cbsnews.com - 1/3/2008
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(CBS/AP) Baseball superstar Roger Clemens denies he cheated by using banned substances and says his accuser, former trainer Brian McNamee, only injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12. Clemens tells this to Mike Wallace in his first interview since McNamee's accusations were released in the Mitchell Report. The interview will air on 60 Minutes , Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. ET/PT. ...
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Roger Clemens: McNamee Injected Me With Drugs ... but It Was Just B-12!
FanHouse —
... then agreed to do a 60 Minutes interview with uber-fan Mike Wallace, he gives us this from that interview, set to air Sunday: ...
Injections not steroids, says Clemens
New York Yankees —
... CBS News is reporting that in an interview with Roger Clemens that will air on 60 Minutes on Sunday, the former Yankees pitcher claims that trainer Brian McNamee injected him not with steroids, but with lidocaine, which is a painkiller, and vitamin B-12. ...
Clemens: McNamee injected legal drugs
Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog —
Roger Clemens proclaimed his innocence in the upcoming 60 Minutes interview with Mike Wallace. From the CBS website: Baseball superstar Roger Clemens denies he cheated by using banned substances and says his accuser, former trainer Brian McNamee, only injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12. ... When asked by Wallace if McNamee had ever injected him with any drugs, Clemens responds: "Lidocaine and B-12. It’s for my joints, and B-12 I still take today." Clemens calls the accusation ...
Yankee Notes: Clean-up
N/A —
... Video of the Mike Wallace/Roger Clemens interview on 60 Minutes has been posted over at CBS.com. Clemens admits that he was injected, but the substance was a “legal” drug. Hmm… ...
Roger Clemens Thinks You're An Idiot
Foul Balls —
... . Now I've no doubt that when the interview airs on Sunday, Clemens will say that McNamee is lying, but we'll have to wait and see. What we no longer have to wait for though is Roger recycling the same bullshit excuse baseball players who've been caught have been using for a while now. Stop me if you've heard this one before . When asked by Wallace if McNamee had ever injected him with any drugs, Clemens responds: "Lidocaine and B-12. It’s for my joints, and B-12 I still take today." Clemens calls the accusation "ridiculous" and says he "never" used any banned substances. ...
Clemens Admits to Receiving (Non-Steroid/HGH) Injections from McNamee
YanksBlog.com —
The 60 Minutes site has released some quotes from next Sunday's interview with Roger Clemens. He admits to receiving injections from Brian McNamee, but says that they were not steroids or human growth hormone - they were B12 and Lidocaine. They have video of him saying this at the site. Though, as a commenter at the 60 Minutes site points out - it doesn't quite sound like he's saying Lidocaine. Still, it may be a slip of the tongue. In the interview, he swears that he has never used any banned substances. In ...
It Took Roger Clemens Three Weeks to Come Up With Lidocaine and B-12?
FanIQ Blog —
I'm not expecting a whole lot from Roger Clemens 60 Minutes interview that will air Sunday night. We've already heard the most notable statement coming from the help-me-out planned discussion with Mike Wallace. Clemens admits to being injected by former trainer Brian McNamee: ...
Roger Clemens Gets A World Class Drilling [Roger Clemens]
Deadspin —
... There's something kind of awesome about Mike Wallace's questioning of Roger Clemens on "60 Minutes," set to air this Sunday. Clemens uses the tired, repeatedly discredited "it was just B-12!" alibi, and boy, does Wallace ever get after him. ...
Where've My Heroes Gone Today? Mick and Keith and Willie Mays
Surviving Grady —
The Rocket explains it all tonight on 60 Minutes. Myself, I'll be watching my recording of his 20-strikeout game against Seattle at Fenway from 1986 instead. Today's post title courtesy of Buffalo Tom.
Clemens
Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond —
... affair, there's probably a lot more to the story and it makes me wonder why he just didn't say he what did to the investigators in the Mitchell Report. Right now, his actions are speaking louder than words; alas, I still think there's far more to the story. Considering that the greatest pitcher of this generation and preeminent hitter in the game have been accused of PED and steroid use, the game has been soiled and the world will be watching this case closely. If you didn't see the interview, it's here...
