Peyton sounds off again: Broncos QB 'sick, disgusted' by HGH report
A frustrated Peyton Manning appeared in a television interview Sunday morning to refute allegations he used HGH in 2011.
"It's a joke that I cut corners to get healthy. It's a freaking joke," a clearly exasperated Manning told ESPN. Manning had already released a statement Saturday night refuting the Al Jazeera report.
The report claims Manning received HGH from an Indianapolis anti-aging clinic in 2011 while he was still with the Colts. The drug, which was banned by the NFL in the 2011 collective bargaining agreement, reportedly was delivered to his wife, Ashley, so that the quarterback's name was never attached to the shipments.
“It makes me sick that it brings Ashley into it, her medical history being violated,” Manning said. “Any medical treatment that my wife received, that’s her business.”
Liam Collins, a British hurdler, went undercover and spoke with Charlie Sly, an Austin, Texas-based pharmacist who worked at the Guyer Institute, the Indiana-based anti-aging clinic in 2011. Sly allegedly names Manning and other high profile athletes as having received HGH from the clinic.
Manning said everything he did at the Guyer Clinic in Indianapolis was sanctioned by the Colts, whose officials accompanied him, he said.
Manning mentioned that he did use a hyperbaric chamber as part of his treatments.