Clemens Repeats Steroids Denials

Posts Video On YouTube, Scheduled To Appear On "60 Minutes"

(AP)  Roger Clemens posted a video Sunday repeating his denials of the steroids use alleged against him in the Mitchell Report and plans to be interviewed for a future episode of 60 Minutes.

The seven-time Cy Young Award winner was accused in the report of using steroids, an allegation made by his former trainer.

In October last year, the Los Angeles Times reported Clemens was linked to steroids in the May 2006 sworn statement of a federal agent who cited former big league pitcher Jason Grimsley. At the time, the names of players in the public version had been blacked out. When the full affidavit was unsealed Thursday, Clemens' name was not in it, and the paper issued a correction and an apology.

"I faced this last year when the L.A. Times reported that I used steroids. I said it was not true then, and now the whole world knows it's not true, now that that's come out," Clemens said in the video, which was posted Sunday on the Web site of his foundation and on YouTube.

George Mitchell, a director of the Boston Red Sox and a former Senate majority leader, wrote in his report that former Toronto and New York Yankees strength coach Brian McNamee said he injected Clemens with steroids in 1998 while with the Blue Jays, and in 2000 and 2001 while with the Yankees. McNamee also claimed he injected Clemens with Human Growth Hormone in 2000.

"Let me be clear, the answer is no. I did not use steroids, or human growth hormone and I've never done so," Clemens said. "I did not provide Brian McNamee with any drugs to inject in to my body. Brian McNamee did not inject steroids or Human Growth Hormones into my body either when I played in Toronto for the Blue Jays or the New York Yankees. This report is simply not true."

Baseball players and owners did not jointly ban steroids until September 2002. They did not ban HGH until January 2005.

While Clemens has released a written and video statement since Mitchell issued his report on Dec. 13, he has not answered questions.

"After Christmas, I'm going to sit down with Mike Wallace of '60 Minutes,' and I'll do an interview, and he'll ask me a ton of questions on this subject, and I'll answer them right there in front of him, and we'll do all of this again," Clemens said.

A CBS News spokesman said the interview is scheduled to air Jan. 6.

"I'm angry about it," Clemens said of the allegations. "To be honest with you, it's hurtful to me and my family, but we're coming upon Christmas now, and I have been blessed in my life. I've been blessed in my career, and I'm very thankful for those blessings."

Mitchell said McNamee, a former personal trainer to Clemens and Yankees and Houston Astros teammate Andy Pettitte, told him Pettitte had used HGH two-to-four times in 2002. Pettitte issued a statement Dec. 15 saying he used HGH twice in 2002.

[starleo146]

When Mike Wallace interviews Clemens on 60 Minutes.
I hope he asks Clemens the $ 64 question. Evidently either he or the trainer are lying. I''''m sure if Clemens is telling the truth he would submit to a polygraph test wouldn''''t he? With his entire career on the line I know if it was me and I was telling the truth I''''d take any *** test they want to give me to clear my name. I''''d bet that the trainer will take the polyrgraph if he already hasn''''t.

Posted by mikeamr

I think the way this is done is not right these guys are guilty before they can even defend themselves ,I tell you if another guy didn''t like you or was jealous of them this would be a good way to get even. I''m sure some are guilty but I bet some are not and it stinks they have to go and defend themselves before the fact.

[iceman_1960]

At least now, with this scandal breaking -- so soon after Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medals -- athletes will stop with the goofy weight lifting claims.

No normal human being is evolved to bench press 600 pounds. An ability like that belongs to beasts of burden whose lack of brainpower requires them to have enormous physical strength to survive.

One high school football team"s website was listing bench press/squat personal records for some of its players, that would have made them the strongest men in the NFL.

Fitness and strength are good things. But the steroid inflation of the human body is not. NFL football linemen have average life spans only in the 50"s. (I read that somewhere.)

With this scandal, the phony "standards" of brute strength should fall into disrepute.

[mikeamr]

When Mike Wallace interviews Clemens on 60 Minutes.
I hope he asks Clemens the $ 64 question. Evidently either he or the trainer are lying. I''m sure if Clemens is telling the truth he would submit to a polygraph test wouldn''t he? With his entire career on the line I know if it was me and I was telling the truth I''d take any *** test they want to give me to clear my name. I''d bet that the trainer will take the polyrgraph if he already hasn''t.

[allunknowing]

So he''ll be in the cell next to Bonds and the Oklahoma City bomber and some other child peddlers. W.T.F. has come over our stupid country where we throw superstar athletes in jail for giving us some good entertainment? Baseball is so freaking boring and dead anyways, we should ask more players to use steroids to keep the sport from boring us more than televised church on Sunday mornings.

[gerryrigger]

Kerry kept quiet about the Swiftboaters and lost the election. No, stand up like a man and fight back, Roger! Do everything in your power to expose the liars and silence them!

Just like McQuire before you, you are tarnish for life.

[Krazcarl]

Sometimes it''s best to be quiet and let the world think your stupid than to run your mouth and remove all dought. Acting like a little boy period.