May 23, 2013

MLB: Jury acquits former pitching great Roger Clemens

Former baseball star Roger Clemens walks outside Federal District Court in Washington

(Reuters) – A jury on Monday acquitted Major League Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens of all six criminal charges against him in a trial to decide whether he lied to Congress about using performance-enhancing drugs. Jurors deliberated for a total of about 10 hours before coming to a decision. Clemens – one of the greatest [...]

MLB: Clemens threatened informants with ‘his people’ in e-mail

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(By Steven Senne, AP) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) —- WASHINGTON — Strength coach Brian McNamee said he felt “creepy” injecting Roger Clemens’ wife Debbie, with HGH at Clemens’ Houston home in 2003. When a government investigation did turn up the heat in 2006 a testy email exchanged between Clemens and McNamee ensued. Jurors saw a [...]