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Canseco Now Thinks Clemens Was Clean  

Posted Mar 27, 08 3:15 AM CDT in Crime,  Sports    Most Covered

(newser) – Former Bash Brother Jose Canseco has backed down from charges that Roger Clemens used more than workouts to pump his pitching arm. Contradicting what's written in his own books, "Juiced" and the upcoming "Vindicated," Canseco said in a TV interview that he now doesn't believe the Rocket used steroids, Newsday reports.

"If I were an investigator and had to go on evidence on Roger Clemens, then I would say no" on steroid use, Canseco declared in the ABC Nightline interview to be aired tonight. But he isn't retreating from his claims that Alex Rodriguez took steroids. He refuses to offer proof implicating A-Rod, claiming that "timing's not right."

Source New York Daily News

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Canseco Now Thinks Clemens Was Clean
Former major league baseball player Jose Canseco has backed off his earlier belief that Roger Clemens used steroids, now saying the evidence says "no."   (Associated Press)
Canseco Now Thinks Clemens Was Clean
While Roger Clemens argues with the House Oversight Committee on whether he was ever at Jose Canseco's pool party, Canseco himself has changed his mind about the Rocket's probable guilt.   (Associated Press)
Canseco Now Thinks Clemens Was Clean
Jose Canseco's interview on Nightline will air tonight at 11:35 on ABC.   (Getty Images)
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