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Mitchell steroids investigation stories: 23 news summaries

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(Newser) - Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez today admitted, in a voice that wasn't always steady, that he took steroids for three seasons beginning in 2001. Amid swirling rumors that he'd tested positive in 2003 while playing for the Texas Rangers, A-Rod told ESPN's Peter Gammons that he succumbed to "an enormous... More »

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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

 Players OK More Drug Tests 

Tougher doping rules kick in immediately

May 24, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baseball players agreed to more frequent drug tests yesterday and gave more clout to the drug program's independent administrator, the AP reports. The tougher guidelines follow recommendations made in the Mitchell Report and mark the third time the league has toughened its doping policy since 2002—each time under the... More »

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steroids • MLB • Bud Selig • George Mitchell • Jose Guillen • Major League Baseball Players Association • baseball • Jay Gibbons • Mitchell Report • Mitchell steroids investigation

Feds Have 104 Positive MLB Drug Tests

And may release names, despite vow
of anonymity

May 18, 08 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Attorneys have a list of 104 baseball players who failed a 2003 drug test, even though the players' union vowed to keep those names secret. The union has contested the Feds' search, but the list could become public in a matter of weeks, reports the New York Times. More »

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steroids • MLB • drug test • BALCO • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • performance-enhancing drugs

 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

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

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

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

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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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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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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'Roids Dealer in Mitchell Report Gets Probation

Radomski's cooperation helped avoid jail time for 10 years of dealing

Feb 8, 08 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Kirk Radomski was sentenced to five years probation today for selling speed, steroids and HGH to baseball's top tier from 1995 to 2005, the AP reports. The former Mets clubhouse employee avoided a possible 6 months of jail time because of his extensive cooperation with George Mitchell’s report on... More »

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Jose Canseco: Tell-All Author, Extortionist?

Sources inside MLB claim foul play over offer to keep Tigers' Ordonez name out of new book, for a fee

Jan 24, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Jose Canseco offered Tigers' outfielder Magglio Ordonez an offer he could refuse, say sources within baseball: invest millions in a film project, and be kept clear of allegations of steroid use in Canseco's follow up to tell-all biography, Juiced. MLB referred the case to the FBI, but Ordonez declined to... More »

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steroids • MLB • anabolic steroids • Magglio Ordonez • Jose Canseco • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Juiced • Vindicated

Rocket Refused to Address 'Roids Allegations: Mitchell

Players were notified of accusations in advance

Jan 14, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Roger Clemens twice declined entreaties by George Mitchell to respond to allegations that he had used steroids, USA Today reports. Mitchell said that last summer and fall, as his investigation developed, he sent the players union requests to interview players who faced accusations of drug use. Clemens never responded, Mitchell... More »

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Roger Clemens • George Mitchell • human growth hormone • Major League Baseball Players Association • Mitchell Report • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • Jason Grimsley

Clemens Plays Tape to Prove Innocence

Ex-trainer never accuses hurler in heated phone talk

Jan 7, 08 8:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Roger Clemens played a recording of a heated, expletive-laden conversation to reporters today as proof of the hurler's innocence on steroid claims, the AP reports. In the talk, former trainer Brian McNamee—who has said he injected Clemens with steroids—did not deny Clemens' claim of innocence. Clemens' lawyers pitched... More »

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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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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

Players Won't Testify at Congressional Hearings

Not expected on Jan. 15th, according to new report

Dec 21, 07 12:13 AM CST
(Newser) - A newly released report suggests that the only MLB personnel expected at the Jan.15th congressional hearings will be Bud Selig and Donald Fehr, ESPN reported last night. The 86 players named in Senator Mitchell's investigation are likely to be under no obligation to speak before the committee, and Rep.... More »

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MLB • Bud Selig • baseball • Mitchell Report • Donald Fehr • Mitchell steroids investigation

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

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