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Photo Looks Like Trouble for Clemens  

Posted Feb 22, 08 6:26 PM CST in Sports    Most Popular

(newser) – An 11-year-old fan's photo of Roger Clemens could mean trouble for the scandal-battered pitcher, especially if the congressional committee pursuing the steroids investigation refers the case to the Justice Department, the New York Daily News reports. The image is allegedly of Clemens at a 1988 party given by Jose Canseco, which he and Canseco have both testified he didn't attend.

“We have reason to believe it's reliable evidence,” said a lawyer for Clemens nemesis Brian McNamee. The House Oversight Committee is expected to refer the entire case, rather than just Clemens' involvement, to the Feds, sources said; doing so may pacify both critics who see a racist double standard to date in the way Clemens and Barry Bonds have been treated by investigators, as well as those who object to Congress’ pursuing the investigation at all.

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Photo Looks Like Trouble for Clemens
Former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, left, is handed notes by one of his attorneys Lanny Breuer, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, as Clemens testified...   (Associated Press)
Photo Looks Like Trouble for Clemens
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)
Photo Looks Like Trouble for Clemens
Former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, center, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, before the House Oversight, and Government Reform committee hearing on...   (Associated Press)
Photo Looks Like Trouble for Clemens
Former major league baseball player Jose Canseco exits the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York in this Dec. 13, 2007 file photo. A photograph in circulation seems to contradict Roger Clemens' statement about...   (Associated Press)
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