The report from Josina Anderson of FOX31 in Colorado quotes the league source as saying that "three to four of them (the positive tests) are from the Saints organization alone - including McAllister and Smith.

The substance that allegedly triggered the positive tests was not a steroid, according to the source, but a drug that is known as a 'water pill,' that can be used to mask the use of drugs or steroids.

The source told the Colorado station that the pill was most likely for weight loss, but that the players would still be subject to suspension pending appeal.

We woke up this morning and if you want any news of the Saints-Chargers game don't read the local papers. Not a peep about the game from the 3 papers that are offered at our hotel, but we did find a story in the London Times about the Saints after looking through 3 more papers. In fact most of the people we've run across out in the streets barely knew their was a game being played this coming Sunday. We did however meet a couple of people from the U.S. who live here who had tickets to the game but are big Redskins fans. In fact we spoke to a guy from the BBC radio and he said that many of the people who will be at the game on Sunday will just be fans of the NFL, not one of the teams playing, so for all of the Saints fans who have been complaining about the team being over here you have a valid point about losing a home game. He said to expect loud cheers whenever something exciting happens or whenever someone scores no matter which team it is.

The Saints will return to practice this morning at The Grove just outside of the hotel they are staying at before moving to a hotel located in the heart of the city. We will have an update later on once practice ends to find out Shockey's status as well as Bryan Young's. Let's hope it's good news, although I personally think the Saints are better off without Shockey. There will be no media availability for either team tomorrow.

One another note, while we were out last night we saw Deuce McAllister walking around Picadilly Circus (kind of like Times Square in NYC). He was just being a tourist and I'm sure he enjoyed the fact that no one recognized him. We also ate at a really good Italian restaurant that had the manager/waiter cracking everyone up. He was yelling things in Italian and broken English. For all of you Family Guy fans, kind of like Peter when he had a mustache and walked into the Italian deli, hilarious! We also continue to keep our costs down which will only please our bosses. The area we were in was crawling with poeple past 11 PM, it was quite a sight to see.

We will have an update from Jim and Juan later on in our video blogs.

Joe

Now back to the Saints, today they practiced at Arsenal's training ground which was windy and much colder than in the city. The media was not allowed to view the practice and most of the players ran to the bus to get out of there quickly. Even that nice guy Jeremy Shockey, who was supposed to talk according to NFL rules, waved the Saints public relations team off as he ran to the team bus to avoid the cold and media. Deuce met the media for the first time since arriving over here. He downplayed his first start of the season coming up, saying he's been down this road before. Sean Payton was impressed with the Arsenal facility but it is still unkown where the team will practice tomorrow before moving to a location into the city. Mike McKenzie did practice, Jeremy Shockey was limited, and Bryan Young didn't practice. Payton wouldn't commit as to whether Shockey would play Sunday, only saying that he looked better.

Juan Kincaid covered Chargers practice and caught up with Jacob Hester and Buster Davis. They both said they missed the food back home and Hester was excited to play against the Saints, the team he grew up rooting for. We'll have more with those 2 guys on our special show airing Sunday at 10 AM New Orleans time.

One more note, the players and coaches families arrived today but Payton said he didn't expect them to be a distraction.

We are out and will soon find out whether or not we have hot water (I'll personally call Kris to let him know) and will hit the town. We'll have another update tomorrow.

Joe, TJ, Juan, Garland, and Jim

The night didn't begin well, we got back to our hotel and the power was out. A little tough to get cleaned up or change clothes in pitch black darkness.

I was able to brush my teeth but that was about it. Luckily, I didn't feel or smell that bad.

We ventured to the tube or train and headed towards China Town and the Theatre District. The streets were swarming with people. It had a very New York vibe to it.

We ate at a Chinese restaurant and then walked around for awhile after that to check out some of the sights. We were delighted to see that our hotel had gotten power back so we got some sleep.

The trouble at the hotel picked up again once we awoke. NO HOT WATER!! I spent 10 minutes trying to figure it out thinking I was doing something wrong because the faucets aren't like home only to walk downstairs and have Juan and the other guys tell me they had the same problem and that the hotel said they'd hope to have it fixed shortly.

They didn't and I had to brave it out and take a cold shower. It wasn't fun.

To top it all off, I didn't feel that well when I got up.

Jim arrived earlier today and right now he is at the Arsenal training grounds waiting to speak with Sean Payton and some players while Juan Kincaid is heading to Chargers practice to see if we can talk to former LSU star Jacob Hester and O.P. Walker and LSU star Craig "Buster" Davis.

Don't forget to watch our special one hour pre-game show this Sunday at 10 a.m. New Orleans time on Channel 4.

I will get both of Jim and Juan's thougths later today and hope to have them on the web for you guys to see.

Joe and crew signing off.

As of Wednesday afternoon, not a whole heck of a lot.

A look through the British tabs pulled up these stories:

A story in the London Mail chronicling how the Saints are helping bring New Orleans back post-Katrina. My favorite part of this story which has been written about 1,000 times - in the breakout box labeled 'NFL at Wembley by Numbers,' it calls an NFL game "razzmatazz." Awesome.

According to The Sun, Sean Payton was big fan of kebob when he was in Leicester as a player-coach. No pints for the Saints coach this week, however.

And, of course, some of the big news is that Reggie Bush won't be in London. And because of that, the pop culture crazed Brits won't get to see Kim Kardashian, or so says the Metro. Drats!

Other than that, the only thing I found today was a pictorial of the Saintsations in bikinis. But because this is a family-friendly Web site, I'll let you find that on your own.

Joe and the channel 4 crew

Joe and the sports crew.

Joe and the rest of the sports crew.

That would be a mistake. According to the Charlotte Observer, no one flings it deep better than our own Mr. Brees.

Granted, all the talk about Brees as midseason MVP is warranted and justified, but the next two weeks are incredibly important and tough. Winning at Carolina or at a neutral site against a suddenly rising Chargers team will be tough. Taking at least one of the two will be crucial, but the Saints really need to win them both.

What's tough is that only three of the final 10 games are in the Superdome. The Saints are traditionally - at least lately - a good road team, but this year they are 0-2.

Yes, the Saints may well get Shockey and Colston back, but do they really need more offensive weapons?

Can this team run between the tackles with regularity? Maybe it doesn't matter...maybe this will be the New England Patriots of a few years ago with our Tom Brady (Brees) setting up the run with his controlled passing game.

What's especially tough is that this Saints team is very talented - and improved on defense, so the fact that missed field goals, penalties and turnovers could cost them a playoff spot is hard to swallow.

But, you know what, if they are as good as some now think they are, they'll win a majority of the rest of the games and make the playoffs...they'll just do it the hard way.

His most recent two came to open the season, bringing the Panthers back in the final 2½ minutes to beat San Diego 26-24 and helping Carolina defeat Chicago 20-17 in the final four minutes.

So when New Orleans (3-3) plays Carolina (4-2) on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C., no lead will be safe unless it's a two-score advantage with less than a minute to play.

But the Saints aren't going into the game necessarily worried about a Panthers comeback, though they are wary of one.