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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — WASHINGTON – Prosecutors relied heavily on recordings of Roger Clemens’ 2008 deposition to Congress and his testimony to Congress, focusing on possible inconsistencies, as testimony in the former pitcher’s perjury trial resumed in U.S. District Court on Monday after a five-day recess. Among the topics in Clemens’ deposition, the seven-time [...]
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(Reuters) – The perjury trial of former ace pitcher Roger Clemens over alleged steroid use is set to resume on Monday with a witness expected to detail why congressional lawmakers wanted to question him. Clemens, 49, is being tried for a second time on federal charges of lying to Congress in 2008 about whether he [...]
Matt Holliday #7 of the St. Louis Cardinals hits an RBI single against the Milwaukee Brewers at Busch Stadium on April 27, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri. (April 26, 2012 – Source: Greg Fiume/Getty Images North America ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Holliday had three hits and the St. Louis Cardinals scored eight runs in [...]
(Reuters) – Roger Clemens’ lawyer on Tuesday told jurors that the former pitching star did not commit perjury when he denied using steroids, saying Clemens is opposed to the performance-enhancing drugs and succeeded through hard work. “You are sitting in judgment to decide whether it is a crime to deny a crime,” attorney Rusty Hardin [...]
(Reuters) – Former baseball star Roger Clemens wove a web of deceit to cover up his steroid use, going so far as to lie about it in testimony before Congress, a prosecutor said at the start of ex-pitcher’s second perjury trial on Monday. Proof of Clemens’ steroid use includes needles and bloody swabs that independent [...]
Former all-star baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (L) and his attorney Rusty Hardin arrive at the U.S. District Court for the first day of jury selection in his perjury and obstruction trial April 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. The former Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees pitcher’s original trial in 2011 was declared a mistrial [...]
Former all-star baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C) and his attorney Rusty Hardin (L) arrive at the U.S. District Court for a hearing to decide whether the trial against the former Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees pitcher should be retried September 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. The original trial against Clemens was declared a [...]
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Jim Thome played five innings at first base and hit a two-run double for a Philadelphia Phillies’ split squad Sunday in a 3-3, 10-inning tie against the Baltimore Orioles. The 41-year-old, who has not played the field in the regular season since eight innings for the Chicago White Sox at the [...]
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors want any reference to the botched first trial against baseball pitching star Roger Clemens over whether he lied about taking steroids excluded from his upcoming second trial, according to a court filing made on Monday. Clemens was indicted in 2010 for perjury, making false statements and obstruction over his testimony to [...]
Roy Halladay #34 of the Philadelphia Phillies throws a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals during Game Five of the National League Divisional Series at Citizens Bank Park on October 7, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (October 6, 2011 – Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images North America) CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Roy Halladay was yanked in [...]
