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July 2008
- Dealer Says He Sent Clemens HGH
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Jul 16, 08 11:25 AM CDT
  
  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 investigation for charges of perjury after denying steroid use before Congress. More »
June 2008
- Roger Clemens Takes Swing at Used-Car Sales
  
  newser | New York Post | Jun 18, 08 1:00 PM CDT
  
  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 is a big fan of Roger’s, and the car is fabulous.” The Rocket had no comment. More »
- Clemens Used Viagra for On-Field Boost
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Jun 10, 08 11:10 AM CDT
  
  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 fad among athletes, because of its ability to improve endurance and deliver nutrients to muscles. More »
May 2008
- Clemens: I'm Sorry for Mistakes I Made
  
  newser | Houston Chronicle | May 5, 08 12:40 PM CDT
  
  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 a relationship with Mindy McCready when the country singer was 15. More »
- Roger's Pals Appeal: Cut Your Losses!
  
  newser | New York Daily News | May 2, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  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 a lemming, reports the New York Daily News. More »
April 2008
- Clemens Had More Women, Source Says
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Apr 30, 08 10:17 AM CDT
  
  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 admitted to knowing Clemens, but had no comment about their relationship. More »
- Tearful Singer: Clemens Affair Rumors True
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Apr 29, 08 11:17 AM CDT
  
  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 28 and married, although the relationship didn't become sexual until later. More »
- Report Links Clemens, Teen Singer
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Apr 28, 08 12:03 PM CDT
  
  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 Clemens' image and potentially hamstring his defamation lawsuit against trainer Brian McNamee. More »
- Rays Chase Pettitte, Beat Yankees
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 5, 08 5:44 PM CDT
  
  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 6-3 today. New York was without manager Joe Girardi, who missed his second straight game with the flu. More »
- McNamee Selling Clemens Mementos on eBay
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 2, 08 8:01 PM CDT
  
  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 steroid guys"—Clemens, Canseco, and Pettitte, the AP reports. He's donating the proceeds to his juvenile diabetes charity. More »
March 2008
- Canseco Links A-Rod to 'Roids in New Book
  
  newser | New York Post | Mar 26, 08 9:19 AM CDT
  
  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 until April 1. "I really have absolutely no reaction," was the Yankee slugger's response. More »
February 2008
- FBI Begins Clemens Probe
  
  newser | Bloomberg | Feb 28, 08 5:59 PM CST
  
  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 or human growth hormone, but his former trainer says otherwise. More »
- Congress Asks Justice Dept. for Clemens Probe
  
  newser | Associated Press | Feb 27, 08 1:56 PM CST
  
  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 his former trainer and a teammate. More »
- Rocket Avoids 'Roid Q's at Camp
  
  newser | Houston Chronicle | Feb 26, 08 11:43 PM CST
  
  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. It was the first time Clemens spoke with the press since his Feb. 13 congressional hearing, reports the Houston Chronicle . More »
- House Panel May Go After Clemens on Perjury
  
  newser | New York Times | Feb 26, 08 10:54 AM CST
  
  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 change before the letter is submitted. More »
- Photo Looks Like Trouble for Clemens
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Feb 22, 08 6:26 PM CST
  
  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, which he and Canseco have both testified he didn't attend. More »
- 'Miracle' HGH's Awful Truth: It May Not Work
  
  newser | Newsweek | Feb 20, 08 12:31 PM CST
  
  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 a great deal of hype,” said one endocrinologist, “but there isn’t a great deal of evidence.” More »
- McNamee Counsel: Rocket Can Rely on Bush Pardon
  
  newser | Associated Press | Feb 14, 08 5:50 PM CST
  
  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,” said lawyer Richard Emery, citing Clemens’ friendship with Bush's father and Dubya’s pardoning of Scooter Libby. More »
- Cone Denies Conversation With McNamee
  
  newser | New York Times | Feb 14, 08 12:55 PM CST
  
  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 led him to hold on to syringes he said he used on Clemens. More »
- Clemens, Trainer Stories at Odds
  
  newser | Associated Press | Feb 13, 08 10:07 AM CST
  
  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 remembered taking HGH once more than previously admitted. But Clemens remained steadfast, denying any HGH or steroid use, the AP reports. More »