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MLB 'Roid Rage

"Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids, period. I don't know how to say it anymore clearly than that. Never." - Rafael Palmeiro before Congress, five months before testing positive for steroids.

Both the owners and the players are to blame as the steroids saga continues to unfold in Major League Baseball

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January 2008
- MLB Expanding Anti-Drug Push
  
  Associated Press | Jan 11, 08 10:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Taking its cue from the Mitchell Report's findings, Major League Baseball today announced it has established a permanent investigations unit to check allegations of drug use by players in the grand old game. An ex-NYC cop and former FBI agent will lead the department - whose goal is "protecting the integrity of our sport," said baseball commissioner Bud Selig. More »
- House Probes Clemens Denial
  
  New York Times | 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 aggressive probe by investigators, reports the New York Times . More »
- Clemens: Ex-Trainer Lied in '01 Rape Case
  
  Orlando Sentinel | 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 who accuses Clemens of steroid use. More »
- Clemens Plays Tape to Prove Innocence
  
  Associated Press | 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 this as proof that the hurler's version of events is true. More »
- Clemens Sues for Defamation
  
  Houston Chronicle | Jan 7, 08 7:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Roger Clemens filed a defamation lawsuit against former trainer Brian McNamee last night, just before his "60 Minutes" interview aired, the Houston Chronicle reports. McNamee falsely claimed he had injected Clemens with steroids, the lawsuit alleges, when federal agents threatened him with jail time. McNamee’s lawyers say that’s nonsense, since the trainer could only have landed in jail by lying. More »
- Clemens' Denial Enough to Choke On
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jan 6, 08 6:58 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Pitcher Roger Clemens' claim that he took injections of B-12 vitamins—not steroids—is a page right out of the book of lame stories by Orioles player Rafael Palmeiro, who was laughed into obscurity after a similar tale, writes a skeptical Chicago Tribune columnist. Clemens will insist on "60 Minutes" tonight that he thought what his trainer says were steroids were vitamins—inviting the question: Wouldn't taking a pill have been easier? More »
- Congress Calls Up Clemens
  
  Washington Post | Jan 5, 08 6:09 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Roger Clemens, who has vehemently denied the allegations of steroid use made in the Mitchell report, has now been asked to make that pitch under oath in front of a congressional committee, the Washington Post reports. The committee also wants to hear from his former strength trainer, Brian McNamee, along with Yanks Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch, and Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomoski. More »
- Clemens Swears He's Innocent
  
  New York Post | 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?" asked Wallace. "Swear," replied Clemens. More »
December 2007
- Clemens Opens Own Probe, Plans to Talk
  
  New York Times | 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 set to air. More »
- Rocket: 'The Answer Is No'
  
  New York Times | 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 former trainer Brian McNamee, saying it "is simply not true," reports the Times . More »
- Schilling: Take Back Clemens' Cy Youngs
  
  Boston Globe | 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 Youngs he won prior to 1997 were the end,” Schilling wrote on his blog. More »
- Clemens Denies Taking Steroids
  
  Newsday | 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," the Yankees pitcher said in a statement. "Those substances represent a dangerous and destructive shortcut that no athlete should ever take.” More »
- 'Roids Cloud May Cancel Clemens Speech
  
  Houston Chronicle | Dec 17, 07 7:58 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Steroid accusations may cost Roger Clemens the chance to speak at a Texas convention next month, the Houston Chronicle reports. "I don't want to rush to judgment," but the report "casts a dark cloud above him," said the head of a state coaches group that had invited him. Execs will talk to Clemens before making a decision tomorrow, Bloomberg reports. More »
- Pettitte Admits Using HGH
  
  Associated Press | 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 those two days," he said. More »
- Active Player Proved He Was Clean, Escaped Mitchell Report
  
  New York Times | 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 that, though he'd purchased the drugs, he never used them. More »
- Clemens Says It Ain't So
  
  Houston Chronicle | Dec 14, 07 2:49 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The attorney for Roger Clemens says the Hall-of-Famer is outraged that he was named in yesterday's report on steroid use in baseball, the Houston Chronicle reports. "There has never been one shred of tangible evidence that he ever used these substances, and yet he is being slandered today," said the lawyer. More »
- Baseball Commish: ‘I Will Act’
  
  MLB.com | Dec 13, 07 5:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig called the Mitchell Report a “call to action” today, and said he'd execute every recommendation the former senator made in his bombshell appraisal of steroid use. As to punishment for current players named in the report, Selig said Mitchell was right to defer to him—and his decisions would be made on a case-by-case basis, MLB.com reports. More »
- Mitchell Report Delivers Bonds, Clemens, Tejada
  
  ESPN | Dec 13, 07 1:55 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - George Mitchell’s long-awaited report on steroids in baseball dropped today, and it blamed both players and management for what it said could be the sport's biggest challenge since the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Every club had a player involved; Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada were among inclusions. The ex-senator's report found some players had warning from higher-ups about tests. More »
- Clemens, Pettitte Said to Be Named in Mitchell Report
  
  ESPN | Dec 13, 07 9:40 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte are among the 50 or so baseball players named in George Mitchell's much-anticipated report on steroids in Major League Baseball, ESPN reports. A Yankees strength trainer told investigators, whose report is due today, that the two pitchers were among players he supplied with steroids, a source tells ESPN . "Several" prominent Yankees will be named, reports the Bergen Record, citing a baseball official. More »
- Mitchell Steroid Report to Throw Curveball at Commissioner
  
  New York Times | Dec 13, 07 4:03 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - George Mitchell's report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball will list more than 50 names, the New York Times reports. An insider who has read the closely guarded report revealed that it will also take swings at the commissioner's office and the players' association for putting up with drugs in the game for years. More »

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The "Steroid Era" is a dark time in baseball history.

This undated image provided by the Drug Enforcement Agency shows containers holding vials of steroids confiscated on Long Island, N.Y. during the DEA's Operation Raw Deal. Over 120 people were arrested... (Associated Press)

(FILE) Rafael Palmeiro Suspended For Violating Steriod Policy (Getty Images)

From left are Major League Baseball comissioner Bud Selig in 2006, New York Yankees' Jason Giambi in 2007, and steroid investigator George Mitchell in 2006. (AP Photo) (Associated Press)

George Mitchell is shown in New York in this 2006 file photo. Baseball investigator Mitchell likely will issue his long-awaited report on steroids use in baseball by the end of the year, and there is... (Associated Press)

San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds waits before his at-bat in the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, in this Sept. 15, 2007 file photo, in San Diego. Bonds was charged Thursday,... (Associated Press)

New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens pitches during the third inning for the Tampa Yankees against the Fort Myers Miracle during a minor league baseball game, Friday May 18, 2007 at Legends Field in... (Associated Press)

Former senator George Mitchell calls on a reporter during a New York news conference, Thursday Dec. 13, 2007, about his report on the illegal use of steroids in baseball. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (Associated Press)

This image provided by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee shows a copy of a letter sent to pitcher Roger Clemens inviting him to testify before the committee's Feb. 13, 2008 hearing on... (Associated Press)

This photo provided by Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, is one of the photographs submitted to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee by Brian McNamee, former personal trainer for pitcher... (Associated Press)

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human growth hormone
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anabolic steroid
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anabolic steroid or androgenic steroid , any of a group of synthetic derivatives of testosterone that promote muscle and bone growth. Used to treat uncontrolled weight loss in wasting diseases, anabolic steroids have also been taken by bodybuilders and athletes seeking increased muscle mass, ...

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