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NEWS ABOUT: Roger Clemens

Roger Clemens stories: 77 news summaries

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Rays Chase Pettitte,
Beat Yankees

Gomes drives in four runs as Tampa Bay wins second straight in NY

Apr 5, 08 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Andy Pettitte got the warm reception he was hoping for when he made his first start after a rocky offseason. The rest of the day didn't go as planned. Jonny Gomes homered and drove in four runs against Pettitte to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees... More »

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MLB • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • Joe Girardi • baseball • Tampa Bay Rays • Jonny Gomes • Edwin Jackson • Troy Percival

 McNamee Selling Clemens
 Mementos on eBay

'Break-up' memorabilia profits go to juvenile diabetes group

Apr 2, 08 8:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Roger Clemens wants to get any of his stuff back from ex-trainer Brian McNamee, all he has to do is log on to eBay. McNamee, who split with Clemens in the great steroids war, is putting up everything from autographed baseballs to hats to photographs of "all the... More »

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sports • steroids • Roger Clemens • online auction • anabolic steroids • auction • Andy Pettitte • Jose Canseco • memorabilia • human growth hormone • sports memorabilia • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee

(Newser) - It takes more than comb-overs and beer bellies to make the world's 100 unsexiest men list. The Boston Phoenix factors behavior into its list of oh-so-fugly gents. A peek at who snagged the top (dis)honors:
  1. Roger Clemens: baseball (and steroid?) star.
  2. Spencer Pratt: Heidi's smarmy boyfriend on The
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Tom Cruise • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Roger Clemens • list • awards • Eliot Spitzer • attraction • Larry Craig • Perez Hilton • Lou Dobbs • Dr Phil • Ryan Seacrest • Spencer Pratt

Canseco Now Thinks Clemens Was Clean

Slugger retreats from allegations that Rocket juiced his fuel

Mar 27, 08 3:15 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Roger Clemens • Alex Rodriguez • Jose Canseco • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • Juiced • Vindicated

 Canseco Links
 A-Rod to 'Roids
 in New Book 

Claims he introduced Rodriguez to known steroid dealer

Mar 26, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jose Canseco, baseball’s most outspoken steroid user, suggests that reigning AL MVP Alex Rodriguez used performance-enhancing drugs in his new book Vindicated, reports the New York Post. This according to a Massachusetts-based writer, who found a copy yesterday in a local store, although it's not due for release... More »

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MLB • Roger Clemens • Alex Rodriguez • Magglio Ordonez • Jose Canseco • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Juiced • Vindicated • performance-enhancing drugs

FBI Begins Clemens Probe

Agency looking into allegations pitcher lied to Congress about steroids

Feb 28, 08 5:59 PM CST
(Newser) - The FBI today began investigating whether Roger Clemens committed perjury when he told Congress that he never used performance-enhancing drugs, Bloomberg reports. The agency opened a preliminary review one day after a House panel told the Justice Department it suspected Clemens of lying. The pitcher insists he never took steroids... More »

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Department of Justice • steroids • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • perjury • Miguel Tejada • human growth hormone • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee • Rusty Hardin

Congress Asks Justice Dept. for Clemens Probe

Bipartisan letter wants to look at star's steroids denials for perjury

Feb 27, 08 1:56 PM CST
(Newser) - A congressional committee today asked the Justice Department to examine Roger Clemens’ denials under oath that he used performance-enhancing drugs and determine if they constitute perjury, the AP reports. In the letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Reps. Henry Waxman and Tom Davis cite the pitcher's statements contradicting those of... More »

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steroids • MLB • Henry Waxman • Roger Clemens • anabolic steroids • Tom Davis • Andy Pettitte • perjury • Michael Mukasey • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Rocket Avoids 'Roid Q's at Camp

Clemens wants to focus on baseball

Feb 26, 08 11:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Roger Clemens arrived at the Houston Astros’ training camp determined to avoid questions about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. “Everything’s been said that needs to be said on that. We’re moving forward. It’s baseball time. We’re going to enjoy that,” the hurler said.... More »

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steroids • MLB • Houston Astros • Roger Clemens • training camps • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs

House Panel May Go After Clemens on Perjury

Panel drafts letter asking Justice Dept.
to investigate

Feb 26, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - The congressional panel that questioned Roger Clemens about steroids has drafted a letter asking the Justice Department to investigate whether he committed perjury, the New York Times reports. The letter doesn't name his former trainer, Brian McNamee, who testified the same day and insisted Clemens is lying, but that could... More »

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Congress • Department of Justice • steroids • Henry Waxman • Roger Clemens • perjury • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • performance-enhancing drugs

Photo Looks Like Trouble
for Clemens

Fan's party snapshot could figure in potential federal investigation

Feb 22, 08 6:26 PM CST
(Newser) - An 11-year-old fan's photo of Roger Clemens could mean trouble for the scandal-battered pitcher, especially if the congressional committee pursuing the steroids investigation refers the case to the Justice Department, the New York Daily News reports. The image is allegedly of Clemens at a 1988 party given by Jose Canseco,... More »

