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Al Jazeera Reporter: Second "Knowledgable And Credible" Source Confirms HGH Sent To Manning House
Deborah Davies, the Al Jazeera reporter responsible for last week’s documentary that alleged human growth hormone was delivered to Peyton Manning’s home, revealed today on CNN’s Reliable Sources that a second confidential source confirmed what the network was told by a former employee of an Indianap...
Report: Three Clemson Players Suspended From Orange Bowl For Failing Drug Tests
According to a report from Price Atkinson of ESPN Greenville and later confirmed by others, Clemson’s Deon Cain, Ammon Lakip, and Jay Jay McCullough are going to be suspended from the team’s College Football Playoff/Orange Bowl matchup with Oklahoma on Thursday for a violation of team rules. The Cle...
Al Jazeera Reporter Defends Peyton Manning HGH Report On <i>Today Show</i>
Al Jazeera’s Deborah Davies went on the Today Show this morning to defend her publication’s reporting of Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning’s alleged connection to HGH shipments. The meat of the interview is above, and you’ll see Davies deftly turn away the hosts’ attempts to poke holes in Al Jazeer...
The PEDs Debate Is Over
By the time Al-Jazeera America’s The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers finally aired last night, it felt like an afterthought. That’s partly because The Huffington Post’s Saturday report on the documentary’s claims—most notably, that Peyton Manning has been an illicit consumer of human growth ...
Rodney Harrison: HGH Will Make You Rich And Famous And Kids Shouldn’t Use It
Over the weekend, a nation of sports fans trying to make sense of an Al-Jazeera report tying Peyton Manning to shipments of human growth hormone turned to Football Night In America for answers, and Rodney Harrison whacked them in the head with a frying pan. During the broadcast, Harrison was asked a...
Here Is The Full Documentary That Accuses Peyton Manning And Others Of Doping [UPDATE]
Al-Jazeera America dropped the full The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers documentary on YouTube before its scheduled airing this evening, finally allowing us a look at the allegations HGH was shipped to Peyton Manning’s house along with numerous other claims connecting professional athletes w...
Peyton Manning Appears On ESPN To Refute "Garbage" HGH Claims That Haven't Aired Yet [UPDATE]
Despite the Al Jazeera documentary alleging his ties to a doping ring having not yet aired, Peyton Manning spoke to ESPN’s Lisa Salters this morning to deny whatever the investigative report might claim—and later appeared on the network in person, stating that his wife’s medical treatments are “her ...
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Report: Documentary Links Peyton Manning To Human Growth Hormone Shipments [UPDATES]
An Al-Jazeera investigative report will allege an Indianapolis anti-aging clinic supplied Peyton Manning with human growth hormone, according to The Huffington Post....
NFL Network Pregame Show Is Totally Blazed
We can only guess that Eisen & Co. have caught a whiff of a nearby stoner in Oakland as tonight’s NFL Network pregame devolved into a festival of giggles and Up In Smoke jokes. (Steve Mariucci is our favorite.)...
IAAF Suspends Russia From International Competitions
When the World Anti-Doping Agency published its damning report accusing Russia of running a state-sponsored doping program for international athletes, it asked the International Association of Athletics Federation to ban Russian track and field athletes from international competitions. Today, the IA...
Colombian Police Find Half A Ton Of Cocaine Hidden In Buses Transporting Soccer Fans
Two packed buses set out from Cali, Colombia this weekend heading towards Santiago, Chile to deliver dozens of soccer fans to the site of the two countries’ World Cup qualifying match. Unbeknownst to the fans, they were accompanied by over 1,000 lbs. of cocaine, discretely hidden underneath the seat...
Investigators: KGB Successor Enforced State-Approved Doping Program For Russian Athletes
The World Anti-Doping Agency just released the results of a months-long investigation into doping allegations leveled against Russian athletes. The investigators found that use of performance-enhancing drugs by Russian athletes—many of them Olympic athletes—is not only widespread, but also supported...
Allow The Buffalo Sabres To Tell You Why Drugs Are Bad
Here’s a slice from the past: What appears to be the 1985 Buffalo Sabres sang an anti-drug song for the children. A nice person uploaded it to YouTube so we could all enjoy the hockey hair and awkward dancing....
Dusty Baker Once Smoked A Joint With Jimi Hendrix
Dusty Baker, who you probably best know (somewhat unfairly) as the author of many befuddling managerial decisions, wasn’t necessarily destined for a career in baseball. His first love was actually music, and now he’s written a memoir of attending the infamous 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, which featur...
Report: Florida QB Will Grier Suspended Rest Of Season For Using PEDs
Multiple outlets are reporting that Florida’s starting quarterback, Will Grier, has just been suspended for the rest of the season. ESPN is reporting that the suspension is because Grier tested positive for performance enhancing drugs....
Wanderlei Silva Cites Sketchy Vitor Belfort Drug Test In UFC Fight-Fixing Suit
In July, the UFC filed a defamation lawsuit against legendary fighter Wanderlei Silva over two posts he made on Facebook, in which Silva alleged—ludicrously, it should be said—that the UFC fixed fights. Now Silva is trying to get that lawsuit thrown out of court, arguing that there is proof of his a...
Stephen A. Smith, Useful Idiot, Connects Weed To The Collapse Of Civilization
Stephen A. Smith, the painfully articulate, misogynistic, Floyd-fluffing TMT roadie, is still employed by ESPN, which means he showed up to work today to say fun, dumb shit very loudly to and with Skip Bayless on First Take. Today’s topic: drugs!...
Ronda Rousey Gets Fired Up About Bullshit Marijuana Testing
The Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended UFC fighter Nick Diaz for five years after he tested positive for marijuana. Ronda Rousey thinks Diaz’s suspension, and the fact that fighters are tested for marijuana in the first place, is incredibly stupid. ...