Does Roger Clemens still deny ever using performance enhancing drugs?”
The interview, marking his first public comments in more than a year, comes on the day that a new book detailing his alleged drug use was released. The title of the publication is “American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime” and is written by four New York Daily News reporters. Clemens said that he had seen excerpts of the book and stated that they were completely false, but did not elaborate on which parts of the book he had read. During Tuesday’s interview Clemens said that he had given a DNA sample to federal investigators but that it was “impossible” that syringes provided by Brian McNamee, his former personal trainer, would link him to performance- enhancing drug use because McNamee had never given him such substances. Clemens said that it would have been “suicidal” for him to use steroids due to a history of heart problems in his family. He also said that former teammate Andy Pettitte is still a friend of his, but that Pettitte “misreme
Roger Clemens has decided to take his message directly to the people. Widely criticized for repeating his steroid denials on ESPN Radio in response to the release of the book “American Icon” this week after 15 months of silence, the steroid-stained star sent an e-mail on Wednesday to Houstonist, offering to field questions from readers of the Web site. “The fans and the folks in Houston have always been great to Deb, the kids and me and we’re grateful for the support,” Clemens said in the e-mail to the Web site, which focuses primarily on Houston-area news, restaurant reviews and event listings. “I know a lot of baseball fans read the Houstonist and that they have asked questions about the false allegations against me. I welcome the chance to answer the questions of your readers.” Jen Chung, the co-founder of Gothamist LLC, Houstonist’s New York-based parent company, said her staff at first suspected a prankster was trying to perpetuate a hoax. But they were able to confirm that the fo
Roger Clemens, participating in an interview Tuesday for the first time in months, repeated his denial that Brian McNamee injected him with performance-enhancing drugs, called allegations of such use “hurtful” and said that excerpts he has read from a book that has just hit stores are “completely false.” Sources: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090512&content_id=4683724&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
