The New York Times’ insinuations about Derek Jeter in its recent article “Following The Names In The Al Jazeera Doping Report” are irresponsible, to say the least, and pure slander at the farthest extreme.
Jeter’s association with trainer Jason Riley is at the heart of the insinuations. The Times says, “His most famous client, the man whose career he was credited with reshaping and saving from mortality’s shadow, was Derek Jeter. In 2010, a few years into Riley’s makeover, The Daily News proclaimed: “Derek is turning back the clock at short.” ESPN declared that Riley had “dumped the Captain into a hot tub time machine” and turned him into a 25-year-old.