Harrison Suspended For 4 Games

New England Patriots strong safety Rodney Harrison has been suspended for the first four regular-season games after violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy, the league said early Saturday. The 34-year-old Harrison, suspended without pay, will be eligible to return to the Patriots' active roster following the team's Oct. 1 game against the Cincinnati Bengals. He acknowledged the suspension in a late Friday night conference call, admitting that he obtained human growth hormone but said that he had never taken steroids."I want to make it clear," Harrison said, "that never once did I take steroids. I did admit to the commissioner that I took a banned substance." The league issued a statement late Friday night confirming that Harrison is suspended without pay for four games, effective immediately.