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What's Woods Doing With HGH Doctor?

Dec 15, 2009 – 1:23 AM
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Jay Mariotti

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Tiger WoodsSo now, as if his world hasn't crumbled enough, Tiger Woods is being linked to a Canadian doctor who not only uses human growth hormone but is reportedly suspected in an FBI probe of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs. Dr. Anthony Galea, known as "Miracle Man" among NFL players and numerous other athletes who swear by his post-surgery recovery work, treated Woods at least four times early this year when his left knee wasn't recovering at the pace he and his agents preferred, the New York Times reports today.

If this is another BALCO scandal, as it well could be, why is Woods in the middle of yet another public-relations fiasco that could do further damage to a brand already smeared beyond repair? While Galea claims he never has given performance-enhancing drugs to Woods or any other athlete, it more than raises eyebrows when he tells the newspaper that he began injecting himself with HGH five days a week about 10 years ago, after he turned 40. Why? For one reason, he wants to live a longer life with his wife, who he says is 22 years younger than him.
Filed under: Golf, Sports
Tagged: Tiger Woods

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