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Clemens: Ex-Trainer Lied in '01 Rape Case

Rocket's lawsuit goes after McNamee's character

(Newser) - Roger Clemens' personal trainer was involved in a 2001 rape investigation in which police believed he lied, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The Rocket, in his defamation suit filed against Brian McNamee on Sunday, points to the incident as an example of further dishonesty on the part of the trainer who...

Hall Announcements Loom
Hall Announcements Loom
Jan 8, 2008 10:15 AM CST

Hall Announcements Loom

McGwire, Rice, Gossage hoping to get more votes this year

(Newser) - Hours before baseball's Hall of Fame voting announcements, Mark McGwire can only hope that early polling is inaccurate. It seems the eighth leading home run hitter will receive nowhere near the 75% necessary to be enshrined in Cooperstown, the New York Times reports. The genial redhead's widely presumed steroid use...

Clemens Plays Tape to Prove Innocence

Ex-trainer never accuses hurler in heated phone talk

(Newser) - Roger Clemens played a recording of a heated, expletive-laden conversation to reporters today as proof of the hurler's innocence on steroid claims, the AP reports. In the talk, former trainer Brian McNamee—who has said he injected Clemens with steroids—did not deny Clemens' claim of innocence. Clemens' lawyers pitched...

Clemens Sues for Defamation
Clemens Sues for Defamation
Jan 7, 2008 7:10 AM CST

Clemens Sues for Defamation

Says trainer caved when threatened with jail time

(Newser) - Roger Clemens filed a defamation lawsuit against former trainer Brian McNamee last night, just before his "60 Minutes" interview aired, the Houston Chronicle reports. McNamee falsely claimed he had injected Clemens with steroids, the lawsuit alleges, when federal agents threatened him with jail time. McNamee’s lawyers say that’...

Clemens' Denial Enough to Choke On
Clemens' Denial Enough to Choke On
OPINION
Jan 6, 2008 6:58 AM CST

Clemens' Denial Enough to Choke On

Pitcher's claim steroids were B-12 not going down easy

(Newser) - Pitcher Roger Clemens' claim that he took injections of B-12 vitamins—not steroids—is a page right out of the book of lame stories by Orioles player Rafael Palmeiro, who was laughed into obscurity after a similar tale, writes a skeptical Chicago Tribune columnist. Clemens will insist on "60...

Congress Calls Up Clemens
Congress Calls Up Clemens
Jan 5, 2008 6:09 AM CST

Congress Calls Up Clemens

Pitcher and ex-trainer invited to tell their stories to committee; showdown expected

(Newser) - Roger Clemens, who has vehemently denied the allegations of steroid use made in the Mitchell report, has now been asked to make that pitch under oath in front of a congressional committee, the Washington Post reports. The committee also wants to hear from his former strength trainer, Brian McNamee, along...

Clemens Opens Own Probe, Plans to Talk

Rocket will face media on same night as 60 Minutes interview

(Newser) - Calling the Mitchell Report "wrong," Roger Clemens' lawyers have begun their own investigation into claims that Clemens used steroids and HGH, the New York Times reports. The Rocket will field questions in an open session with the media on January 6—the night his 60 Minutes interview is...

Rocket: 'The Answer Is No'
Rocket: 'The Answer Is No'
Dec 23, 2007 9:29 PM CST

Rocket: 'The Answer Is No'

Future Hall of Famer says former trainer's accusations are not true

(Newser) - Roger Clemens shot back against steroid allegations today, posting a video online in which he says,  "I did not use steroids, or human growth hormone and I've never done so." In the less than two minute video, the Rocket refutes information provided in George Mitchell's report by...

Ledger Reveals Details of Jones' Doping

Lab listed drug regimens, test results, of Jones, other athletes

(Newser) - Documents in the federal case against disgraced Olympic athlete Marion Jones, made public yesterday, reveal the extent of her use of performance-enhancing drugs. The Bay Area lab that supplied Jones turned over a ledger detailing her use of human growth hormone, steroids, EPO, and other drugs in 2000 and 2001,...

Schilling: Take Back Clemens' Cy Youngs

If Rocket doesn't clear his name, he's guilty, pitcher opines

(Newser) - If Roger Clemens doesn’t fight to clear his name, then he’s guilty in Curt Schilling’s book, and his post-1997 stats should be cleared from the record books. “There aren’t many options as a fan other than to believe his career 192 wins and 3 Cy...

