Clemens and Torre Left Out of Yankees Tributes

By Luke Kohler ⋅ September 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Roger Clemens was reportedly “heartbroken” when he was not featured in the video montage of the greatest pitchers in New York Yankee history prior to Sunday’s home finale. Clemens watched the event from home on a battery-powered television (no power from hurricane), with his wife and mother-in-law as he watched himself get ignored.
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To Kill a Legacy: An Examination of Former Sports Heroes

By Luke Kohler ⋅ August 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

You want the blueprint for how not to end your career? What Roger Clemens and Brett Favre have teamed up to accomplish in “retirement” is practically as legendary and impressive as their actual careers were.

Was Roger Clemens Banging 15-Year Old Country Singer?

By Luke Kohler ⋅ April 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Word on the street these days is that Roger Clemens had an affair that lasted 10 years with country singer Mindy McCready — beginning possibly when she was just 15.
Clemens denies that the relationship was anything but platonic, but there is really no reason to believe anything that he says these days. This certainly [...]

Bonds Fails Does Not Fail Drug Test

By Luke Kohler ⋅ February 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Despite the Breaking News headline all over the television and Internet, apparently Barry Bonds did not fail a drug test in 2001. After being the top story on ESPN.com and many other sites, as well as ESPNEWS, it turns out it was all one big typo.
From ESPN.com:
“U.S. attorney spokesman Josh Eaton now says that [...]

Sports on Trial - What’s the Verdict?

By Luke Kohler ⋅ February 14, 2008 ⋅ One comment

In the course of this week and next, we’ve had professional baseball, namely Roger Clemens “on trial” in front of Congress, and we will have the NFL, in the form of commissioner Roger Goodell, also “on trial” in the nation’s capital. So what’s to make of professional sports being investigated, or even cared about [...]

Mitchell Report Names Names

By Luke Kohler ⋅ December 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The long awaited Mitchell Report was released, and as promised, it named names. From the expected names like Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Jose Canseco, to the surprising, like Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Paul Lo Duca. One thing the report made very clear was that everyone was to blame, from the top [...]

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