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As part of the investigation, Collins connected with Charlie Sly, a pharmacist based in Austin, Texas, who worked at the Guyer Institute, the Indiana-based anti-aging clinic, in 2011.

Manning missed the 2011 season, when he was a member of the Indianapolis Colts, after undergoing neck surgery. In the documentary, Sly tells Collins, who is taking secret video of his interactions, that he was “part of a medical team that helped [Manning] recover” from the surgery. Sly alleges that the clinic mailed growth hormone and other drugs to Manning’s wife, Ashley Manning, so that the quarterback’s name was never attached to them.

“All the time we would be sending Ashley Manning drugs,” Sly says in the video. “Like growth hormone, all the time, everywhere, Florida. And it would never be under Peyton’s name, it would always be under her name.”

Manning and his wife also came to the clinic after its normal business hours for intravenous treatments, Sly tells Collins on the undercover video.

Manning left the Colts after the 2011 season to sign with Denver. The NFL banned human growth hormone as part of its 2011 collective bargaining agreement with players, but did not begin testing for it until 2014. No player has ever tested positive.

Manning’s agent denied the details of the report to Al Jazeera, calling Sly’s assertions “outrageous and wrong.” But the statement does not deny that growth hormones were shipped to Manning's wife, only insisting that such matters were a matter of medical privacy.

Manning “has never done what this person is suggesting,” his agent told Al Jazeera. “The treatment he received at the Guyer Institute was provided on the advice of his physician and with the knowledge of team doctors and trainers.”

“Any medical treatment received by Ashley is a private matter of hers, her doctor, and her family,” the agent said.

The credibility of the report hinges largely on whether Sly should be believed, or whether he's simply concocting stories to impress Collins. Several details lend significant credibility to Sly's assertions.

First, Sly and the ring he is associated with do, in fact, obtain drugs for Collins, which the network says it retained as evidence.

In a stunning scene, Taylor Teagarden, an eight-year MLB veteran, appears in one of the undercover videos, openly discussing his use of performance-enhancing drugs during the previous season.

Al Jazeera confirmed that Sly did work at the anti-aging clinic that treated Manning; it is difficult to imagine how Sly would have had knowledge of any arrangement to ship drugs to Manning's wife if he were not operating with genuine insider knowledge. (Sly also describes an interaction with Manning, telling Collins that the quarterback is “really cool if you just sit down with him.”)

Collins, in some ways, was the perfect athlete to put at the center of the operation. He's no stranger to the shade, having himself been tied up in a fraud scam in recent years.

Al Jazeera? Really? Not even TMZ? Allahu Akbar.

Al Jazeera is a legit news organization.

Al Jazeera is a legit news organization.

Peyton Manning statement on looming Al Jazeera report that he took HGH delivered to wife “is complete garbage and is totally made up.”>>>>

Manning2: “It never happened. Never … Whoever said this is making stuff up."

But I find it weird that a foreign news company breaks this story. Their contacts are surely no one special.

If you read the original article, the investigation is part of a documentary. In the documentary a British Olympic athlete goes undercover to expose a doping ring.

I wouldn't trust anything coming from the extremely liberal huffington compost.

Probably heard from Manning's lawyer.

Probably heard from Manning's lawyer.

If you read the original article, the investigation is part of a documentary. In the documentary a British Olympic athlete goes undercover to expose a doping ring.

Al Jazeera is owned by the Qatari government, so if Manning wants to sue, he will be fighting an uphill battle. Manning has a lot money, oil barons have all the money.

He claimed that he was an intern when treating Manning. Al Jazeera covers both Sly's original allegations and his recanting in their documentary.