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Players ratified a new, 10-year CBA on Thursday, hours after it was finalized, and two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press the contract allows the NFL to eventually become the first major U.S. professional sports league to use blood testing for human growth hormone.

Brett Favre's 297-game NFL record for consecutive starts for quarterbacks won't be getting any longer.

Even though Brett Favre has told some of his teammates he's calling it a career, the Minnesota Vikings are hoping for one last change of heart from the quarterback who just can't stay retired.

Kurt Warner connected with Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald for three first-half touchdown passes Sunday, and the Arizona Cardinals beat the Brett Favre-led Vikings 30-17 in a prime-time duel of the two veteran quarterbacks and former Super Bowl winners.