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May 14, 2009, Thursday
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ROGER Clemens broke his silence on Tuesday, again denying that former personal trainer Brian McNamee injected him with performance-enhancing drugs in his first public comments in more than a year.
The seven-time Cy Young Award winner was interviewed by phone on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike in the Morning." He said he chose to speak out because it was the official release date of a book about his alleged drug use.
"He's never injected me with HGH or steroids," Clemens said of McNamee, who told baseball investigator George Mitchell he had injected Clemens with drugs.
"American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime," by four New York Daily News reporters, recaps previous reports in the newspaper. It had been available to reviewers and had excerpts published before Tuesday.
Clemens said he had given a DNA sample to federal investigators but that syringes provided by McNamee would not link him to performance-enhancing drug use.
"It's impossible because he's never given me any," Clemens said.
Clemens is under investigation by a federal grand jury in Washington that is trying to determine whether he lied when he told a congressional committee last year that he had not used illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens said he had not been summoned to testify before the grand jury.
He also has sued McNamee for defamation.
Clemens' radio appearance returns him to the spotlight as other stars had replaced him as the most visible reminders of baseball's drug scandal. Alex Rodriguez admitted before the season that he had used steroids, and Manny Ramirez was suspended last week for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.
Asked about polls showing the public doesn't believe him, Clemens said, "All I can do is speak the truth and from my heart to them."
The seven-time Cy Young Award winner was interviewed by phone on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike in the Morning." He said he chose to speak out because it was the official release date of a book about his alleged drug use.
"He's never injected me with HGH or steroids," Clemens said of McNamee, who told baseball investigator George Mitchell he had injected Clemens with drugs.
"American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime," by four New York Daily News reporters, recaps previous reports in the newspaper. It had been available to reviewers and had excerpts published before Tuesday.
Clemens said he had given a DNA sample to federal investigators but that syringes provided by McNamee would not link him to performance-enhancing drug use.
"It's impossible because he's never given me any," Clemens said.
Clemens is under investigation by a federal grand jury in Washington that is trying to determine whether he lied when he told a congressional committee last year that he had not used illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens said he had not been summoned to testify before the grand jury.
He also has sued McNamee for defamation.
Clemens' radio appearance returns him to the spotlight as other stars had replaced him as the most visible reminders of baseball's drug scandal. Alex Rodriguez admitted before the season that he had used steroids, and Manny Ramirez was suspended last week for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy.
Asked about polls showing the public doesn't believe him, Clemens said, "All I can do is speak the truth and from my heart to them."
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