Yardbarker: Roger Clemens

Washington Nationals Prospects Danny Espinosa, Derek Norris Named to Topps' Class A All-Star Team

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:12:52 -0500

More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP 4 months ago: Team USA shortstop Danny Espinosa, top, leaps into the air to catch a high throw and avoid World Team's Tyson Gillies who was safe at second for a stolen base during the third inning of the All-Star Futures baseball game at Busch Stadium on Sunday, July 12, 2009, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Browse more photos » The Topps Company, in con...

Tim’s Payday

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:11:55 -0500

Dave Cameron looks at how much Tim Lincecum might earn in arbitration, using Roger Clemens as a base. Dave pegs him at $12 to $14 million, which seems about right to me. Of course, the Giants should try to lock him up for five years so they don’t need to worry about arbitration [...]

Bud's All-Star tie tops our non-steroid controversies of decade

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:00:35 -0500

As the decade winds down to its final days, Big League Stew is reflecting on the biggest baseball moments of the 2000s. First up are our top steroid-free controversies from 2000-09 (because a list of controversies that allows for steroids would be terribly redundant and not very interesting). In compiling these choices, we not only weighed the story's tabloid and "talker" qualities, but also its ongoing impact on the sport of baseball. Read on.1. The 2002 All-Star Game Tie &mdas...

Where in the USA is Roger Clemens?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:49:27 -0500

By Jake McCormick While watching the Green Bay Packers victory over the San Francisco 49ers, my girlfriend asked me an interesting question: Has any other player in professional sports done what Brett Favre is doing? That is, play more than a decade and become a legend, only to defect to the enemy like Anakin Skywalker. At the time, I thought it was unprecedented. It took me approximately 43 hours to realize there is one athlete that turned to the dark side (depending on your point of view),...

Report: Roger Clemens files to dismiss Brian McNamee suit

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:28:26 -0500

Lawyers for Roger Clemens filed a motion in Brooklyn federal court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by the pitcher's former trainer, claiming statements that accused Brian McNamee of trying to shake down Clemens were not serious.

Report: Clemens asks for defamation suit tossed

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:46:17 -0500

The Rocket’s Tweets : Of Skunks, Ditches & Wallet Chasers

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:54 -0500

Taking an entirely different approach than Mike Silva, Maury Brown has been monitoring Roger Clemens’ folksy words of wisdom via Twitter, and unlike the gentleman from NY Baseball Digest, actually engaged the Rocket (above, right) in something approaching a philosophical debate. Clemens was asked, “What is the best advice that you ever got?” Here’s the [...]

Navratilova Compares Agassi to Roger Clemens

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:49 -0500

Shocking: Martina Navritalova compared Andre Agassi to Roger Clemens. “Not as much shock that he did it as shock he lied about it and didn’t own up to it. He’s up there with Roger Clemens, as far as I’m concerned. He owned up to it (in the book), but it doesn’t help now.” Except that Clemens [...]

Navratilova on Agassi's lie: He 'got away with it'

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:59:59 -0500

Martina Navratilova drew a parallel Thursday between Andre Agassi and Roger Clemens, saying she's shocked the eight-time Grand Slam champion lied about drug use. Agassi's upcoming autobiography contains an admission he used crystal meth in 1997 and failed a drug test - a result he says was thrown out after he lied by saying he "unwittingly" took the substance. "Shocking," Navratilova said Thursday from Sarasota, Fla., in a phone interview.

Roger Clemens Suit Against Brian McNamee Dismissed

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:30:23 -0500

A Texas judge dismissed Clemens' defamation lawsuit against his former trainer Brian McNamee, but McNamee's defamation suit against Clemens will continue in New York. Does anyone even remember what these two lovebirds are fighting about? [Daily News]

Report: Roger Clemens' suit vs. Brian McNamee dismissed in Houston

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:15:22 -0500

A federal judge has dismissed Roger Clemens' defamation suit against his former trainer, Brian McNamee, ending that chapter of the litigation in Texas and shifting the focus to New York, where McNamee has filed his own defamation suit.

Baseball Notebook: Clemens hints at book to tell his side of story

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:41:00 -0500

Roger Clemens might write a book to get his side of the story out in his nasty dispute with Brian McNamee, his former trainer.

Roger Clemens Speaks On The Book About Him, And, He's Still Clean

Tue, 12 May 2009 10:20:14 -0500

The much anticipated book on Roger Clemens comes out today titled American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime. The book, written by the New York Daily News sports investigative team, Teri Thompson, Nathaniel Vinton, Michael O’Keeffe and Christian Red, paints a damning picture of the former MLB pitcher of a life on drug use and sex. Put those two subjects together and you get a best seller.

Here is an little nugget from the book.
Tuesday morning Roger Clemens was on the radio with his side of the story or as he said "to talk about the garbage in this book." Clemens was a guest on Mike & Mike In The Morning on the 4-letter radio and didn't have a whole lot to say about the book or the authors or as he called those "People crawling up my back to make a buck."
While Clemens felt it was important to get his story out he denied ever taking steroids or having it injected by Brian McNamee, who has said he has done so and supplied DNA samples. Clemens said that was BS and or got his DNA because "he never injected me with HGH or steroids." When asked if he supplied a DNA sample when asked Clemens response was yes he did and has done everything asked of him. Clemens is screaming at the top of his lungs that he was clean and that the book is a bunch of lies. What to you think?
Those of us at the OSG HQ will read the book. Photo Courtesy: New York Daily News

ESPN Scores First Clemens Interview Since The Pitcher's 60 Minutes Sitdown

Mon, 11 May 2009 15:42:23 -0500

There are certainly other interviews I think people would care about seeing more than Roger Clemens at the present time (i.e.- Manny), but having Clemens on for his first talk since January is a pretty big get. The former MLB pitcher will be on Mike & Mike tomorrow morning at approximately 8:25am.