Tom Brady Supports Peyton Manning Amid HGH Accusations

During his Monday morning appearance on Dennis & Callahan with Minihane, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady offered support for Peyton Manning as the Broncos quarterback denies a report that suggested he used performance-enhancing drugs in 2011.

That said, Brady was quick to throw his support behind his longtime rival and friend. When asked if Sly was the only source with regards to the allegations against the Mannings, Davies said al-Jazeera “would not put anything in the program if it had not gone through a very rigorous editorial and legal process to be able to substantiate what is in the program”. “Under no circumstances should any of those statements – recordings or communications – be aired”.

Al Jazeera reporter Deborah Davies stands by her story, and Huffington Post included a transcript Al Jazeera provided between Davies and a woman at the institute, in which she confirms his employment in 2011. That includes outrage over performance-enhancing drugs, no matter how little the leagues actually seem to care, or how widespread their use is. The federal government restricts its use to just a few medical disorders, but it is often prescribed for off-label uses by anti-aging clinics such as the Guyer Institute.

Manning, three members of the Green Bay Packers – Clay Matthews, Julius Peppers and Mike Neal – and Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison were all named in the report.

Near the end of al-Jazeera’s documentary, Davies acknowledged the “insinuations” while introducing a statement by “Peyton Manning’s agent”, who goes unnamed. “It never happened. Never.”

He’s not alone, either.

William Burck of the law firm Quinn Emanuel called the claims made against Howard and Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals “outright lies”. Reporter: And furious of claims leveled at his wife.

Sly has since recanted the story and told Al Jazeera the statements attributed to him “are absolutely false and incorrect”.

Not almost enough. Al Jazeera owes Manning, and maybe other players, a retraction-and an apology.

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen claimed that Charlie Sly is not a pharmacist.

The report was based on statements made by Sly, former employee of the Indianapolis-based Guyer Institute, who has since retracted the claims made against Manning and other athletes.

The report cited Charlie Sly. “They were not even living there at that time”, Mr. Sly said. “I can say with absolute certainty that they are not”.

“I have not seen a denial”, Davies said.

However, the report by Al Jazeera still should not be ignored.

Doesn’t speak well of Al Jazeera’s credibility. First place takes home $100,000!

“We have not said that in the program”, Davies said, per ProFootballTalk.

We don’t need to tolerate it.