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Report: Roger Clemens to be indicted

A federal grand jury will indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, The New York Times reported, citing two sources briefed on the case.

An announcement of the indictment was expected shortly, according to the report.

Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, testified under oath before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in 2008. McNamee, who cooperated with federal authorities and with baseball's Mitchell report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, said Clemens had used steroids, while Clemens flatly denied having ever used them.

A few weeks later, the FBI opened a perjury probe against Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner. The federal grand jury began hearing testimony more than 18 months ago.

Rusty Hardin, Clemens' lead attorney, said he was unaware of a pending indictment.

"We've heard nothing," Hardin said by telephone from Houston, "so I can't knowledgeably respond at all."

Earl Ward, one of McNamee's lawyers, said he, too, "had no indication something was coming."

McNamee, a one-time New York City cop and former close friend of Clemens, said in the Mitchell report that he injected the 354-game winner with steroids and HGH at least 16 times in 1998, 2000 and 2001. He repeated the claim under oath before Congress, but Clemens, also under oath, adamantly denied the allegations.

Some of McNamee's evidence is believed to include bloody gauze, vials and needles that he claims contained steroids and Clemens' DNA. McNamee kept the decade-old evidence in a FedEx box at his New York home and handed it over to investigators after the probe began.

Clemens sued McNamee for defamation, but a federal judge in Texas dismisseed most of Clemens' claims against McNamee last year. Earlier this month, a federal appeals court affirmed the decision,.

McNamee has filed a defamation suit against Clemens in federal court in New York.

Imagine how much cleaner baseball would have been, had Clemens just went straight.

I would rather he had been a loser with his talent, than a winning cheater.

i think the sad thing is, guys like him and bonds, were probably not always on the stuff, and when those guys were young in the late 80's early 90's they were so good, and so fun to watch.

so it's like they are these legendary figures who probably didn't need to jack themselves up, but they did anyway, really sad.

that's baseball though. shady in so many ways.

I still have trouble giving those two any credit for that.

He never bothered coming to any of the family reunions while he was famous and loved....

...we don't need him to start showing up now.

I am surprised. I have no respect for all the denial. Some folks need morality forced on them apparently. He was fun to watch, but this sours anything he stood for. Any doubt as to his legacy, what he will be remembered for?

I am not defending Clemens lying to congress, and I am not defending his use of performance enhancing drugs but I still think this whole thing os a HUGE waste of our time and our tax dollars. Millions of our tax money has been spent on this dog and pony show and it is ridiculous. If MLB wants to get steroids out of baseball that is on them, not on congress.


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they cheated,, that's all that I need to hear..

clemdawg indicted????

I have no sympathy for Clemens, in my opinion he helped kill baseball as we knew it. But I can't help but think to myself that congress should indict themselves everytime they open their mouth and speak to each other since its a federal offense

That they are. I tried to point out last week that the rhetoric we're being fed is meant to keep us bickering amongst each other while both republicans and democrats, together, sneak out the back after they rob us. Unfortunately I'm not politically correct enough or have a high enough post count for people to pay attention to anything I say though.

The funny thing is, he asked congress to speak before them

Hmm, not even a Dawg Talker? Well. That clearly discards any wisdom or coherent point you're trying to make.

As for baseball, you just suck. If it weren't for the 100 year head-start you hold on most major sports, you would be what the NHL is today. You were caught not doing a damn thing about all the roids and balls gettin' jacked out of the park with your pants down. You didn't care because it was reviving your sad, slow, pomp and ceremonious show. I still like the game a little bit and admire the skill it takes to play it (but physically, let's be real- being in shape is OPTIONAL in baseball- you can play while eating hot dogs and drinking beer), but the way it has been handled the past 20 years is appalling. Small markets teams have next to no chance to compete with no salary cap, the idea of a DH is lazy and unstrategic, and the season and games are both agonizingly long. Rant off.

As for Clemons, he can fry like the fat, little piggy he is. The constant denial from the beginning of his outing was as transparent as glass.

I find it ironic Congress is now, all of a sudden, concerned about people lying inside the chambers.

I find it interesting Congress is even involved with a sport league issue.

Sure Clemens may have lied in front of Congress, but why was he there in the first place? If he is using illegal steroids then that is a police matter. Is congress going to subject the NFL, NHL, NBA, etc to the same process they have done with MLB?

10%+ unemployment rates, foreclosures in record numbers, spiraling deficits, an unbalanced budget, and Congress is worried about banned substances in baseball?

Congress is better at telling other people what to do than actually doing their own jobs .......

Sad but true.