05-18-2010, 10:14 PM
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Living Legend
Join Date: Aug 2008
Age: 58
Posts: 21,702
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Re: HGH DR. linked to Redskins Player
Dr. Galea's Wiki:
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Anthony Galea (age 51) is a Canadian sports medicine specialist. He is a team physician with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.[1]
On December 15, 2009 the New York Times and the Associated Press reported that Galea is the subject of a joint investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Buffalo Field Office for allegedly providing elite athletes with performance enhancing drugs,[2] as well as criminal conspiracy.[3] The drugs were Actovegin and human growth hormone.[2] Galea was arrested in Toronto on October 15, 2009 and will face charges.[3]
Galea's confirmed clients include golfer Tiger Woods, Olympic medalists Dara Torres, Mark McCoy and Donovan Bailey,[2] NFL players Javon Walker and Chris Simms,[2] and figure skater Patrick Chan.[4] Major League Baseball players Huston Street and John Patterson have also received treatment from Galea.[5] According to the New York Times, Galea visited Tiger Woods at his Orlando home at least four times in February and March of 2009 to administer a special blood-spinning technique, and that Woods responded well to the treatment.[2]
On February 28, 2010, The New York Times reported that Galea treated New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez in March 2009 and that Rodriguez's rehabilitation from knee surgery was overseen by Dr. Mark Lindsay, an associate of Galea's.[6]
On May 18, 2010, Galea was formally accused of illegally distributing HGH in a criminal complaint filed in Buffalo, New York.[7] The same day, Mike Fish of ESPN reported that Galea criss-crossed the United States during the summer of 2009, treating 23 athletes with a variety of substances, including HGH.[8]
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