Manning denies 'garbage' doping report

LOS ANGELES -- Five-time NFL Most Valuable Player Peyton Manning Saturday branded allegations in an upcoming Al-Jazeera documentary that an Indianapolis anti-aging clinic supplied him with human growth hormone as "complete garbage."

"The allegation that I would do something like that is complete garbage and totally made up," Manning said in a statement issued through the Denver Broncos to US media. "It never happened. Never. I really can't believe somebody would put something like this on the air. Whoever said this is making stuff up."

Neither the NFL nor the Broncos commented on the allegations, which are included in an Al-Jazeera investigative report due to air on Sunday, which was shared in advance with The Huffington Post.

According to The Huffington Post, in the report titled "The Dark Side" British hurdler Liam Collins went undercover to expose the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports.

As part of his probe Collins met with Charles Sly, a former pharmacist at the anti-aging Guyer Clinic in Indianapolis, where Manning once played for the NFL's Colts.

Sly said he mailed HGH to Manning's household in 2011, sending it to Manning's wife, Ashley to avoid a link to the sports star.

However, in a follow up interview with Al-Jazeera, Sly recanted the allegation, saying they were "absolutely false and incorrect".

The NFL collective bargaining agreement ratified in 2011 banned the use of HGH. However, the league did not begin testing for the substance until 2014.

Manning missed the 2011 season because of multiple neck surgeries, and joined the Broncos as a free agent prior to the 2012 campaign.

The 39-year-old is one of the icons of the NFL whose clean-cut image has made him the most marketable player of his generation, earning around $12 million a year from endorsements according to Forbes.

Manning hasn't played since November 15, as he battles a torn plantar fascia in his left foot.

The allegations linking Manning to possible use of a banned drug are the biggest bombshell in a report that according to the Huffington Post also implicates other NFL players as well as some Major League Baseball players.

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Why sex with cows is dangerous to health

The case involving a 46-year-old man caught in the act of allegedly sexually abusing at least one cow in Silang, Cavite on Tuesday is not the first of its kind in the world.

Two men in the United States were arrested last year for having sex with a cow.

Surveillance footage from a closed-circuit television camera installed by a farmer in Herkimer County, New York found two men, Michael Jones and Reid Fontaine doing more than milking a cow, The Huffington Post reported.

The two suspects were arrested for misdemeanor sexual misconduct.

In Brazil, a 53-year-old man found himself behind bars after allegedly having sex with 400 cows.

Two men also made headlines in India in 2004 for allegedly raping and stabbing a cow.

And it's not just cows that some men seek pleasure with.

In 2009, an 18-year-old was arrested after he was caught in the act of having sex with a goat in Leon, Iloilo.

A word of warning.

Aside from violating Republic Acts 10631 and 8485, having sex with animals can lead to cancer of the penis, according to a 2011 study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

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Palawan is world's 'most beautiful' island: website

MANILA – The Philippines’ very own Palawan island has been dubbed by a popular news and opinion website as “the most beautiful island in the world.”

Carly Ledbetter of The Huffington Post wrote an article about Palawan published on the website on November 24.

Titled “Palawan, The Most Beautiful Island In The World, Is Sheer Perfection,” the article focused on what the province has to offer.

It also featured several photos of Palawan, from Kayangan Lake to the island’s many beaches and “incredible and rare” wildlife.

“It’s hard to believe the Philippines are an under-appreciated tropical travel destination, especially with their extraordinary hiking, biking, beaches and of course – islands that are THIS beautiful,” wrote Ledbetter, who is the Associate Lifestyle Editor of The Huffington Post.

“And while we’d like to visit every single island in the Philippines, there’s one island in particular we’re zeroing in on – Palawan, a hidden piece of paradise that was recently named ‘The Top Island in the World’ by Conde Nast Traveler’s Reader Choice Awards,” she added.

“There, beautiful blue water mixes with emerald green, jungle-filled mountains that appear to rise up from the ocean, and small fishing villages dot the island. Together with its neighboring islands, it creates the Palawan province, aka Paradise.”

Last month, the award-winning US travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler released the results of its 27th annual Readers’ Choice Awards.


Palawan, with over 76,000 votes, beat out the likes of Kiawah Island in South Carolina, Maui in Hawaii, Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique, the Great Barrier Reef and Whitsunday Islands in Australia, and Santorini in Greece.

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