PFT Rumor: Ray used banned substance?

[Moderator 2]

[quote name='The Raven' timestamp='1359489953' post='1334435']
Not even going to bother with silly trolls.
[/quote]thankyou!

[arnie_uk]

[quote name='C. Little' timestamp='1359489301' post='1334418']


I would say you are either misinformed or the two writers at SI are lying about the videotape they saw/heard of the SWATS guy talking on the phone with Ray Lewis "hours after he tore his triceps during an Oct. 14 home game against the Cowboys." That was a little over 3 months ago, not 2 years.

And then they quoted Lewis admitting that he did talk to the SWATS guy.

Guess they are in store for a libel lawsuit since it can't possbily be true, right?

Asked if he had talked to Ross the night of his injury, Lewis replied, "I told him to send me some more of the regular stuff, the S.W.A.T.S., the stickers or whatever."

Read More: [url="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130129/the-strange-lab-that-lured-numerous-athletes/#ixzz2JObQrJvG"]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130129/the-strange-lab-that-lured-numerous-athletes/#ixzz2JObQrJvG[/url]Asked if he had talked to Ross the night of his injury, Lewis replied, "I told him to send me some more of the regular stuff, the S.W.A.T.S., the stickers or whatever."

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[/quote]ray was told of the article just before going on stage, he hadn't read it. T the best of his knowledge it was about what was reported two years ago. They will now go back and look at the article and he will realise its a new accusation

[CalvinSmoke]

I'm still waiting for the alleged sound recordings they have. I don't want to see what was typed up, I want to hear it.

[C. Little]

[quote name='The Raven' timestamp='1359489953' post='1334435']
Not even going to bother with silly trolls.
[/quote]

So sayeth the Ray Ray Sycophant Club.

[blackandpurplesacks]

What I find interesting is that this was kind of a story a couple years ago and NOW when he wants it for his triceps, he NOW needs instructions on how to use this stuff. That's the part of the story that is telling me that this is a lie.

[MTRavensFan]

[quote name='The Raven' timestamp='1359490099' post='1334440']
Believe none of what ya hear and half of what you see
[/quote]
nice...

Got a shiny saw blade
All I need's a voluteer
I'll cut you in half
While you're smiling ear to ear....

Gotta love media day

[Ravenseconbeast]

"the story of underdog Ravens ain't selling. lets throw some accusation around, that would reel in conversation & t.v. ratings!" -

ESPN/Disney

[bpytnjr58]

They should ask Justin Smith of the 49ers...isn't he dealing with a torn left tricep?

[Ravenseconbeast]

[quote name='bpytnjr58' timestamp='1359490990' post='1334466']
They should ask Justin Smith of the 49ers...isn't he dealing with a torn left tricep?
[/quote]

From the way Media hail Kapernick as the GOAT(he only played 9 games), I don't think they are fond of aggravating a large fan base like (bandwagon) 9ers have.

[Bump N Run]

[quote name='C. Little' timestamp='1359485762' post='1334294']
Is SI considered a credible source?



[i]Hours after he tore his triceps during an Oct. 14 home game against the Cowboys, Ravens All-Pro linebacker Ray Lewis and Ross connected on the phone. Again, Ross videotaped the call.[/i]

[i]"It's bottom, near the elbow," Lewis said of the tear. After asking a few pseudo diagnostic questions, Ross concluded, "All right, well this is going to be simple. . . . How many pain chips you got around the house?"[/i]
[i]"I got plenty of them," Lewis replied.[/i]
[i]Ross prescribed a deluxe program, including holographic stickers on the right elbow; copious quantities of the powder additive; sleeping in front of a beam-ray light programmed with frequencies for tissue regeneration and pain relief; drinking negatively charged water; a 10-per-day regimen of the deer-antler pills that will "rebuild your brain via your small intestines" (and which Lewis said he hadn't been taking, then swallowed four during the conversation); and spritzes of deer-antler velvet extract (the Ultimate Spray) every two hours.[/i]
[i]"Spray on my elbow every two hours?" Lewis asked.[/i]
[i]"No," Ross said, "under your tongue."[/i]
[i]Toward the end of the talk, Lewis asked Ross to "just pile me up and just send me everything you got, because I got to get back on this this week."[/i]



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[/quote]

If this is indeed true, why would Ray be so naive/dumb to call this [profanity deleted] directly and not have someone do it for him so as to remain anonymous.

[C. Little]

[quote name='bpytnjr58' timestamp='1359490990' post='1334466']
They should ask Justin Smith of the 49ers...isn't he dealing with a torn left tricep?
[/quote]

They should. But then again, might not be as pertinent as asking the other guy who tore his triceps and is named and quoted in an SI article.

For some reason I can't shake the notion that certain people just might believe the things in this article about the likes Richard Seymour, Shawn Merriman, and Hue Jackson. But our Ray Ray??? Pack of lies.

Again, looking forward to the libel lawsuit.

[bpytnjr58]

[quote name='Ravenseconbeast' timestamp='1359491079' post='1334468']
From the way Media hail Kapernick as the GOAT(he only played 9 games), I don't think they are fond of aggravating a large fan base like (bandwagon) 9ers have.
[/quote] You have a point....That bandwagon is overloaded these days.

[Sizzlebshu]

[quote name='blackandpurplesacks' timestamp='1359490349' post='1334452']
What I find interesting is that this was kind of a story a couple years ago and NOW when he wants it for his triceps, he NOW needs instructions on how to use this stuff. That's the part of the story that is telling me that this is a lie.
[/quote]
Is this taking a shot at the supplement group NOW or are you emphasizing the word? Because they also sell IGF-1([url="http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/now/igf.html"]http://www.bodybuild...re/now/igf.html[/url])

[Moderator 2]

Uh Drew Brees was also mentioned with this crap before too.

[1/28/01]

Some Mickey Mouse BS! We're in the SB, others aren't. So sad!

[Ravenseconbeast]

Is it just me? Or is it simply amazing that Justin Smith's tricep tear only took 1 week off the field for him to play 80% of the snap on post-season?

I wonder why media isnt throwing accusation around THAT?


oh right...b/c media doesnt give a ra& arse about steroids. They just love the $ & the t.v. ratings it gets..

[C. Little]

[quote name='Bump N Run' timestamp='1359491313' post='1334474']
If this is indeed true, why would Ray be so naive/dumb to call this [profanity deleted] directly and not have someone do it for him so as to remain anonymous.
[/quote]

Well, he's apparently naive/dumb enough to believe holographic stickers, blinking lights, and no-such-thing "negatively charged water" would heal his arm, so not using a layer or two of proxies for communication shouldn't come as a huge surprise.

[C. Little]

[quote name='Ravenseconbeast' timestamp='1359492209' post='1334498']
Is it just me? Or is it simply amazing that Justin Smith's tricep tear only took 1 week off the field for him to play 80% of the snap on post-season?

I wonder why media isnt throwing accusation around THAT?


oh right...b/c media doesnt give a ra& arse about steroids. They just love the $ & the t.v. ratings it gets..
[/quote]

I again ask, was Justin Smith named in an SI article that stated he was recorded telling SWATS to send him product?

[ellicottraven]

I'll tell you what concerns me is the distraction this nonsense is going to cause our team! If Ray unwittingly used some extract that happened to contain some banned substance is plausible... but, when you give the media even a rumor however untrue some legs during an event like this, it will take on a whole different shape. It is deplorable what SI is doing honestly.

To take a behemoth of a human being and subject him to such crass innuendo is classless. I totally believe Ray is innocent, but how sad is it that this kind of nonsense has to come up during the last game he plays in such an illustrious career! Wow - imagine all the haters now latching on to this story... just imagine!

[EricH]

[quote name='Sizzlebshu' timestamp='1359491635' post='1334484']
Is this taking a shot at the supplement group NOW or are you emphasizing the word? Because they also sell IGF-1([url="http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/now/igf.html"]http://www.bodybuild...re/now/igf.html[/url])
[/quote]
How about the disclaimer at the bottom:
[b]**This product does not contain HGH. It's intended to support healthy, natural production of HGH within the body.[/b]

[AsianRice]

Ravens going to SB...hahah...cya!

That's type of thing I would reply to these ignorant trolls....

[blackandpurplesacks]

[quote name='Sizzlebshu' timestamp='1359491635' post='1334484']
Is this taking a shot at the supplement group NOW or are you emphasizing the word? Because they also sell IGF-1([url="http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/now/igf.html"]http://www.bodybuild...re/now/igf.html[/url])
[/quote]

emphasizing the word now. timing just seems weird for him to be asking instructions

[EricH]

[quote name='ellicottraven' timestamp='1359492642' post='1334511']
Wow - imagine all the haters now latching on to this story... just imagine!
[/quote]
Yeah, my wife just called me almost in tears because someone told her Ray Lewis was no longer playing in the Superbowl because he took HGH.
I hope Ray blows the 49'ers offense apart. Make THEM suffer for this...

[Sizzlebshu]

[quote name='EricH' timestamp='1359492661' post='1334512']
How about the disclaimer at the bottom:
[b]**This product does not contain HGH. It's intended to support healthy, natural production of HGH within the body.[/b]
[/quote]
This has nothing to do with what I asked though.

[baltravens]

Who gives a crap, Monday Ray will be retired; the investigation won't begin until then. This is for you, Goodell, up your nose with a rubber hose!

[RavensFanInCA]

This should be on "COME ON, MAN!"

April 14th (0:19)? Might as well say April 1st.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/71701/video-lewis-refuses-to-address-si-story

[Ravenseconbeast]

[quote name='C. Little' timestamp='1359492552' post='1334507']
I again ask, was Justin Smith named in an SI article that stated he was recorded telling SWATS to send him product?
[/quote]

And what did Ray Lewis say? All he said was "just send me everything" when Sports alternative to Steroids asked him what regime he wants to be on to heal from tricep tear.


Now that I answered yours Mr.49er. You answer my question now. How is it Justin Smith recover that fast to be back on field after 1-week of tearing his triceps and be THAT effective?

[bauer77]

Last time someone tried to smear Ray Lewis' name, he was the one with the last laugh when he was hoisting the Lombardi trophy. This is just more fuel to his fire. I'm taking this with a grain of salt.

[EricH]

[quote name='Sizzlebshu' timestamp='1359492951' post='1334522']
This has nothing to do with what I asked though.
[/quote]
Forgive me, my quote actually had nothing to do with what you were saying. Merely the link in your post.

[hawkprey]

This story has something in common with a cold-weather Super Bowl... maybe Joe can explain it better.