Roger Clemens will have his proverbial “day in court,” and it will come before Congress.
The House Oversight Committee has called a hearing to obtain more information about Major League Baseball’s “Mitchell Report.” The witnesses called include Brian McNamee, Kirk Radomski, Andy Pettite, Chuck Knoblauch and, yes, Roger Clemens.
Roger stated that he would address the allegations [...]
Congress is expected to summon Bud Selig and Donald Fehr to a hearing on steroids on Jan. 15, but, according to ESPN, it remains undecided about whether or not to invite the players.
“We don’t want this to turn into a circus,” Rep. Tom Davis said to USA Today. “We just want to know what Major [...]
Hats off to the CBS Sportsline editor who let that headline through the meat grinder.
Baseball finally released the Mitchell report today, in all its “salacious” glory. The report did name names, 86 of them, as promised, but ones we, for the most part, already knew about.
Information on the three biggest names in the report, [...]
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Roger, can you please just be honest with us for once. If you are going to retire, retire. Announce it a press conference. Be on your merry way. Introduce yourself to your family. Take a cruise on a private yacht. Unpack the boxes in your lavish mansion. Do whatever it is you and Andy Pettite [...]
On Sunday, the Yankees, in a possible baseball first, interrupted the playing of Take Me Out to the Ballgame. Was there a fire? A city under attack? Was the president shot? No. Fans were directed toward the owner’s box where Roger Clemens announced that he had just signed on to pitch for the Yankees this [...]
After getting to the NLCS in 2004 and the World Series in 2005, the Astros had high hopes for 2006. Despite the return of Roger Clemens, Houston finished a disappointing 82-80, failing to qualify for the playoffs. However, winning 10 of their last 12, coincident with a St. Louis collapse, nearly erased a [...]
Roger Clemens made news today. The 44 year-old fireballer has made the official announcement that there is in fact an 80% chance that he will retire. Considered by many the greatest pitcher of his generation, Clemens, in 23 seasons pitching for the Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays, and Astros, compiled an astonishing 348 [...]
