Roger Clemens is remaining defiant on allegations he used steroids. Roger Clemens is asking baseball fans who are they gonna believe: him or their lying eyes? The hurler went on Mike and Mike in the Morning and once again flatly denied using any sort of banned substance during his MLB career. From the New York Daily News : In his first interview since appearing on CBS' "60 Minutes" 17 months ago, Roger Clemens spoke for nearly 14 minutes Tuesday on ESPN Radio's "Mike and Mike in the Morning... Read Full Story
Due to be released on May 12, the latest book on Roger Clemens and the baseball steroids era entitled, ‘ American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime ,’ details the life and tragedy of former baseball superstar pitcher Roger Clemens in 464 pages. Written by New York Daily News investigative journalists Teri Thompson, Michael Okeeffe, Nathanial Vinton, and Christian Red, this all-out expose is the result of more than several years of reporting on... Read Full Story
Roger Clemens
Rev. Jeremiah Wright
With apologies to Greg Maddux , Roger Clemens is probably the greatest pitcher in the last twenty plus years of baseball history. Clemens has won 354 games and lost 184 in his 24-year career. He won the Cy Young award seven times. The Cy Young award signifies that during that season, Clemens was the best pitcher in his league. Clemens has won three games and lost none in his World Series appearances with the New York Yankees.
Clemens has always... Read Full Story
This will be the first of several articles I write about the Mitchell report. Hopefully these articles will be my most passionate and best written pieces. As an ex-baseball player and coach, I am outraged at several items within the report. Some of these include players who have let the sport and fans down, players who have lied and tried to throw teammates under the bus, hall of fame voter comments, and Mitchell himself. In Mitchell’s defense he reported what he was told, however based on... Read Full Story
Blogs have completely changed the nature of sports coverage. Pressured to compete against bloggers, journalists are now expected to do more than simply write a game story, they must report what they see. That might seem like an obvious journalistic precept. But covering a team is complicated. You actually have to face the people you're writing about, and when you're ridiculing them, it is not so easy to face them the next day in the locker room. But the world has changed. It is the TMZ'ing... Read Full Story
Is Roger Clemens’ place in baseball history tainted?
Once, not long ago, Roger Clemens stood in a position to become a baseball legend. In only 2006, he was voted the greatest living pitcher by a panel of ESPN analysts. He had already won 7 Cy Young awards, and had joined the exclusive club of pitchers with more than 4,000 career strikeouts. An illustrious career to say the least.
But there has always been an uncomfortable undertone with Clemens; you couldn’t quite put your finger on... Read Full Story
[Top photo: Brady Anderson, Bottom photo: Roger Clemens] I just watched Roger Clemens on "60 Minutes" and I have a few thoughts. First of all, why would his attorney allow him to conduct this interview? He came across as angry and defensive. He did absolutely nothing to convince me of his innocence. In fact, he actually raised some questions that I hadn't previously thought about (like the lack of motivation for his trainer to come forward). To top off the interview, he said that he was so... Read Full Story
Is Roger Clemens’ place in baseball history tainted?
Once, not long ago, Roger Clemens stood in a position to become a baseball legend. In only 2006, he was voted the greatest living pitcher by a panel of ESPN analysts. He had already won 7 Cy Young awards, and had joined the exclusive club of pitchers with more than 4,000 career strikeouts. An illustrious career to say the least.
But there has always been an uncomfortable undertone with Clemens; you couldn’t quite put your finger on... Read Full Story
I am so smart. Look at them, they believe every word I say. Last week a Democratic Congressman from New York by the name of Anthony Weiner asked the FBI to stop the investigation into whether or not Roger Clemens committed perjury. Weiner was quoted as saying: "Roger Clemens has been shamed. I think the public record is replete with examples of how he did not likely tell the truth. What is the public benefit of continuing with an FBI investigation?" In a letter to the U.S. Attorney General... Read Full Story
Los Angeles Times
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens could get Hall snub Los Angeles Times, CA - Jan 13, 2009 The Anaheim City Council is expected to announce the end of its legal challenge to the Angels' name change today, four years after first filing suit. … Sports Writers Are Crazy: Henderson HOF Vote Proves It (Again) Bleacher Report National Baseball Hall of Fame to enshrine Henderson & Rice WKTV Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice elected to Hall of Fame The Associated Press Rays Digest... Read Full Story
