Controversial Canadian doctor Anthony Galea, who is known to have treated ace golfer Tiger Woods, has been charged for administering illegal drugs, including human growth hormone. The criminal complaint filed in Buffalo, New York, has not identified any athlete, and charges are related only to one of Galea’s NFL clients. The doctor has worked with several other leading sports figures, including Woods. Toronto based Galea was charged with smuggling, conspiring to lie to federal officials, unlawful distribution of growth hormone, conspiracy to defraud, and introduction of the unapproved drug Actovegin into interstate commerce, The Telegraph reports. Woods has claimed ...
- 5/19/2010
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
The Tiger Woods Apology Tour 2010 stopped at Augusta National Golf Club today (April 5) where Tiger addressed over 200 reporters. Tiger, sporting a new goatee, spoke about his sex scandal, of course, but also about his return to golf, his controversial medical choices, and his Thanksgiving car accident.
Woods says that golf has finally become fun again. "When you're living a life that is a lie, life isn't fun. Now that's been stripped away, it feels fun again."
Tiger apologizes to his fellow players for the increased media scrutiny of the Masters Golf Tournament. He says that he is continuing with the treatment he received during his 45 days in rehab. Though he wouldn't come out and say what he was in rehab for, he did say that he has never been treated for an Ambien or Vicodin addiction.
When asked about his involvement with Dr. Anthony Galea, who has reportedly provided other athletes with performance-enhancing drugs,...
Woods says that golf has finally become fun again. "When you're living a life that is a lie, life isn't fun. Now that's been stripped away, it feels fun again."
Tiger apologizes to his fellow players for the increased media scrutiny of the Masters Golf Tournament. He says that he is continuing with the treatment he received during his 45 days in rehab. Though he wouldn't come out and say what he was in rehab for, he did say that he has never been treated for an Ambien or Vicodin addiction.
When asked about his involvement with Dr. Anthony Galea, who has reportedly provided other athletes with performance-enhancing drugs,...
- 4/5/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
According to Vanity Fair's new profile of the troubled golfer, the worst blow to Tiger Woods' reputation may not be from his baker's dozen batch of mistresses.
It's from Tiger's link to Dr. Anthony Galea, suspected by Us federal officials of supplying illegal human growth hormone drugs to athletes.
According to news accounts, Tiger Woods saw the doctor on several occasions after knee surgery in 2008. According to his camp, Galea treated Woods to platelet-rich plasma therapy during visits to the golfer's Florida home.
So far there is no proof that Woods took performance enhancers, and the golfer is not part of the federal investigation of this doctor.
But, as Vanity Fair points out (and as his cover photo shows), a muscular, buff Tiger now looks more like an extra from "300" than the skinny buck-toothed golf geek he used to be.
This drastic change has not gone unnoticed by golf sportswriters,...
It's from Tiger's link to Dr. Anthony Galea, suspected by Us federal officials of supplying illegal human growth hormone drugs to athletes.
According to news accounts, Tiger Woods saw the doctor on several occasions after knee surgery in 2008. According to his camp, Galea treated Woods to platelet-rich plasma therapy during visits to the golfer's Florida home.
So far there is no proof that Woods took performance enhancers, and the golfer is not part of the federal investigation of this doctor.
But, as Vanity Fair points out (and as his cover photo shows), a muscular, buff Tiger now looks more like an extra from "300" than the skinny buck-toothed golf geek he used to be.
This drastic change has not gone unnoticed by golf sportswriters,...
- 1/4/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
A sports physician linked to Tiger Woods has been charged in Canada with sale of an unapproved drug used to enhance athletic performance. The news earlier percolated up that Woods had been treated for a knee problem by Anthony Galea, a Canadian sports medicine specialist, who administered a legal therapy called plasma spinning to boost platelet levels in the blood. The drug for which Galea is charged is an extract of calfs blood named Actovegin that is illegal under the World Anti-Doping Authority if injected. Galea was charged with sale of an unapproved drug, conspiracy to export a drug and smuggling goods to Canada. The doctor treated Woods after knee surgery four times, visiting his home...
- 12/17/2009
- by Philippa Bourke
- Monsters and Critics
By Dylan Stableford
Even on a day when there’s no real news in the Tiger Woods saga, there’s controversy.
On Tuesday, the New York Times published a story about Anthony Galea, a Canadian doctor and “pioneer” in the field of sports medicine who had treated Woods and other top athletes, is the target of a criminal doping investigation -- “suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs.”
Galea said Woods "was referred to him by the golfer’s agents a...
Even on a day when there’s no real news in the Tiger Woods saga, there’s controversy.
On Tuesday, the New York Times published a story about Anthony Galea, a Canadian doctor and “pioneer” in the field of sports medicine who had treated Woods and other top athletes, is the target of a criminal doping investigation -- “suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs.”
Galea said Woods "was referred to him by the golfer’s agents a...
- 12/16/2009
- by Dylan Stableford
- The Wrap
Tiger Woods has been linked to a sports medicine physician who is under investigation for possession of illicit drugs used to enhance athlete's performance. The revelation has done nothing for Woods, who is scandal-hit after ongoing claims of adulteries. The doctor, Anthony Galea, a Canadian, claims he treated Woods at his Florida home at least four times this year after he had a knee operation. Galea claimed he gave Woods the legal platelet replacement therapy - 'blood spinning' - which is his specialty. But Galea is being investigated in Canada for alleged possession of human growth hormone and the banned Actovegin, a calf blood extract, that was allegedly found in his bag at the border in September.
- 12/16/2009
- by Philippa Bourke
- Monsters and Critics
A lawyer for Dr. Anthony Galea, who has treated Tiger Woods, says the physician is innocent of allegations of wrongdoing. A Canadian probe into the doctor could result in charges by this Friday, on which date the doctor will face his first court appearance. The lawyer said in a press conference Tuesday that the Canadian charges, if filed, are expected to be related to conspiracy, the Customs Act and the Food and Drug Act. The lawyer said that an assistant for the doctor was stopped on the U.S.-Canadian border, which ended up triggering an investigation of Galea. The lawyer said that while a small amount of Human Growth Hormone was confiscated, it was for the doctor's own personal use: "There was a very, very small amount of Hgh and it was only for him," the lawyer said. He explained that Galea believes in the therapeutic use of steroids in non-competing aged 40-plus adults,...
- 12/15/2009
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
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