Did Baltimore Raven LB Ray Lewis Get Illegal Banned Substances (Deer-Antler Apray with IGF-1) from S.W.A.T.S to Speed Up his Triceps Recovery?

PED … Oh that dreaded deer antler spray …

With the Super Bowl  XLVII only days away along comes the following story to bring some life to media day … Did Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis use a banned substance from S.W.A.T.S to speed up his recovery from his triceps injury? According to a Sports Illustrated story, he did. According to the report, Lewis used a deer-antler spray that contained IGF-1, which is on the NFL’s list of banned substances. With so many athletes using PED, it is almost like it is a story and news alert when we learn of one who isn’t using. Defiant denials of the use of PED from athletes mean little today. We have been down that path before.

Sports Illustrated has published an in-depth examination of a company called Sports with Alternatives to Steroids (S.W.A.T.S.) and its relationship with high-profile athletes, including Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis.

S.W.A.T.S. is an edgy sports science company run by a gym owner/former stripper. The company specializes in holographic stickers, deer-antler pills, and other, um, progressive means of enhancing a player’s performance.

David Epstein and George Dohrmann write that S.W.A.T.S. owner Mitch Ross recorded a phone conversation with Lewis after the linebacker’s injury in October.

 As reported at ESPN, Ray Lewis is denying reports that he used PED, performance enhancing drugs. However, in this day and age of sports, one has to wonder who isn’t using them. Although it has been stated that Lewis has never tested positive for a banned substance, one has to ask when was the last time he was tested.  One thing is for certain, its a good thing that Ray Lewis is retiring from the NFL. The legs of this story most likely will go away when Lewis does. Although, it will depend on whether he wants to get a TV gig after his career, then the legs of the PED will be back.

Ray Lewis was given a product to help heal his torn triceps that contains a banned substance, according to a Sports Illustrated report that will appear on newsstands Monday. The Baltimore Ravens linebacker has not tested positive and denies using it, a team official told ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio.

The Ravens had a meeting with Lewis on Tuesday morning to discuss the article.

“He denied using the substance discussed in the article, and we believe him,” Byrne told ESPN.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said he has not talked to Lewis about the report.

“Ray has worked incredibly hard to get back. I would hate to see anything diminish that,” he said. “My understanding is that he’s passed every random substance test that he’s taken throughout his career.”

When asked by SI whether he had talked to Ross, Lewis replied, “I told him to send me some more of the regular stuff, the SWATS, the stickers or whatever.” Asked by the magazine whether what he was sent helped, Lewis replied, “I think a lot of things helped me.”

Daily Commentary – Wednesday, January 30, 2013 – Actor Randy Quaid Rejected

• In his bid for Canadian permanent resident status

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LEFT Caught in a Fraud … Barack Obama Really has Never Shot Skeet, He Shoots Golf

THE LION LYING KING – SKEET EDITION: How pathetic has the LEFT become in that they have to try and perpetrate a hoax on Americans that Barack Obama shoots skeet.

Guess what America, Obama does not shoot skeet, he plays golf. In an attempt to give Obama street cred with guns and he is some how a SME when it comes to gun control and safety, the LEFT has been pushing the idea that Barack Obama shoots skeet all the time. Sure he does, because he said so.  Yet, with this talking point that Obama shoots skeet, there was not one White House pic of said skeet shooting, even though the White House photographer follows the president taking pics all the time. Oh wait, the New Republic has a pic of Obama shooting skeet. It must be true because pictures never lie. Well, when it comes to Obama and the LEFT lying to misrepresent this president, nothing can be taken at face value. The Weekly Standard has the story on the faux pic of Obama shooting skeet … ITS A FAKE.

@tnr: PHOTO: Obama shooting skeet at Camp David. http://whitehouse.gov1.info/camp-david/index.html … (from http://whitehouse.gov  )

Huh, the fake picture of Barack Obama shooting skeet looks an awful like the golf pic we have used on numerous occasions of President Obama playing his 100+ rounds of golf rather than doing the work of “We the People”. The only problem with the above Obama skeet picture is it was a fake and not hosted on the White House web site. As soon as the fraud was exposed, the magazine had deleted the tweet and admitted its mistake as they blamed Twitter … The New Republic ? @tnr OK, everyone. Apologies. Twitter sometimes leads to quick accidents. 5:36 PM – 29 Jan 13. The problem was not Twitter, it was your shoddy journalism in wanting to badly to believe that Obama was a gun man that you would have put up a pic of John Wayne with Obama’s face photo-shopped on it and believed it.

Next thing the LEFT is going to tell us is that Obama plays baseball all the time.  The only thing that Obama appears to do all the time is lie to “We the People” and make every effort to destroy this once great country.

Even Liberal Kirstin Powers Saw the Media Bias with the Obama & Hillary’s ’60 Minutes’ Interview … “Was Something You’d Expect From State-Run Media”

How bad, embarrassing and bias was the ’60 Minutes’ interview with President Barack Obama and out going Secretary of State Hillary Clinton … even some liberals saw it for what it was worth, state run media propaganda.

The following is just one more example why we love and respect Kirstin Powers. The Daily Beast and New York Post columnist weighed in on the Barack Obama – Hillary Clinton love-fest on “60 Minutes” during an interview on FOX News ’America’s Newsroom’. Kirstin Powers stated, “It really was something you’d expect from the state-run media.” Yes it was. A so-called investigative journalist TV program had President Obama and Sec. of State Clinton on in the same setting and basically the toughest question was, what is your favorite color? When a liberal calls out the MSM as the bias propaganda Obama vehicle that it is, people should begin to take notice.

“It really was something you’d expect from the state-run media. It was that kind of level of propaganda… This was a joke. You look at it and just not challenging basic things…”

Daily Commentary – Tuesday, January 29, 2013 – Horrible Tragedy in Brazil Nightclub

• Blaze erupts in popular nightclub killing over 230 young college students

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