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James Harrison denies PED allegations in sworn affidavit

In a sworn affidavit sent to the NFL by the NFL Players Association, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison denies allegations made in an Al Jazeera America documentary that he was supplied performance-enhancing drugs.

Harrison, one of four active players the NFL plans to interview as part of its investigation into the PED allegations, states in the affidavit obtained Tuesday by NFL Media's Mike Garafolo that he never met or had communication with Charles Sly, the intern pharmacist who told Al Jazeera America he supplied Harrison with PEDs.

"As a professional athlete, I have met thousands of people during my career," Harrison wrote in the affidavit, "but to the best of my knowledge and recollection, I have never met with the individual who is apparently named Charles Sly.