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  • January 2008

    • Clemens: Ex-Trainer Lied in '01 Rape Case

      Orlando Sentinel  |  Jan 9, 08 12:28 PM CST

      Clemens: Ex-Trainer Lied in '01 Rape Case

      (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 accuses Clemens of steroid use. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • New York Yankees  • steroids  • rape  • Roger Clemens  • human growth hormone  • Mitchell Report  • Brian McNamee  • defamation  • Orlando  • date rape drugs

    • Clemens Swears He's Innocent

      New York Post  |  Jan 3, 08 5:33 PM CST

      Clemens Swears He's Innocent

      (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 York Post reports. "Swear?" asked Wallace. "Swear," replied Clemens. More »

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      baseball  • Roger Clemens  • human growth hormone  • Mitchell Report  • Mitchell steroids investigation

  • December 2007

    • Clemens Opens Own Probe, Plans to Talk

      New York Times  |  Dec 26, 07 7:05 PM CST

      Clemens Opens Own Probe, Plans to Talk

      (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 set to air. More »

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      baseball  • steroids  • Roger Clemens  • human growth hormone  • Mitchell Report  • Andy Pettitte

    • Rocket: 'The Answer Is No'

      New York Times  |  Dec 23, 07 9:29 PM CST

      Rocket: 'The Answer Is No'

      (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 former trainer Brian McNamee, saying it "is simply not true," reports the Times . More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • New York Yankees  • steroids  • Roger Clemens  • human growth hormone  • Mitchell Report  • Andy Pettitte  • Mitchell steroids investigation

    • Ledger Reveals Details of Jones' Doping

      ESPN  |  Dec 22, 07 10:53 AM CST

      Ledger Reveals Details of Jones' Doping

      (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, during the period in which she won five medals at the Sydney Olympics, reports ESPN . More »

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      steroids  • human growth hormone  • Marion Jones

    • Schilling: Take Back Clemens' Cy Youngs

      Boston Globe  |  Dec 20, 07 8:40 AM CST

      Schilling: Take Back Clemens' Cy Youngs

      (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 Youngs he won prior to 1997 were the end,” Schilling wrote on his blog. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Boston Red Sox  • steroids  • Roger Clemens  • human growth hormone  • Mitchell Report  • George Mitchell  • Curt Schilling

    • Clemens Denies Taking Steroids

      Newsday  |  Dec 18, 07 7:34 PM CST

      Clemens Denies Taking Steroids

      (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," the Yankees pitcher said in a statement. "Those substances represent a dangerous and destructive shortcut that no athlete should ever take.” More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • New York Yankees  • steroids  • Roger Clemens  • human growth hormone  • Mitchell Report  • Andy Pettitte

    • Pettitte Admits Using HGH

      Associated Press  |  Dec 15, 07 5:26 PM CST

      Pettitte Admits Using HGH

      (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 those two days," he said. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • New York Yankees  • steroids  • Roger Clemens  • human growth hormone  • Andy Pettitte  • Mitchell steroids investigation

    • Active Player Proved He Was Clean, Escaped Mitchell Report

      New York Times  |  Dec 14, 07 5:10 PM CST

      Active Player Proved He Was Clean, Escaped Mitchell Report

      (Newser) - An unnamed player who was found to have purchased anabolic steroids managed to keep his name out of George Mitchell's scathing 400-page report on drug abuse in baseball, the New York Times reports after interviewing the former senator. Contacted by Mitchell's investigative team, the player and his lawyer provided evidence that, though he'd purchased the drugs, he never used them. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • human growth hormone  • Henry Waxman  • George Mitchell  • anabolic steroids

    • Segui Admits to Steroid Use

      Baltimore Sun  |  Dec 11, 07 7:40 AM CST

      Segui Admits to Steroid Use

      (Newser) - Ex-first baseman David Segui preempted the Mitchell Report yesterday by announcing that he had dabbled in steroids during his playing days, reports the Baltimore Sun . Segui, whose 15-year MLB career began and ended with the Baltimore Orioles, refused to rat out the other users he knew of through contacts with his supplier, former Mets employee Kirk Radomski. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • steroids  • Baltimore Orioles  • human growth hormone  • George Mitchell  • Kirk Radomski

    • Two Players Suspended for PED Buys

      New York Times  |  Dec 7, 07 4:00 AM CST

      Two Players Suspended for PED Buys

      (Newser) - Baltimore's Jay Gibbons and Kansas City's recently signed José Guillén were publicly given 15-day suspensions for having acquired HGH and steroids; Commissioner Bud Selig passed the sentences despite any positive drug tests from either player. Instead, documentary evidence indicates they received shipments after baseball's drug rules went into effect, in Guillén's case over $19,000 worth. More »

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      MLB  • steroids  • human growth hormone  • Bud Selig  • George Mitchell  • Jose Guillen  • MLBPA  • Jay Gibbons

  • October 2007

    • Byrd's HGH Use Was News to Mitchell

      Associated Press  |  Oct 23, 07 12:13 AM CDT

      Byrd's HGH Use Was News to Mitchell

      (Newser) - Baseball investigator George Mitchell denied a report that he leaked information on Cleveland pitcher Paul Byrd’s use of human growth hormone. News broke before Cleveland lost Game 7 to Boston that Byrd had bought HGH online; he said it was used to treat a pituitary tumor. Mitchell said he learned of the allegations at the same time as the public, the AP reports. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Cleveland Indians