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Then word came about Ting's positive test.

Just last week, Brandon and his identical twin, Ryan, also a defensive back, announced they were quitting football to concentrate on preparing for medical school. Neither could be reached Wednesday for comment.

The brothers had garnered more attention than might be expected for players who served mostly as backups and on special teams last season. They were flamboyant in appearance — small but sharply muscular, with black hair spiked and bleached at the tips — and were given to strutting onto the field before games.

Their father, Arthur Ting, is an orthopedic surgeon who serves as physician for various San Francisco Bay Area teams, including the San Jose Sharks of the NHL. He was recently drawn into the BALCO steroids scandal because of his association with Barry Bonds.

The elder Ting operated on the San Francisco Giants slugger and, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, was called before a grand jury to testify about visiting the BALCO offices where he reportedly drew Bonds' blood for testing.

The surgeon could not be reached for comment.

According to the state medical board records, Arthur Ting is also serving a five-year probation for distributing "dangerous drugs and controlled substances to friends and acquaintances, particularly athletes, for whom he kept no medical records or for whom the medical records were fictitious, inadequate or inaccurate."

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