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Clemens Swears He's Innocent

He says he took injections of vitamin, painkiller

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 3, 2008 5:33 PM CST

(Newser) – Roger Clemens says he received injections of vitamin B-12 and the painkiller lidocaine—but not steroids—from trainer Brian McNamee. In a 60 Minutes interview with Mike Wallace set to air Sunday, Clemens again denied ever taking banned substances, including human growth hormone, the New ... Read full story »

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