
colombia last year. a justice department report found three drug enforcement administration agents stationed there had paid for sexual services for themselves and two of those agents hired a prostitute for a visiting secret service supervisor. the agents used their government issued blackberries to arrange those encounters and tried to delete the information. now turning to sports. major league baseball players are facing an increased number of tests for illegal drugs. a deal between management and the deal between managers and the players means human growth hormone testing will be conducted throughout the season instead of just spring training. urine and blood tests will be administered and every player will be tested at least once when the new season begins. another big weekend of nfl playoff football is starting with conference title games at stake. it starts tomorrow afternoon with baltimore visiting denver. then the green bay packers face san francisco.
ever. still after the lockout, the nfl and the players union were unable to come to an agreement on human growth hormone testing. meanwhile, as these issues hover over the league, there s another very different one looming in the stands. seat licenses and skyrocketing ticket prices are countered by the new reality of big screens and hdtv. raising the question, could football be too perfect a fit for television? and eventually start to cost nfl teams paying customers on sundays? these and other topics help define the state of the nfl. three nights before super bowl xlvi, thriving and growing, yes. but also struggling to tackle issues that could someday change the game as we think we know it. okay. we re going to break the discussion of the state of the