NFL to host anti-doping conference in December

NEW YORK -- The NFL winter coats will host an anti-doping conference Dec. 1 in conjunction with the Partnership for Clean Competition.

Listen to the 2011 NFL season LIVE -- hear all the action online in premium sound quality with  coat for winter Audio Pass. Sign up now! The medical conference will bring together "leaders and influencers in anti-doping who share a common desire to ensure clean competition across all levels of sport," the league said in a release.Also involved will be the Office of Continuing Medical Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

The event's keynote speaker will be David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The NFL down jackets has recommended WADA to oversee HGH testing, but the players association has yet to approve the testing process, citing a lack of information.