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Cone Denies Conversation With McNamee

Posted Feb 14, 08 12:55 PM CST in Sports    Most Covered

(Newser) – David Cone said last night he never had a conversation with Roger Clemens' former strength coach Brian McNamee about drug testing in Major League Baseball, reports the New York Times. During testimony before Congress yesterday, McNamee was asked about a conversation he said he had with Cone in 2000 that led him to hold on to syringes he said he used on Clemens.

 “In no way, shape or form did I say anything like that to anyone, much less Brian McNamee,” Cone said. Representative Mark E. Souder asked McNamee about a portion of his deposition in which he said Cone told him that baseball’s owners were not in favor of drug testing, but that they needed a valid excuse to provide to the news media when reporters asked about it.

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Former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, right, attorney Charles Scheeler, center, and Clemens former trainer Brian McNamee, left, are sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday,...   (Associated Press)
Brian McNamee, former personal trainer to former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, before the House Oversight and Government...   (Associated Press)
Former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, left, listens to the testimony of his former personal trainer Brian McNamee, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008 during...   (Associated Press)
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