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Congress • steroids • Barry Bonds • Congressional oversight • Roger Clemens • Jose Canseco • human growth hormone • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee

'Miracle' HGH's Awful Truth: It May Not Work

Testimonials aside, study shows hormone benefits few patients

Feb 20, 08 12:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Here’s the list of people human growth hormone is proven to help: the elderly, AIDS and tuberculosis patients, and people with hormone deficiencies. Baseball players aren’t on that list, Newsweek reports, and neither are thousands of ordinary people who believe HGH slows the aging process. “There’s... More »

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elderly • steroids • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • studies • health research • performance-enhancing drugs

Pettitte Sorry for Taking HGH

Says he hasn't spoken to Clemens in a month

Feb 18, 08 6:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Andy Pettitte apologized to fans and teammates today for using human growth hormone, the AP reports. Pettitte said he had not spoken to Roger Clemens, whom he implicated in HGH use in a congressional deposition, in more than a month. “I can't even describe how uncomfortable” the Clemens situation... More »

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steroids • MLB • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee

McNamee Counsel: Rocket Can Rely on Bush Pardon

Poppy pal has nothing to worry about, he says

Feb 14, 08 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A lawyer for trainer Brian McNamee said today if pitcher Roger Clemens is ever charged with lying to Congress about steroid use, he would be pardoned by President Bush, the AP reports. "Even if he's prosecuted, he will never have to serve jail time or face a trial,”... More »

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Congress • steroids • Roger Clemens • George Mitchell • George HW Bush • human growth hormone • baseball • Brian McNamee • Richard Emery • George W. Bush

Cone Denies Conversation With McNamee

Ex-pitcher said he never talked about drug testing in baseball

Feb 14, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - David Cone said last night he never had a conversation with Roger Clemens' former strength coach Brian McNamee about drug testing in Major League Baseball, reports the New York Times. During testimony before Congress yesterday, McNamee was asked about a conversation he said he had with Cone in 2000 that... More »

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steroids • MLB • Roger Clemens • anabolic steroids • Mitchell steroids investigation

Clemens, McNamee Both Grilled Hard

Clemens lawyers lash out at committee chair Waxman

Feb 13, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The biggest fireworks in today's House Oversight Committee hearings on the Mitchell Report involved Brian McNamee's claims that Roger Clemens and Jose Canseco discussed steroids and HGH at a party at Canseco's house several years ago. Clemens says he was playing golf the day of the party, and has receipts... More »

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MLB • Henry Waxman • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

UPDATED

Clemens, Trainer Stories at Odds

McNamee says he injected pitcher more than he claimed earlier

Feb 13, 08 10:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Ex-trainer Brian McNamee today told Congress he injected Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs more often than he’d already admitted, saying he'd remembered incidents since his initial statement. Andy Pettitte, meanwhile, revealed in that Clemens had admitted taking HGH years before—a charge Clemens said Pettitte misheard—and Pettitte himself... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee

Pettitte Will Skip Clemens Steroid Hearing

Described as 'not a good witness' in contradictory deposition

Feb 12, 08 6:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte will not be called to testify before the congressional committee investigating the Mitchell Report and alleged steroids use by Roger Clemens, ESPN reports. Former Mets trainer Kirk Radomski and ex-player Chuck Knoblauch will also not testify, which leaves Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee. McNamee... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • baseball • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee

Clemens' Lawyer in Hot Water

Rusty Hardin criticized for remarks made about a federal agent

Feb 11, 08 5:32 PM CST
(Newser) - The battle rages on in the Roger Clemens steroid scandal, but this time it's his lawyer who is under fire. The chairman of the congressional committee overseeing one inquiry into steroid use in baseball criticized Rusty Hardin for comments he made about IRS agent Jeff Novitzky. “If he ever... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee • Rusty Hardin

Source: Trainer Says Clemens' Wife Took HGH

McNamee injected Debbie Clemens before 2003 magazine spread

Feb 8, 08 6:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Brian McNamee told congressional investigators yesterday that Roger Clemens’ wife, Debbie, took human growth hormone, a source tells the New York Daily News. The pitcher's former trainer said Roger asked him to inject Debbie with HGH as she prepared to be photographed for Sports Illustrated's 2003 swimsuit issue, the source... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • Debbie Clemens • Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

Evidence Could Prove Clemens Took Steroids

Source says McNamee has materials that may have pitcher's DNA

Feb 6, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Lawyers for Brian McNamee say that the former strength and conditioning coach has turned over evidence that can prove pitcher Roger Clemens took steroids. A source tells the New York Daily News that the materials include vials with traces of steroids, and even syringes and pads that may contain traces... More »

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steroids • Roger Clemens • sports doping • baseball

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