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N.F.L. Roundup: Agency Is Helping Investigate Peyton Manning

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Nothing has changed Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning’s low opinion of an Al Jazeera report linking him to a clinic that deals in human-growth hormone.

Manning’s run to the Super Bowl has ensured the story will be brought up again — probably several times — over the next 10 days. But the quarterback said Thursday he thinks as little of the report now as he did when it first came out.

“It’s garbage from the first day it came out and still garbage today,” he said.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency, best known for nabbing Lance Armstrong and policing Olympic sports in America, confirmed Thursday that it was helping the N.