Roger Clemens, Still Talking, Or Something [Roger Clemens]
Deadspin —
... So, the whole Roger Clemens "60 Minutes" interview has run now and, as you'd pretty much expect, it settled nothing. (Honestly, what happened to Mike Wallace? He used to be tough, right?) Clemens is denying, now ...
Roger Clemens Interview on 60 Minutes Re-Cap
SawxBlog —
... is in that Bonds category if he likes it or not. This is drama that's going to drag for awhile now, and it'll be interesting to see how Clemens tries to get out of the corner he's painted himself in. This thing's going to be going on for an exhausted amount of time I'm sure (why Clemens is suing), but if and when they're both (Clemens & McNamee) are in front of congress, that'll be some of making the finger wagging of Rafael Palmeiro look like childs play.
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60 Minutes: John Martorano and Pervez Musharraf Were More Believable Than Roger Clemens
FanIQ Blog —
... Roger Clemens much anticipated 60 Minutes interview with Mike Wallace went about how I expected. A very defensive and agitated Clemens, was unconvincing in his defense of steroid allegations from former trainer Brian McNamee. ...
Clemens sues McNamee over Steroid issue
Pinstripe Alley —
... see him on 60 Minutes last night. First of all the editing job they did on him was awful. They clipped every response he made and put it into neat little sound bites. Then he waffled like hell when asked if he would take a lie detector test and complained that it would cost him a lot of "cash" to prove himself innocent if that was even possible. Using the " money line" didn't help you Roger. You've made more money than 99% of any worker in this country. You can see the video of him on 60 Minutes here. ...
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
ShysterBall —
... Let's see here. Since McNamee embarked on his campaign of allegedly extreme and outrageous conduct towards poor Roger Clemens, he has been seen glad handing politicians, talking casually (for him anyway) with Mike Wallace, sipping lattes on his way into testimony, speaking defiantly in open Congress while millions of people watched, working out with the Astros, and building a career as a remote pitching coach. ...
The Hits Just Keep-a-Comin' for Clemens
ShysterBall —
... be clear here: all of the bad crap happening to Roger Clemens in the past year is not the result of "fallout from the Mitchell Report." Lots of guys were named in the Mitchell Report and they aren't becoming pariahs. One of them even gets nice stories written about how cool it would be for him to go pitch for the Dodgers. Roger's problems stem from holding belligerent news conferences, issuing silly, overly-defensive reports of his own, media whoring, filing a high profile lawsuit against a pathetic nobody of a guy who most people ...
Roger Clemens Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman, Miss Lewinsky
Sportress of Blogitude —
... on ESPN radio today, and as expected, he denied taking steroids, used the word “misremembers” again and claims it would have been “suicidal” for him to take steroids, given his family’s history of heart trouble. Blah, blah, blah. But what did you expect? This was Mike & Mike interviewing Clemens - not Ed Bradley - the primary reason being that Bradley has been dead for years, and the last time he was interviewed by someone from 60 Minutes , it didn’t result in the sort of goodwill he anticipated. Mike and Mike even ...
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Legal Hardball
baseballmusings.com 12/30/2007 — Some have suggested Roger Clemens bring a law suit against Brian McNamee, but the trainer's legal team appears to be the ones going on the offensive: In particular, Ward and Emery pointed Friday to a Mike Wallace interview with Clemens.
Clemens To Address Media
yankstalk.com 1/3/2008 — Roger Clemens will address reporters in Houston on Monday, the day after his interview with Mike Wallace runs on “60 Minutes.” Although most of the questions will likely be answered during the “60 Minutes” interview, Monday’s meeting will be the first time Clemens will speak face-to-face with reporters other than Wallace. Hopefully after this day of ...
Roger Clemens Begs You To Sue Him [Roger Clemens]
deadspin.com 1/3/2008 — So here's a fun twist: There's a possibility, after Roger Clemens' HARD HITTING interview with Mike Wallace this Sunday on "60 Minutes," that Brian McNamee could sue him . McNamee's lawyer says, if Clemens accuses him of lying, he will definitely sue. This, however, could be exactly what Clemens wants . Best case for Clemens: McNamee, even if he is telling the truth, fails to carry his ...