Clemens Denies Taking Steroids
Clemens Denies Taking Steroids
Dec 18, 2007 7:34 PM CST

Clemens Denies Taking Steroids

Pitcher responds to accusations in Mitchell Report

(Newser) - Responding to accusations in the Mitchell report, Roger Clemens today denied using steroids, Newsday reports. “I want to state clearly and without qualification: I did not take steroids, human growth hormone or any other banned substances at any time in my baseball career or, in fact, my entire life,...

Pettitte Admits Using HGH
Pettitte Admits Using HGH
Dec 15, 2007 5:26 PM CST

Pettitte Admits Using HGH

Yanks pitcher says he used it twice to heal from injury

(Newser) - Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, one of the bigger names cited in the Mitchell report on doping in baseball, admitted today that he used human growth hormone, the AP reports. Pettitte says he used HGH twice in 2002 to speed his recovery from an elbow injury. "I accept responsibility for...

Bush: Drugs 'Sullied' Baseball
Bush: Drugs 'Sullied' Baseball
Dec 14, 2007 12:34 PM CST

Bush: Drugs 'Sullied' Baseball

President says he's confident league will put steroid era in the past

(Newser) - Major League Baseball must take the Mitchell report seriously and put the era of steroids behind it, President Bush said today. The president, a former part-owner of the Texas Rangers, cautioned against a rush to judgment of the 85 players accused of doping in the report. “We can jump...

Clemens Says It Ain't So
 Clemens Says It Ain't So
Dec 14, 2007 2:49 AM CST

Clemens Says It Ain't So

Pitcher angrily denies steroid use outlined in Mitchell report

(Newser) - The attorney for Roger Clemens says the Hall-of-Famer is outraged that he was named in yesterday's report on steroid use in baseball, the Houston Chronicle reports. "There has never been one shred of tangible evidence that he ever used these substances, and yet he is being slandered today,"...

Baseball Commish: &lsquo;I Will Act&rsquo;
Baseball Commish: ‘I Will Act’
Dec 13, 2007 5:00 PM CST

Baseball Commish: ‘I Will Act’

Selig says he'll implement all of Mitchell's recommendations

(Newser) - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig called the Mitchell Report a “call to action” today, and said he'd execute every recommendation the former senator made in his bombshell appraisal of steroid use. As to punishment for current players named in the report, Selig said Mitchell was right to defer to him—...

Mitchell Report Delivers Bonds, Clemens, Tejada

Ex-senators faults players, management; urges independent tests

(Newser) - George Mitchell’s long-awaited report on steroids in baseball dropped today, and it blamed both players and management for what it said could be the sport's biggest challenge since the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Every club had a player involved; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada were among inclusions....

Clemens, Pettitte Said to Be Named in Mitchell Report

Source says trainer got steroids for both Yanks

(Newser) - Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte are among the 50 or so baseball players named in George Mitchell's much-anticipated report on steroids in Major League Baseball, ESPN reports. A Yankees strength trainer told investigators, whose report is due today, that the two pitchers were among players he supplied with steroids, a...

Mitchell Steroid Report to Throw Curveball at Commissioner

Investigation to list more than 50 names

(Newser) - George Mitchell's report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball will list more than 50 names, the New York Times reports. An insider who has read the closely guarded report revealed that it will also take swings at the commissioner's office and the players' association for putting up with drugs in the...

Mitchell Report Will Be Flawed, Insiders Say

Players, others complain of missteps in the investigation

(Newser) - George Mitchell is poised to release his long-awaited report on steroid use in baseball—but many of those interviewed by his investigators have serious doubts it will solve anything, reports ESPN's Howard Bryant. Players, trainers and managers say the 20-month investigation has been hamstrung by tension between owners and the...

MLB Now in Possession of Mitchell Report

Steroid investigation findings to be made public Thursday

(Newser) - Major League Baseball is finally in possession of the much-anticipated steroid report produced by George Mitchell, 21 months after the former senator was commissioned to investigate the use of performing-enhancing drugs in the pro game. Baseball officials are expected to review the document for 48 hours before it is released...

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