While many of his Yankee teammates, including Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Jason Giambi and Alex Rodriguez, were linked to performance-enhancing drugs, Derek Jeter always remained above the steroid fray.
But Jeter’s play-by-the-rules reputation may take a hit after The New York Times linked Jeter to Florida trainer Jason Riley, who founded a supplement company with Charlie Sly, the pharmacist who told Al Jazeera that an Indianapolis anti-aging clinic had shipped human growth hormone to the wife of Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning.
The report does not provide any evidence that suggests Jeter violated Major League Baseball’s steroid policy during his 20 seasons with the Yankees, but it does raises questions about the Yankee star’s relationship with Riley, who founded Elementz Nutrition with Sly, who has since claimed he lied when he told Al Jazeera the Guyer Institute had shipped HGH to Ashley Manning.