Roger Clemens: He Should Sue? Wait, He'll Be Sued?
cnbc.com 1/4/2008 — Posted By: Darren Rovell As soon as Roger Clemens denied taking steroids and HGH, I knew he only had one thing to do: Tell Mike Wallace on "60 Minutes" he didn't do it. Not!! The only thing Clemens could do was immediately file a lawsuit for ...
The Daily Yankeeland —
My Pinstripes
We've only heard/seen excerpts of Roger Clemens ' interview with Mike Wallace , but thus far we're not impressed. Clemens may be shooting himself in the foot - pun very much intended - with assertion that Brian McNamee only injected him with B-12 and Lidocaine . You generally do not get Lidocaine unless its mixed with something like Cortisone, which we had injected in our shoulder the other ...
Roger Clemens throws a slider: admits to injectionson 60 Minutes —
Steroid Nation
Roger Clemens pitched a forkball in the 60 minutes interview with Mike Wallace. Clemens who is contesting the Mitchell Report and specifically the Brian McNamee testimony of injections of anabolic steroids and HGH admits to injections. Clemens claims he received injections of B-12 and lidocaine? lidocaine?
A creepy looking Clemens stretches his credibility -- beyond ...
And He's Selling a Bridge in Brooklyn, Too —
The Mighty Quinn Media Machine
The ridiculous, almost laughable saga that is Roger Clemens and his steroid use took another turn on Thursday when an excerpt of the upcoming "60 Minutes" interview The Carpetbagger gave to Mike Wallace was released. Clemens insists he's "never" taken any steroids. From the Boston Globe: Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin ...
Clemens Says Injections Were Legal Drugs —
SOX & Dawgs
In his interview with “60 Minutes” Mike Wallace, Roger Clemens says that the only thing Brian McNamee injected him with was lidocaine and B-12.
“Lidocaine and [vitamin] B-12. It’s for my joints, and B-12 I still take today,”
Here is a look at the teaser video for the interview. The full interview will be shown on 60 Minutes this Sunday on CBS. The show starts ...
Clemens Admits Injections, But Only With Vitamins —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
Roger Clemens finally admitted he got injected. But not with steroids :
Brian Costello of the NEW YORK POST learns that the Rocket had said he was shot up by former trainer Brian McNamee , but only with vitamins and painkillers.
Clemens told Mike Wallace during their “60 Minutes” interview that he received injections of Vitamin B-12 and the painkiller lidocaine, but ...
Clemens: I was injected with Lidocaine and B-12 —
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
From ESPN : Roger Clemens says he was injected with "Lidocaine and B-12" and not steroids or human growth hormone by former trainer Brian McNamee, according to a portion of an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" released Thursday. "Lidocaine and B-12. It's for my joints, and B-12 I still take today," Clemens told Mike Wallace in the interview, which is scheduled to be shown Sunday night. It is ...
Clemens Pulls The Barroid Defense —
Bronx Liaison
Clemens says his trainer injected him with Lidocaine and B-12 shots . Roger Clemens says he was injected with "Lidocaine and B-12" and not steroids or human growth hormone by former trainer Brian McNamee, according to a portion of an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" released Thursday. "Lidocaine and B-12. It's for my joints, and B-12 I still take today," Clemens told Mike Wallace in the ...
The Daily Yankeeland —
My Pinstripes
Roger Clemens has completed his 60 Minutes interview with Mike Wallace , and needless to say, we are skeptical that anything new will come out of this fluff piece. Newsday's Shaun Powell has his take on it and he's more cynical about it than us. Just to clarify a misconception about Jim Leyritz . No, he's still a putz. It's not that. But Leyritz's license in Florida was not suspended as some ...
Wallace : Rocket Denies Butt Injection —
Can't Stop The Bleeding
From the New York Times’ Michael S. Schmidt :
Roger Clemens told Mike Wallace in an interview for “60 Minutes,” scheduled to be broadcast on Sunday, that he never took injections from his former trainer, Brian McNamee (above, left), Wallace said.
Some athletes, confronted with evidence that they were injected with performance-enhancing drugs, have admitted they took injections ...
N.Y. Times: No Injections From Trainer, Clemens Tells 60 Minutes (RR) —
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
SYRINGE BREAKING NEWS!
