VIDEO: Tiger Woods Admits Federal Investigators Have Contacted His Agent In Drug Probe
Posted on Apr 05, 2010 @ 02:51PM
Tiger Woods admitted that federal investigators have contacted his agent regarding a drug probe. During his first full-fledged news conference Monday since his cheating scandal exploded last November, Tiger faced questions about Dr. Anthony Galea, a sports medicine specialist who has treated many athletes but was arrested in connection with dispensing performance-enhancing drugs.
Facing reporters in Augusta, Georgia, site of the 2010 Masters golf tournament, Woods again apologized for the cheating scandal, but was also asked about reports he has taken performance enhancing drugs and about meeting with Dr. Galea.
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Woods denied ever taking illegal drugs, like HGH, and said Dr. Galea gave him only PRP treatment. PRP puts platelet enriched plasma into the body.
"He's worked with so many athletes,” Woods said of Dr. Galea. “There's some comfort level to that when a person has worked with athletes."
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Wood also said he received the plasma treatments following his knee surgery in 2008 when he blew out his ACL and he LCL was “not responding” to treatment. He also said he then tore his Achilles and kept re-tearing it and even sought treatment in a hyperbaric chamber.
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But Dr. Galea, who lives in Canada, has been accused of treating patients with Human Growth Hormone and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf’s blood. Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States.
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Tiger denied taking either of those treatments.
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Mal - golf world gave him a pass - real world has not - he claimed to be one thing but he proved himself to be something else - forgiveness comes with time which he has not taken to get back to "the game" - so no pass.
Posted Mon, 04/05/2010 - 9:40pm
Look the real world has forgiven him--so that God can in turn forgive us--You saw the reception that he Got--Now, thats the realworld----Here..we pretend and make believe and speculate--Nothing to do with reality.
Posted Mon, 04/05/2010 - 6:40pm
mal! Come on man. Are you on the same crap the Tiger was on when he crashed his SUV? Fess up
DUDE!!!!
Posted Mon, 04/05/2010 - 7:15pm
mous---are you kiddin-----nothing but purity in here--no sinners--not one--we are angels in here--
Posted Mon, 04/05/2010 - 6:37pm
you guys just keep beating people up. try acknowledging tiger has made a lot of progress and is remaining in continuing therapy. he is taking responsibility for his illness/issues and is dealing with them. give the guy some credit.
Posted Mon, 04/05/2010 - 6:15pm
he is still a lying ass and just won't stop.... he knows he was oui that night and they covered it, same old answer it's in the police reports, i bet he was on the illegal drugs too! hope they get to the bottom of the liar!!!
Posted Mon, 04/05/2010 - 5:11pm
But then again , i could be wrong--Just like you have assumed all the rumors out there about tiger to be the absolute truth----Good luck with the evidence in court--this is not the 20's any more--You need evidence nowadays..
Posted Mon, 04/05/2010 - 4:50pm
Unlike you Mal - Tiger has to hire 90 security people to keep him safe from paying for his crimes - cheating on your wife - not a crime - hiring hookers is and so is taking illegal drugs.
Posted Mon, 04/05/2010 - 4:29pm
Tiger hasn't hired 90 security people to protect Tiger. The Masters has always had security it's just TMZ, RadarOnline, and National Enquirer have never been there. Crowds applauded Tiger's return all day. Story over......move on.
Posted Mon, 04/05/2010 - 10:36pm
I can also call you a racist who i think is trying to make tiger's mistakes bigger than it is--i feel a sense of inferiority from You towards tiger. Are you mad he slept with all those white women--You know, you really can't control that.
Posted Mon, 04/05/2010 - 4:48pm