Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit is coming out with a documentary called “The Dark Side”. A professional hurdler went undercover to expose the underground world of performance enhancing drugs in sports and that is when Peyton’s name came up.
An Indianapolis anti-aging clinic supplied quarterback Peyton Manning with human growth hormone, a performance-enhancing drug banned by the NFL, a pharmacist who once worked at the clinic asserts.
According to the Huffington Post other high-profile athletes will be exposed when the documentary debuts on Sunday.
Here is a short list.
- Ryan Howard
- Clay Matthews (with painkillers)
- James Harrison
- Taylor Teagarden
- Mike Neal
- Julius Peppers
- Ryan Zimmerman
- Mike Tyson
- Dustin Keller
Harrison, Zimmerman and Howard deny the report, the others had no comment or couldn’t be reached for comment.
Here is a clip from the documentary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxdPpW026Hc
Here is how they explain how Manning got the HGH.
Manning missed the 2011 season, when he was a member of the Indianapolis Colts, after undergoing neck surgery. In the documentary, Sly tells Collins, who is taking secret video of his interactions, that he was “part of a medical team that helped [Manning] recover” from the surgery. Sly alleges that the clinic mailed growth hormone and other drugs to Manning’s wife, Ashley Manning, so that the quarterback’s name was never attached to them.
“All the time we would be sending Ashley Manning drugs,” Sly says in the video. “Like growth hormone, all the time, everywhere, Florida. And it would never be under Peyton’s name, it would always be under her name.”
Manning and his wife also came to the clinic after its normal business hours for intravenous treatments, Sly tells Collins on the undercover video.
Manning’s agent denies the report that Peyton took HGH, but confirms his wife did receive shipments. When asked why would Peyton Manning’s wife need HGH here is what he had to say.
“Any medical treatment received by Ashley is a private matter of hers, her doctor, and her family,”
Sly who it appears just found out about this is denying everything.
Peyton Manning released a statement provided to us by Broncos.
“The allegation that I would do something like that is complete garbage and is totally made up, It never happened. Never. I really can’t believe somebody would put something like this on the air. Whoever said this is making stuff up.”
Curious to see if the NFL and other leagues look into this.