December 15 -- Does Tiger Woods owe his sculpted physique and 300-yard drives to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs)?
With the doctor who treated Woods for his 2008 knee injury reportedly the subject of an FBI criminal investigation for allegedly providing PEDs to NFL players and Olympic athletes, one has to wonder if Woods cheated on the course as well as off.
Three weeks ago, such a suggestion would have been way outside the ropes. Today, however, after numerous allegations of Woods’ serial cheating on his wife, it is not even an incredible suspicion.
Cheater? After all, don’t many golfers believe that the way you play golf, a game of supposed integrity, reflects your true character?
No one has ever accused Woods of cheating on the links.
Then again, until three weeks ago, no one ever ratted Woods out for cheating between the sheets or taking prescribtion dope to enhance his sexual performance, either.
And that’s just the truly sad state of affairs into which the greatest golfer in the world has gotten himself, on Day 19, America Held Hostage: The Tiger Woods Scandal.
HGH probe. The FBI suspects Dr. Anthony Galea, a sports medicine specialist, of supplying athletes with PEDs, according to the New York Times and several other reports. The FBI case follows Galea’s October 15 arrest in Toronto by the Canadian police, who discovered human growth hormone (HGH) and Actovegin, a drug made from calf’s blood, in his medical bag at the US-Canada border in September, the Times said.
Galea is under investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as well, for “smuggling, advertising and selling unapproved drugs” and criminal conspiracy, the Times said.
It makes the blood spin. Top athletes under Galea have reported quick recovery from surgeries due to a blood-spinning method called platelet-rich plasma therapy, the Times noted. Galea has acknowledged prescribing HGH for some patients, but denies treating professional athletes with the substance.
HGH is legal in Canada but approved in the United States for only some specific situations that do not involve accelerating recovery from injury or surgery, the Times stated. Many sports organizations ban HGH, although it is difficult to detect through testing. The World Anti-Doping Agency has not banned Actovegin, the Times reported.
Woods’ agents, International Management Group (IMG) reportedly “alarmed” at their clients’ slow recovery from reconstructive knee surgery in June 2008, referred the golfer to Galea, according to the Times. Galea and Woods have said that the former treated the latter with the platelet therapy.
Too little, too late? IMG, attempting to quell yet another firestorm of scandal swirling around its major client, pleaded with the Times not to publish the report?
“I would really ask that you guys don’t write this?” Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, reportedly wrote to the Times in an e-mail. “If Tiger is NOT implicated, and won’t be, let’s give the kid a break.”
At this point, that is, unfortunately, a big “if.” It’s also a little late for Steinberg to start closing barn doors.
With his business empire falling apart as fast as his marriage, Woods can only hope this latest news does not relate to him. Read about the latest sponsor to pull the plug on Tiger.
Comments
Tiger has been hitting the ball over 300 yards since he was a kid. I suppose he was taking HGH when he was 12 years old, huh?
No but maybe he made it back from knee sugery a lot faster than the average bear........and made a profit from it in the process.
Why is everyone hunting Tiger? As Matt says, Tiger was driving the ball 300 yards as a Teenager. Hunting the rare and endangered is wrong. Yes he cheated on his wife - let her divorce him already. But to drive him out of the sport is wrong. There are 6 billion people on earth, only 1 is capable of passing Jacks's 18 majors - Tiger Woods!
Ah Matt, Tiger looked like a 12 year old for most of his early professional career...until he most likely started taking PED's. You really think this is just a coincidence? I don't!
This is getting out of hand and has to stop! I knew this would be the next place this would head to, with the media seemingly insatiable desire to destroy Tiger Woods not just personally but professionally as well. Emily Kay should be ashamed out herself for making such an unfounded allegation. If I was Tiger I would sue her. This is the high of unrelenting character assasination.
Who cares about the drugs? Tiger should take his mistress "family" and join Amway, as they also screw anything that moves. Amway is a scam, and here's why: Amway wants to pay out as little money as they can get away with, so they support the higher level IBOs ripping off their downline via the tool scam. As a result, about 99% of IBOs operate at a net loss, while the top 1% make several TIMES more from their Amway tool scam than from the Amway products. Read about it on my blog, I suggest you start here: Google "Amway the rest of the story" and forward the information to everyone you know, so they don't get scammed.
what the hell does Amway have to do with anything ya dope?
tiger is to being a husband as obama is to being president.
With Woods showing a complete lack of character and integrity off the course and in his personal life it would not be hard to believe that he used performance enhancers. I have had my own suspicions for a long time. Lets not bury him for this until its proven, but at this point most people wouldn't be shocked to find out that its true. The more this unfolds the more Woods looks like a disingenuous pnony.
We all know by now that Tiger is the biggest liar in sports. In July 2007 he was quoted in The Japan Times : Tiger Woods, who last year said he would like to see the PGA Tour begin drug testing as quickly as possible, was asked Tuesday if he would be surprised if a golfer tested positive for drug use.
"If anything, probably out here it would be testing positive for maybe being hung over a little bit," Woods said. "But that's about it. I know some guys have taken Medrol packs for inflammation in their wrists, but other than that, I really don't see anybody doing anything, or have heard anybody doing anything."
Gary Player said in 2007 he knew for a fact some players were doing it, HGH, Creatine, or steroids.
I'm going with Tiger is dirty.
Concerning all the athletes who take Growth Hormone, including possibly Tiger Woods.
There is no reason for anyone to be using Growth Hormone. Set aside the many dangerous side effects and just think of the one that is most crucial, it makes your organs grow inside your body just like the muscles in the body do. Think of Lyle Alzado, when the heart grows to fill the cavity it can’t beat any longer and you die. Your body only uses 60,000 nanograms of HGH daily and an injection is in international units, which is millions of nanograms. This is the reason why it is so dangerous. Using Rejuvenis Max Growth factor will provide the 60,000 nanograms daily and improve muscle and reduce fat; legally.
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