Roger Clemens Proclaims Innocence Of Steroid Use 
Friday, January 4th, 2008

Roger Clemens, Major League Baseball player who was among the biggest names of those who were listed in the Mitchell Report - a report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an independent investigation into the illegal use of steroids and other performance-enhancing substances by players in MLB - is standing by his proclamation of innocence.  In an interview for 60 Minutes that will air on Sunday night, Clemens said that former trainer Brian McNamee injected him, but with a painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12, not any illegal performance drug(s).

McNamee, however, told Mitchell he personally injected Clemens with steroids in 1998, and in combination with human growth hormone in 2000 and 2001.

Clemens issues a statement on December 23rd denying the allegations.

"Lidocaine and B-12," Clemens told CBS' Mike Wallace.  "It's for my joints, and B-12 I still take today."  He said that he never used the banned drugs mentioned in the Mitchell report, and that the allegation is "ridiculous."

"Swear," Clemens said.

"Judge me by my work," Mitchell, the author of the Mitchell report, has said.  "You will not find any evidence of bias, special treatment for...anyone."

Meanwhile, the NY Daily News has reported that Roger Clemens won't be back with the Yankees in 2008.  "I'm not signing Clemens," Steinbrenner told the paper, saying that the team already has veteran leadership for their young pitchers with Andy Pettitte, who is already signed for a year.

What do you think:  did he do it?

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