A performance-enhancing drug scandal for the Redskins?

The whiff of a performance-enhancing drug scandal is in the Washington, D.C. air tonight, amid reports that a doctor carrying HGH for a football player in this area has been arrested and is facing multiple charges from federal authorities.

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A Toronto doctor provided unapproved drugs to professional football players, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Buffalo.

The players were not named, but two people briefed on the investigation said the doctor, Anthony Galea, and his assistant were headed to Washington to treat a Redskins player in September when the assistant was stopped at the United States-Canada border with human growth hormone, prompting investigations in both countries.

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Here is the gist of what we have so far:

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>> Galea was arrested in September 2009 on his way to meet with a player in Washington who was receiving treatments in the “home city in which he played.”

>> The player was receiving a “medical procedure” from Galea and was later interviewed by federal agents.

>> The player told authorities he never knowingly received HGH. He got IV drips, injections to his knees, and B-12 shots to his arm.

>> This player paid for the treatments and the travel expenses of both Galea and an assistant.

>> The player reserved two Washington-area hotel rooms for the Sept. 2009 treatments, but those treatments were not delivered because the doctor was arrested.

>> At the time of the arrest, among the supplies the assistant carried for these treatments was “nutropin” — a kind of HGH — and Actovegin, an unapproved drug in the U.S. that anti-doping people look at skeptically.

>> The player did receive vitamin drip and HGH treatment from Galea on Aug. 12 in Washington.

>> The player was treated “on a weekly basis during the season” between Oct. 2007-09. If the player was injured, the visits sometimes occured more often. It wasn’t clear whether these earlier visits took place in Washington and whether he was injured prior to the September 2009 appointment in Washington.

>> There are over 50 invoices from the player to Galea.

>> A second athlete — called Athlete T in the criminal complaint and not necessarily a football player — was visited by Galea on Sept. 3, 2009 and received an Actovegin and vitamin drip treatment.

The NFL currently lists HGH among its banned performance-enhancing substances but does not test for it.

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Read more at

http://dcprosportsreport.com/2010/05/18/a-performance-enhancing-drug-scandal-for-the-redskins/