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NEWS ABOUT: Roger Clemens

Roger Clemens stories: 77 news summaries

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OPINION

 Worst (Un)Retirements 
 in Sports 


May 21, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Brett Favre mulling yet another unretirement, Will Leitch of New York magazine looks back on the worst unretirements in sports history. They range from cringe-worthy to incomparably cringe-worthy:
  • Ricky Williams: How many drug tests can one man fail?
  • Lance Armstrong: "It’s difficult to come
... More »

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NFL • Chicago Cubs • Washington Wizards • Chicago Bulls • Roger Clemens • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • cycling • football • Michael Jordan • Miami Dolphins • retirement • Tour de France • Evander Holyfield • New Orleans Saints • Lance Armstrong • New York Jets • bicycling • Ricky Williams • baseball

(Newser) - Roger Clemens again denied past steroid use today, and criticized a new book that claims to detail his transgressions, the New York Daily News reports. It’s “impossible” that trainer Brian McNamee injected the pitcher with steroids “because he’s never given me any,” he told an... More »

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New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • New York Daily News • baseball • Brian McNamee • steroid use • investigative journalism • Nathaniel Vinton • Jay-ZTV

 Drugs Found 
 on Clemens' 
 Injection Kit 

Lawyer says McNamee must have planted evidence

Mar 10, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal investigators have found traces of banned, performance-enhancing substances on the paraphernalia Brian McNamee used to inject Roger Clemens, the New York Times reports. Clemens’ DNA was found on at least one of the syringes last month, but the pitcher says he was only injected with Vitamin B12 and... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • Brian McNamee • performance-enhancing drugs

OPINION

McGwire Hall Snub Bodes
Ill for Bonds, Clemens

Could Bonds, Clemens face exclusion?

Jan 13, 09 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Mark McGwire's awful showing in Hall of Fame voting—he got only 21.9% of votes this year, which is actually worse than last year and way below the required 75%—is a good sign that that fellow steroid pals Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds face long odds when they... More »

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Barry Bonds • Roger Clemens • Cooperstown • Hall of Fame • Baseball Hall of Fame • Mark McGwire • baseball

Federal Grand Jury Will Look at Clemens' Perjury Case

McNamee, Radomski may help get indictment for lying to Congress over drugs

Jan 12, 09 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal prosecutors have convened a grand jury to investigate whether Roger Clemens committed perjury when he told Congress he’d never taken steroids, ESPN reports. The grand jury has subpoenaed Kirk Radomski, who says he supplied Clemens with drugs through the pitcher’s trainer, Brian McNamee. More »

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Congress • steroids • Roger Clemens • George Mitchell • perjury • Kirk Radomski • performance-enhancing drugs

OPINION

 Best Sports Stories of 2008 

Evil Bill, golden Michael, ailing Tiger, and hapless Lions held our fascination

Dec 26, 08 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Every fan has favorite storylines from the year in sports, but a few were universally intriguing, Reid Cherner and Tom Weir write in USA Today:
  1. Michael Phelps' eight golds in the 08/08/08 Olympics gave America a reason to root.
  2. Our favorite hoodied villain, Patriots coach Bill Belichick, finally
... More »

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Michael Phelps • Tiger Woods • Roger Clemens • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Bill Belichick • Mitchell Report • Super Bowl XLII • Big Brown • Eight Belles • Best of 2008 • US Open Golf

Trainer Slaps Clemens With $10M Defamation Suit

McNamee, made famous by the Mitchell report, sticks it to ex-boss

Dec 23, 08 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Brian McNamee is suing his former boss for $10 million, the New York Post reports, saying Roger Clemens libeled and slandered him in the wake of the Mitchell Report on steroids in baseball. The former star pitcher is likewise suing McNamee for telling federal investigators Clemens used steroids, but McNamee... More »

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Roger Clemens • lawsuit • defamation • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee

 McCready
 'Recovering
 Nicely' 

Doctors repair tendon in country singer's left rm

Dec 19, 08 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Country crooner Mindy McCready is in stable condition after attempting suicide, the New York Daily News reports. Roger Clemens' former mistress underwent surgery in Nashville yesterday to fix a tendon in her left arm. "She is recovering nicely," a source said. A "very intoxicated" McCready slit... More »

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surgery • Roger Clemens • country music • Mindy McCready • suicide attempt

(Newser) - Country singer Mindy McCready, dragged into an uncomfortable spotlight in April when she admitted to an affair with Roger Clemens, has been hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt, the Daily News reports. McCready's brother found her in her Nashville home after she cut her wrists and took pills. McCready, 33,... More »

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suicide • Roger Clemens • country music • Mindy McCready

 Big Names 
 Await News 
 on Pardons 

Gonzales, Clemens could be excused from future accusations

Nov 29, 08 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush continues to be stingy with pardons, but some big names will be hoping for clemency in December, the AP reports. Among the 2,000 applicants are junk-bond king Michael Milken and American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh. Bush also could excuse potential future convicts such as pitcher Roger... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Roger Clemens • commutation • pardon • Michael Milken • George W. Bush