Roger Clemens told Mike Wallace in an interview for “60 Minutes,” scheduled to be broadcast on Sunday, that he never took injections from his former trainer, Brian McNamee, Wallace said.
Some athletes, confronted with evidence that they were injected with performance-enhancing drugs, have admitted they took injections but have said they did not know that they were for ...
More Clemens drama —
Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
Apparently, Roger Clemens is facing a lawsuit if he says in his 60 Minutes interview that Brian McNamee was not truthful in his allegations, according to Duff Wilson of The New York Times . The interview with Mike Wallace is schedule to air Sunday night after the football games, and I am definitely interested to hear what Clemens has to say. Hopefully Wallace asks the tough questions that ...
Happy New Year 2008 —
The Astros Dugout
So while we are all eagerly awaiting the Roger Clemens interview with Mike Wallace this coming Sunday in which Roger, no Brad Ausmus in the brains department, tries to explain how he can possibly prove that McNamee didn’t inject him with anything and why it isn’t necessarily so that if a person tells a truth about one thing he must therefore be telling the truth about everything ...
Clemens and Congress —
ShysterBall
Now whatcha gonna do, Roger ? No one has ever been prosecuted for lying to Mike Wallace, but Congress is another matter. Then again, if my little ju-jitsu analysis from yesterday was right, Clemens was poised to lie under oath in a civil suit filed by McNamee anyway, so maybe he's an in-for-a-penny-in-for-a-pound-kind-of-guy. Not saying he should -- dear God, don't lie under oath, kids -- ...
Move Over Pinstripe-Mike-Wallace —
Boston Dirt Dogs
Move Over Pinstripe-Mike-Wallace ...
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Clemens Asked to Testify to Congress in Jan.
Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte were asked Friday to testify before a congressional committee on Jan. 16, along with their former trainer, Brian McNamee. Also invited to appear before the House Oversight Committee were former Mets ...
Will you watch Roger the dodger? —
The LoHud Mets Blog
Mike Wallace calls Roger Clemens a “friend,” so I’m doubting he will be as hard hitting as he would with a sleazy politician or CEO.
Even so, are you planning to watch Clemens on “60 Minutes” on Sunday.
Should have some comedic value.
Clemens Pulls a Palmeiro —
Mets Today
So the previously silent Roger Clemens decided to let the entire world know “the truth” on 60 Minutes , thanks to some old-fashioned poking and prodding from 90-year-old Mike Wallace. The show will air this Sunday, but don’t bother rearranging your social schedule or setting the TiVo to see it. Wallace is too old to ask the tough questions and the only interesting words ...
Lidocaine, Clemens? Now I Know You're Lying. —
East Coast Bias
Roger Clemens told Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes that McNamee injected him with lidocaine and B-12, not steroids. Ok, Roger. Now I know you're lying. Thanks. Roger has now admitted that Brian McNamee injected him with something. Perhaps it was Palmeiro/Tejada's tainted B-12 shots, but we'll never know. That's the point. We'll never know. If Clemens knows that McNamee can only prove he injected ...
Roger Clemens tells ‘60 Minutes’ he received painkiller injections —
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Or as Francesa just said..."I don’t care if Jack Morris’ 1992 ERA was 8.04, he won 21 games and that’s a HOF season!” (and yes, I just Lidocained up)
Roger Clemens admits on “60 Minutes” that he received injections from his former personal trainer, but tells Mike Wallace that the shots were only for B-12 and the painkiller lidocaine, according to a statement released Thursday by ...
Report: Clemens denies use on 60 Minutes —
SI.com - MLB
In a 60 Minutes interview that will air Sunday, Roger Clemens will stand by his denial of the Mitchell Report's allegations that he was injected with steroids by former trainer Brian McNamee, reports the New York Times after an interview with Mike ...
Grilled, or merely '60 seconds'? —
Newsday.com - Yankees
Roger Clemens recently scheduled a sit-down with tough-guy
interviewer Mike Wallace, who made a career out of making politicians sweat profusely, but because Wallace has a man-crush on Clemens, we fear the taped "interrogation" went something like this:
![[VH] Roger Clemens (video)](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/img_story/168/vh_roger_clemens.jpg)
