that al jazeera plans to air are absolutely false and incorrect. to be clear, i am recanting any such statements and there is no truth to any statement of mine that al jazeera plans to air. >> it appears manning an all-time leader of nfl touchdown passes and yardage calling the accusations completely fabricated, complete trash and garbage. our sports columnist for usa today joins us now. so you've been around sports a long time. >> yeah, i have. >> you look at this case. comes out of nowhere for many of us who have long admired him and looked at his career. he's got a clean image as we know. from what you know and what you see here, completely bogus? or is it worth more examination? >> i think, jim, we have to look at this in the crucible in the framework of the steroids era, and we are still in that performance enhancing era in sports. it's not even close to being over with. we know people can get through drug testing and all of these