Roger Clemens Steroids

Pitcher Roger Clemens has faced a shroud of controversy since 2007, when revelations that he may have taken performance-enhancing drugs came out in the Baseball Mitchell Report. The report revealed that Brian McNamee, the former trainer for the New York Yankees, provided Clemens with the drugs. Clemens has repeatedly denied the use of any performance-enhancing drugs and has claimed that his notable success in baseball was due to a strong work ethic. On February 13, 2008, Clemens appeared before a Congressional Committee investigating steroid use in baseball and testified under oath that he did not take steroids and that he was only injected with vitamin b-12 and lidocaine, both of which are legal in the game.

1. McNamee claimed that he injected Clemens with steroids during the 1998, 2000 and 2001 seasons while Clemens played for the Yankees
2. Clemens appeared on 60 Minutes to deny claims in the Mitchell Report
3. In February, 2007, the bipartisan House Committee investigating steroid abuse in baseball recommended that the Justice Department investigate Clemens for perjury

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• Los Angeles Times: Congress requests Clemens investigation (February 27, 2008)
• New York Times: Congress May Single Out Clemens (February 26, 2008)
• MSNBC: Clemens Lawyer Reacts: We Haven't Seen Photos (February 23, 2008)
• CNN: Clemens - Friend Andy Pettitte 'misheard' steroid talk (February 13, 2008)
• Los Angeles Times: Trainer reportedly provides physical evidence against Clemens (February 6, 2008)
• CNN: Mitchell says Clemens' former trainer 'truthful' about steroids (January 15, 2007)
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• ESPN.com: Hearing featuring Clemens, McNamee, Pettitte postponed (January 9, 2008)
• msnbc: Lawyers Claim Clemens Hiding Another tape (January 8, 2008)
• Washington Post: Clemens Sues Accuser McNamee (January 7, 2008)
• Official Site of Major League Baseball: Transcript of Clemens on '60 Minutes' (January 6, 2008)
• Video: Clemens Tells Congress He Never Took Steroids (Time: 1:23)
• FOX News: Clemens, Pettitte Asked to Testify to Congress (January 4, 2008)
• FOX Business: Roger Clemens, Trainer Asked To Testify Before Congress (January 4, 2008)
• New York Daily News: Roger Clemens tells '60 Minutes' he received lidocaine, B-12 shots (January 3, 2008)
• FOX News: '60 Minutes': Roger Clemens Says Trainer Injected Him With Lidocaine, B-12 (January 3, 2008)

• The New York Times: Clemens Says Injections Were Not Steroids (January 4, 2008)
• New York Daily News: Roger Clemens' legal action would be 'frivolous,' Brian McNamee lawyer says (December 27, 2007)
• The New York Times: Clemens's Legal Team Adds Private Investigators (December 27, 2007)

• YouTube: Roger Clemens Denies Steroid Use (Time 01:48)
  • Clemens denies the recent steroid allegations and announces upcoming interview with Mike Wallace of 60 minutes.

• FOX News: Clemens Denies Steroid Use in YouTube Video (December 23, 2007)
• New York Post: Congressman Can't Wait to Hear from Rog (December 19, 2007)
• CNN: Clemens denies steroid use (December 14, 2007)
• New York Times: Steroid Report Implicates Top Players (December 13, 2007)
  • "According to the New York Times article, Brian McNamee, a former strength trainer for the New York Yankees testified that he had "personally injected Clemens four or five times since August 2001."
• SI.com: Mitchell Report to name MVPs, All-Stars, won't address amphetamines (December 13, 2007)
• New York Daily News: Yankees' Clemens, Pettitte named... (December 13, 2007)
• ESPN.com: Source says information on Clemens will be in Mitchell's report (December 13, 2007)