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House Probes Clemens Denial

Legend & accuser to testify about steroids

Jan 10, 08 8:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Congress will investigate baseball legend Roger Clemens' vehement denials that he used steroids. Both Clemens and his accuser, personal trainer Brian McNamee, were scheduled to testify next week before the House committee that exposed drug abuse in baseball. But their testimony has been postponed a month for a wider and... More »

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Department of Justice • steroids • Henry Waxman • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • baseball • Brian McNamee • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Clemens: Ex-Trainer Lied in '01 Rape Case

Rocket's lawsuit
goes after
McNamee's character

Jan 9, 08 12:28 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Clemens Swears He's Innocent

He says he took injections of vitamin, painkiller

Jan 3, 08 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 York Post reports. "Swear?"... More »

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

Clemens Opens Own Probe, Plans to Talk

Rocket will face media on same night as
60 Minutes interview

Dec 26, 07 7:05 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Rocket: 'The Answer Is No'

Future Hall of Famer says former trainer's accusations are not true

Dec 23, 07 9:29 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Ledger Reveals Details of
Jones' Doping

Lab listed drug regimens, test results, of Jones, other athletes

Dec 22, 07 10:53 AM CST
(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,... More »

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steroids • human growth hormone • Marion Jones • Bay Area Laboratory Co Operative

Schilling: Take Back Clemens' Cy Youngs

If Rocket doesn't clear his name, he's guilty, pitcher opines

Dec 20, 07 8:40 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Clemens Denies Taking Steroids

Pitcher responds to accusations in Mitchell Report

Dec 18, 07 7:34 PM CST
(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,... More »

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

Pettitte Admits Using HGH

Yanks pitcher says he used it twice to heal from injury

Dec 15, 07 5:26 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Active Player Proved He Was Clean, Escaped Mitchell Report

Provided evidence he'd disposed of drugs

Dec 14, 07 5:10 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Segui Admits to Steroid Use

Former major leaguer sticks up for excoriatoed 'roids supplier Radomski

Dec 11, 07 7:40 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Two Players Suspended
for PED Buys

15-day penalties may indicate severity of Mitchell punishments

Dec 7, 07 4:00 AM CST
(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,... More »

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steroids • MLB • Bud Selig • George Mitchell • Jose Guillen • human growth hormone • Major League Baseball Players Association • Jay Gibbons

Byrd's HGH
Use Was News
to Mitchell

Baseball investigator denies leaking info     on Indians pitcher

Oct 23, 07 12:13 AM CDT
(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... More »

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MLB • Cleveland Indians • George Mitchell • human growth hormone • AL playoffs • Paul Byrd • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation

Cleveland Pitcher Bought HGH

Oct 21, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paul Byrd, the pitcher who's been critical in the Cleveland Indians' successful playoff run this season, bought almost $25,000 worth of human growth hormone between 2002 and 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle learned today. Byrd admitted taking HGH, but told Fox Sports he was using it legally with a... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • Cleveland Indians • human growth hormone • baseball playoffs • Paul Byrd • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs

FTC Cracks Down on Diet Spammers

Uses new law to target
companies behind
junk emails

Oct 11, 07 2:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on spammers hawking weight loss and anti-aging products via 175K junk messages, Information Week reports, as the FTC chair announced the filing of civil complaints in Australia, Canada, and the United States. It's the first action brought by the agency under the Safe... More »

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spam • FTC • human growth hormone • Deborah Platt Majoras • Safe Web Act • Spear Systems • eHealthylife.com • hoodia • London Action Plan • Contact Network of Spam Authorities

Rich Get Richer: Pats Star Back

Harrison rejoins an already stacked Patriots defense after HGH suspension

Oct 3, 07 11:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having served his four-game suspension for using the banned substance HGH, stud safety Rodney Harrison will retake his place this week with a Patriots defense that has looked plenty stalwart without him. Harrison stayed in shape during his forced sabbatical with weights, yoga, and Pilates; it is unclear whether he... More »

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NFL • New England Patriots • human growth hormone • Rodney Harrison

2004 O's Rife With Roid Raps

Gibbons is latest accused of using

Sep 28, 07 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - As former Senator George Mitchell's MLB steroid investigation continues, it is the 2004 Baltimore Orioles who are coming up again and again in allegations of performance-enhancing drug use, the Baltimore Sun reports. This month, injured outfielder Jay Gibbons was revealed to have had steroids and human growth hormone shipped to... More »

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steroids • Baltimore Orioles • human growth hormone • Rafael Palmeiro

MLB Wants
HGH Blood Test for Next Season

Players union must sign off on new exam for banned substance

Sep 14, 07 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of scandals involving Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel and Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, among others, Major League Baseball is weighing a blood test for human growth hormone that would be implemented by next season. A test developed by the World Anti-Doping Agency is expected to be available for... More »

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MLB • Bud Selig • hormones • human growth hormone • drug test • baseball

HGH Use
Mars Ankiel Comeback

Cards outfielder admits taking hormones during recovery from surgery

Sep 8, 07 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - St. Louis Cardinals’ star slugger Rick Ankiel acknowledged using Human Growth Hormone last night, facing reporters in the dugout after news emerged yesterday that he had received HGH from a pharmacy involved in a prescription-drug scandal. Ankiel took delivery of HGH for a year following a routine elbow surgery in... More »

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St. Louis Cardinals • MLB • hormones • Rick Ankiel • human growth hormone • baseball

NFL Suspends Patriot for Using Banned Drugs

Harrison says growth hormones sped healing; he'll serve 4-game ban

Sep 1, 07 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NFL has suspended Patriots safety Rodney Harrison for four games after he admitted to the commissioner that he used a banned substance. Harrison said in a conference call last night that the performance-enhancing drugs were not steroids and that he took them to "accelerate the healing process."... More »

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NFL • steroids • Roger Goodell • New England Patriots • football • human growth hormone • Rodney Harrison • performance-enhancing drugs

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