Ravens, Steelers players pleased by NFL's new drug testing policy

Thursday's health and safety news from the world of football:

• The Carroll County Times reported that Baltimore Ravens defensive end Chris Canty believes the new NFL policy on human growth hormone will create a level playing field.

• The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the reaction from Pittsburgh Steelers players was very positive.

• CBS Sports featuredBaltimore Ravens lineman Ma'ake Kemoeatu, who quit the NFL this season to donate a kidney to his brother Chris Kemoeatu, a former Pittsburgh Steelers lineman.

• ClevelandBrowns.com featured the Browns' surprise trip to a Cleveland Police Athletic League football practice.

• Yahoo! Sports reported on University of Texas starting quarterback David Ash, who retired from football Wednesday because of too many concussions.

• at area students who went through imPACT testing for concussions for the first time.

-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor