Evander Holyfield Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Allegations of steroid and HGH use=== On February 28, 2007, Holyfield was anonymously linked to Applied Pharmacy Services, a pharmacy in Alabama that was under investigation for supplying athletes with illegal steroids and [[Growth hormone|human growth hormone]] (HGH). He denied ever using performance enhancers.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2782741 "Report: Athletes received illegal 'roids via online ring"]. Sports.espn.go.com (March 1, 2007). Retrieved on October 3, 2011.</ref> Holyfield's name does not appear in the law enforcement documents reviewed. However, a patient by the name of "Evan Fields" caught investigators' attention. "Fields" shares the same birth date as Holyfield, October 19, 1962. The listed address for "Fields" was 794 Evander, Fairfield, Ga. 30213. Holyfield has a very similar address. When the phone number that, according to the documents, was associated with the "Fields" prescription, was dialed, Holyfield answered.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/02/28/holyfield/index.html "Holyfield allegedly received steroids, HGH via alias"]. Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved on October 3, 2011.</ref> On March 10, 2007, Holyfield made a public announcement that he would be pursuing his own investigation into the steroid claims in order to clear his name.<ref>[http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/03/10/SPGDLOJ2I71.DTL "Holyfield plans own steroid investigation"]. Sfgate.com (March 10, 2007). Retrieved on October 3, 2011.</ref> Holyfield was again linked to HGH in September 2007, when his name came up following a raid of Signature Pharmacy in Orlando, Florida.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_ylt=AhFXvhYR2e4XComsoKzuJjA5nYcB?slug=jo-steroids092407&prov=yhoo&type=lgns | title='Roid raids | date=24 September 2007 }}</ref> Signature Pharmacy was under investigation for illegally supplying several professional athletes with steroids and HGH.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2007/09/10/2007-09-10_baltimores_gibbons_got_drugs_from_signat.html? | location=New York | work=Daily News | title=Baltimore's Gibbons got drugs from Signature Pharmacy | date=September 10, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915111758/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2007/09/10/2007-09-10_baltimores_gibbons_got_drugs_from_signat.html | archive-date=2007-09-15 | access-date=2007-09-24 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page