 McCready to 
 Clemens' 
 Wife: Sorry 

Singer apologizes for affair with Clemens

Nov 18, 08 10:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Country singer Mindy McCready apologized to Roger Clemens’ wife for carrying on an affair with the baseball great, the New York Daily News reports. “I was young,” McCready said. “I now know better.” The singer denied rumors she wanted to marry Clemens, saying, “I wanted... More »

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Roger Clemens • celebrity • affair • baseball • Debbie Clemens • Mindy McCready

Dealer Says
He Sent Clemens HGH

Ex-Mets staffer said to turn over shipping receipts to feds

Jul 16, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Admitted drug dealer Kirk Radomski has turned over to federal authorities proof that he mailed human growth hormone to Roger Clemens, the New York Daily News reports. Sources claim Radomski has shipping receipts for HGH kits mailed to Clemens’ Texas mansion. The former Yankees and Houston Astros pitcher is under... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • Kirk Radomski • human growth hormone • Debbie Clemens

OPINION

 Why Is 'Supermom'
 Getting the Bonds
 Treatment? 

If it weren't for McNamee, maybe we'd still be happily naive about sports doping

Jul 6, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some are calling five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres "Supermom," but Jason Whitlock of the Kansas City Star thinks that "Wonder Woman" might be more appropriate. Everyone's wondering how a 41-year-old new mother could come back from retirement and surgery to take first place at her fifth qualifiers.... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • swimming • asthma • Brian McNamee • comeback • Olympic trials • Dara Torres

Roger Clemens Takes Swing at Used-Car Sales

Beleaguered ex-big leaguer hawks his Bentley to pay bills

Jun 18, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s hard to imagine, but apparently Roger Clemens is a little short this month. The former pitcher has sold his Bentley to Bret Michaels to help pay his legal fees, the New York Post reports. “Clemens is apparently selling his lavish goods,” an insider said. “Bret... More »

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Roger Clemens • legal fees • baseball • cars

 Clemens Used Viagra for
 On-Field Boost 

Source knows at least one drug Rocket was on

Jun 10, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Roger Clemens was on at least one performance enhancing drug, a clubhouse source tells the New York Daily News: Viagra. Clemens wasn’t using Vitamin V to help with the ladies, he—and several of his teammates—were using it to improve his on-field performance. Viagra has become a major... More »

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Roger Clemens • Viagra • World Anti Doping Agency • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs

Clemens:
I'm Sorry for Mistakes I Made

Scandal-plagued pitcher still denies drug use, 'improper' affair

May 5, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roger Clemens broke his silence on the allegations that he has had numerous affairs, apologizing for his "mistakes" in a statement to the Houston Chronicle. The Rocket stressed that his "personal life has nothing to do with the accusations of steroid and HGH use," and denied beginning... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • adultery • performance-enhancing drugs • Mindy McCready

 Roger's Pals Appeal: 
 Cut Your Losses! 

Friends want Rocket to drop suit, critics agree

May 2, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Friends and critics of Roger Clemens agree on one thing: He's well beyond "say it ain't so" and entering "stop the bleeding" territory. Those close to the rambling family man are urging him to drop his defamation lawsuit against Brian McNamee, and a legal expert compares him to... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • perjury • defamation • Brian McNamee • performance-enhancing drugs • Mindy McCready

Clemens Had More Women, Source Says

'Family man' flew several in private jet; gave gifts of jewelry

Apr 30, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - It wasn't just country singer Mindy McCready that Roger Clemens carried on with, a source tells the New York Daily News. The former Major League pitcher apparently had several lovely lady friends whom he jetted across the country in his plane and presented with expensive jewelry. One of them... More »

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Roger Clemens • perjury • adultery • defamation • Brian McNamee • performance-enhancing drugs • Mindy McCready

Tearful Singer:
Clemens Affair Rumors True

Country star McCready confirms relationship with embattled pitcher

Apr 29, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Country star Mindy McCready confirmed that she had a 10-year affair with Roger Clemens in a tearful interview yesterday with the New York Daily News. "I cannot refute anything in the story," McCready says. The two met in 1991, when the singer was 15, and Clemens was... More »

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Roger Clemens • perjury • Brian McNamee • performance-enhancing drugs • Mindy McCready

Report Links Clemens,
Teen Singer

Tale of 10-year affair could hamstring Rocket's legal defense

Apr 28, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roger Clemens had a 10-year affair with country star Mindy McCready, beginning when the troubled singer was only 15, the New York Daily News reports. Clemens' lawyer confirmed the two were friends and said, "He has never had a sexual relationship with her." The news could further tarnish... More »

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Roger Clemens • Brian McNamee • Mindy McCready

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