Tiger Woods Agent: Paper 'Falsely Reported' Doc's Connection To Golfer

Posted on Dec 16, 2009 @ 09:59AM

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Tiger Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, slammed a New York Times article on Tuesday that might have planted seeds the golfer's alleged cheating wasn't limited to just the bedroom.

The Times article connected Woods to Dr. Anthony Galea, a Canadian doctor under FBI investigation for accusations he was providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs. Woods had received a blood-spinning method called platelet-rich plasma therapy from Galea at his Isleworth, Florida home on four occasions (in February and March of 2009), after he was slow to heal from a June 2008 knee surgery, the Times reported.

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"The treatment Tiger received is a widely-accepted therapy, and to suggest some connection with illegality is recklessly irresponsible" Steinberg said in a statement. "The New York Times is flat wrong, no one at IMG has ever met or recommended Dr. Galea, nor were we worried about the progress of Tiger's recovery, as the Times falsely reported."

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Galea, according to the paper, was taken into custody October 15 in Toronto by Canadian police, after he was found carrying human growth hormone (HGH) and Actovegin in his bag at the border of the U.S. and Canada in September.

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Within the golf community, the PGA Tour's executive vice president of communications and international affairs, Ty Vota, did not seem overly concerned over the story.

"We have read nothing in the published articles about Dr. Galea that would suggest a violation of our anti-doping policy as it relates to Tiger Woods and Dr. Galea," he told the Orlando Sentinel.

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Mark Steinberg must have forgotten the children's story about the boy who cried wolf (in this case tiger)...the portrayal of his client as a paragon of virtue has ended through his own actions. Damage control is a little too late.

by tulip
Posted Wed, 12/16/2009 - 3:30pm

And let's hope all the trash that is associated with his nastiness goes down the gutter with him, while his wife and children prosper. Good luck to Elin and her babies.

by bchbum
Posted Wed, 12/16/2009 - 11:01am

Yeah, whatever. Nobody cares what Tiger does anymore. He lied for years and years to his wife, children, fans. He had the world fooled and believing his "good guy" image. I hope he ends up in a gutter somewhere.

by bchbum
Posted Wed, 12/16/2009 - 10:59am

Yeah, whatever. He fooled the world with his "good guy" image. Nobody believes or cares what this **** does anymore. I hope he loses everything and ends up in the gutter.

by bchbum
Posted Wed, 12/16/2009 - 10:58am

who would ever doubt tiger honest as the day is long woods??? if he pays me a million i'll believe him. LOL!!!

by ILoveLucy
Posted Wed, 12/16/2009 - 10:51am

Geesh, don't kick a tiger when he's down - he's got enough problems. Any idiot knows that Tiger Woods is who he is because he spent his whole life perfecting his swing.

by Diahni
Posted Wed, 12/16/2009 - 9:40am

Gary Player felt that there was steroid use on the Tour. Nothing wrong with the therapy that Tiger got IF that is all he got. It becomes problematic when the doctor that administered the therapy has been arrested for carrying human growth hormone.

by Running Balls Out
Posted Wed, 12/16/2009 - 8:50am