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McNamee: Wife Nagged Me to Save Clemens Evidence

Kevin Spak — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:21:13 CDT

Brian McNamee says that he's got physical evidence that Roger Clemens used steroids thanks to his wife's foresight/complaining. McNamee took the stand again today and testified that while he was injecting Clemens with steroids, his wife was constantly warning him that if something went wrong, "You're going to go down....

McNamee: I Gave Clemens Steroids in '98

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:21:50 CDT

Brian McNamee has testified that he first injected Roger Clemens with steroids when they were with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998. McNamee said today he injected Clemens in the buttocks in Clemens' apartment at the pitcher's request. McNamee is the chief witness for the prosecution in the perjury trial...

Roger Clemens Must Face New Perjury Trial

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:24:24 CDT

A federal judge today rejected ex-baseball star Roger Clemens' request to throw out perjury charges against him and said he must face another trial. US District Judge Reggie Walton set the date for April 17. The first trial ended in a mistrial on only the second day when prosecutors showed...

Jim Thome Hits 600th Homer... Without Steroids

Matt Cantor — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:26:51 CDT

With two home runs last night against the Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twin Jim Thome became the eighth ballplayer ever to hit 600 out of the park. Perhaps most remarkable about this feat is that he achieved it without steroids—unlike many of the other top sluggers of his era, writes...

N. Koreans Fail Steroids Test, Blame Lightning (Again)

John Johnson — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:27:12 CDT

Boy, that was some lightning strike. When North Korea's women's soccer team lost to USA , it blamed the lingering effects of a lightning strike from earlier in the month. Now that five of its players have tested positive for steroids at the World Cup, the team is pulling out the...

Clemens Judge Declares Mistrial

John Johnson — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:37:39 CDT

A big swing and a miss for prosecutors: The judge in the Roger Clemens perjury trial declared a mistrial today—on only the second day. Prosecutors showed evidence to the jury that the judge had earlier deemed inadmissible, reports the Los Angeles Times . "I don't see how I unring the...

Bonds' Son: The Bigger Hat Was Mine

Polly Davis Doig — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:39:05 CDT

Nikolai Bonds scrutinizes every nuance of dad Barry Bonds' perjury trial from afar: He winces over the ex-mistress's allegations and watches old friends turn on his dad, but for him, the trial's outcome was settled in 2003. "Did you?" he asked the Giants slugger about rumors of steroid use. The...

Ex-Mistress: Bonds Blamed 'Roids for Injury

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:20:10 CDT

Barry Bonds' ex-mistress took the stand in his perjury trial today, testifying that the ex-slugger blamed steroids for a 1999 elbow injury, and that his head got bigger—literally—and testicles got smaller over the course of their nine-year relationship. Kimberly Bell, who maintained the relationship even after he told...

Barry Bonds' Friend: I Saw Trainer With Syringe

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:10:54 CDT

A key government witness in the Barry Bonds perjury trial testified today that he saw the home run king's personal trainer leave Bonds' spring training bedroom with a syringe in 2000. Steve Hoskins said that when he saw Bonds and his personal trainer, Greg Anderson, coming out of the master...