The back page story on today’s New York Daily News is that they have received a report that feel good story of the year, Rick Ankiel, may have received HGH.

According to records obtained by The News and sources close to the controversy surrounding anti-aging clinics that dispense illegal prescription drugs, Ankiel received eight shipments of HGH from Signature Pharmacy in Orlando from January to December 2004, including the brand-name injectable drugs Saizen and Genotropin. Signature is the pharmacy at the forefront of Albany District Attorney David Soares’ two-year investigation into illegal Internet prescription drug sales, which has brought 22 indictments and nine convictions.

That would be a hell of a shame if it is true, it was an amazing story to see Ankiel completely turn his career around. Say it ain’t so.