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Woods's doctor Anthony Galea pleads guilty to bringing banned drugs to U.S.
AP ^ | July 06, 2011

Posted on 07/06/2011 2:37:54 PM PDT by george76

A Canadian sports doctor whose high-profile clients have included Tiger Woods and Alex Rodriguez pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to bringing unapproved drugs, including human growth hormone, into the United States to unlawfully treat pro athletes.

Dr. Anthony Galea, a healing specialist from Toronto who was sought out by the biggest names in sports, was indicted by a federal grand jury in October on charges that he smuggled human growth hormone and other substances into the United States and lied to border agents to avoid getting caught. He faces similar charges in Canada.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: alexrodriguez; growthhormone; hgh; humangrowthhormone; rodriguez; tigerwoods; woods

1 posted on 07/06/2011 2:37:57 PM PDT by george76
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A Canadian sports doctor whose high-profile clients have included Tiger Woods and Alex Rodriguez pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to bringing unapproved drugs, including human growth hormone, into the United States to unlawfully treat pro athletes.

So all drugs are illegal unless "approved" by some idiot in the government?
2 posted on 07/06/2011 3:50:17 PM PDT by microgood
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bump...Tiger, Reyes, ARod, and the rest of the Yankees are glad there won’t be a trial.

How hard is it to connect the dots here Tiger? The blood spinning is an amateur ruse/cover. He could have had that done anywhere. Why THIS doctor, Tiger?


3 posted on 07/06/2011 5:59:32 PM PDT by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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