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 Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has been listed in an Al Jazeera undercover probe as one of several prominent professional athletes alleged to have been supplied illegal performance-enhancing drugs from an Indiana-based anti-aging clinic. The documentary, which was posted online early Sunday morning and aired on television later in the day, alleges that Manning was given a supply of human growth hormone in 2011 while he was recovering from surgery that year from a man identified by Al Jazeera as a pharmacist employed at the Guyer Institute in Indianapolis. Manning: "That stings me whoever this guy is insinuating that I cut corners" 
 
 Peyton Manning (18) of the Denver Broncos watches the action from the sidelines against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first half of play at Heinz Field. Insinuating anything otherwise is a complete and total joke. It's a freaking joke." State licensing records indicate that a Charles David Sly was licensed as a pharmacy intern in Indiana from April 2010 to May 2013. "The allegation that I would do something like that is complete garbage and is totally made up," Peyton Manning said of Al Jazeera's contention that he received HGH during his recovery from neck fusion surgeries in 2011. Dustin Bradford/Getty Images 
 
 Sly also said he recanted his story to Al Jazeera when he realized that it had used information he had "made up" to British hurdler Liam Collins, the undercover reporter who Sly said was trying to get into the supplementation business. Sly said he mailed HGH to Manning's wife, Ashley, to avoid any link to the quarterback. Sly confirmed to ESPN on Saturday that he worked at the institute in 2013, not in 2011, as the al-Jazeera report alleges. In Sunday's ESPN interview, Manning detailed the treatments he received and disputed the claim that he and his wife visited the clinic after normal business hours to receive intravenous treatments. "The allegation that I would do something like that is complete garbage and is totally made up," Manning told Mortensen on Saturday night. "There are some more adjectives I'd like to be able to use, but it really makes me sick. Before making a final decision on whether he’ll sue Al Jazeera or anyone else, Manning needs to consider the question of whether fighting the charge that publicly does more harm that good by: (1) making more and more people aware of the report; and (2) ensuring that it will remain a periodic part of the NFL news cycle for months. Manning went on to say: "Yes, I have been a patient under Dr. Guyer. Manning said he received treatments, which also included nutrient intravenous therapies, at 9 a.m. daily, and all were authorized by the Colts. My wife has never provided any medication for me to take. Ashley and I never attended the clinic together after hours. If Manning, the Broncos, the Colts, Manning’s agent, and Dr. Dale Guyer had said nothing, there’s a chance that plenty of media outlets would have said nothing, too. Dr. Dale Guyer, in a statement released Sunday, corroborated those accounts, while also denouncing the al-Jazeera report: 
 
 "I have no reason to believe these allegations are based in fact or have any truth. In fact, I can say with absolute certainty they are not," Guyer said. "I find it extremely disturbing that the source of al-Jazeera's story, a former unpaid intern named Charles Sly, would violate the privacy of Mrs. Manning's medical records and be so callous and destructive as to purposely fabricate and spread stories that are simply not true." Shortly before the interview, the Broncos released a statement saying the team supports him "100 percent" and that "these are false claims made to al-Jazeera, and we don't believe the report." Manning missed the 2011 NFL season to recover from four neck surgeries and joined the Broncos as a free agent before the 2012 season. "We are thoroughly familiar with Peyton's tireless work habits, his medical history, and, most importantly, his integrity. Later Sunday, the Colts also released a statement, saying Manning "never took any shortcuts, and it would be absurd to suggest he would have taken prohibited performance-enhancing drugs." Sly later recanted the allegations in a video statement, saying they were "false and incorrect." The entire Indianapolis Colts organization and the Irsay family hope this crude effort to besmirch Peyton's reputation will not be permitted to tarnish the legacy of a great Colt." She may have hers, and that's her business. "It's 100 percent falsified, fabricated information. I've never talked with him. I know how hard I've worked during my 18 years of playing in the NFL. Manning said Sunday he never has met Sly and had never heard of him before the report was published. I don't really have all the details about it. He said it was very important so he could feel confident sending his European athletes over. The NFL added HGH to its list of banned substances in 1991, but the league and players did not agree on testing until 2011, when they ratified the collective bargaining agreement.
– Amid a furious backlash, a key source behind an Al Jazeera report claiming Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning received supplies of human growth hormone has recanted the allegations. In a video statement, Charles Sly says that what he was recorded saying to undercover investigator Liam Collins about sending HGH to athletes, including Manning, is "false and incorrect," the Denver Post reports. Sly tells ESPN that contrary to what the documentary claims, he isn't a pharmacist and he wasn't at the Guyer Institute at the time Manning was being treated there. Sly says Collins, a former hurdler, had promised that he could make money as a consultant to injured European athletes and he was dropping names "to pull one over on Collins to see if he had any idea of what he was talking about." Clinic founder Dale Guyer tells ESPN that Sly, a former intern, clearly fabricated the allegations and Manning is "one of the most honorable and upstanding individuals I have had the pleasure of knowing." The Denver Broncos released a statement denouncing the "false claims," and the Indianapolis Colts added that "Peyton played the game in Indianapolis for 14 years the right way" and they hope his legacy won't be tarnished by a "crude effort to besmirch" his reputation. Manning—who earlier denounced the report as "complete garbage"—told NBC on Sunday that he's furious about the "defamation" and will probably sue. ESPN reports that lawyers for other athletes named in the report, including Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison, are also planning to sue Al Jazeera.