"Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who does a weekly radio program on 540 ESPN, reacted strongly to the news of a positive drug test by his close friend, Milwaukee Brewers leftfielder and National League MVP Ryan Braun. Here is an excerpt of the exchange with ESPNMilwaukee.com's Jason Wilde.

On his reaction to the Braun news:

"I thought, first of all, it was inappropriate that the second question in my football postgame press conference was about Ryan. That's why I didn't want to answer it in that context, I thought it was highly inappropriate. Ryan and I are good buddies, probably my best athlete friend, and we keep in touch obviously throughout the year. I spend a lot of time with him. I was very surprised the news came out the way it did. You would think that there would be some sort of confidentiality surrounding the situation because he is appealing it. Other than that, I don't really want to comment a whole lot on the allegations or whatnot. I would say I 100% support Ryan and believe in him, and it's not going to affect our friendship in the least. I'm 100% supporting him and behind him and believe in everything that he says.""