Thursday, January 1, 2009

Roger Clemens Name Removed From Texas Sports Clinic


Roger Clemens, the former New York Yankee and Boston Red Sox, has stayed out of the limelight over the last few months. But down in Houston, Texas, his name is being removed from a Houston sports medicine clinic. And I guess you can figure out why!
The Administrators of the Roger Clemens Institute for Sports Medicine at Memorial Hermann have decided to change the clinics name and the reason is ...
"The move reflects a desire to promote the broad range of sports medicine services and programs offered by Memorial Hermann across the greater Houston area," the release said. "This change only affects the name of the Institute. Roger Clemens remains committed to working with us to champion youth sports and develop aspiring baseball players."
In José Canseco's book, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big, Canseco alleges that Roger Clemens had expert knowledge about steroids and suggested that he probably used steroids, based on the improvement in his performance after leaving the Red Sox.
In addition, Clemens has faced steroid scrutiny when it was reported that pitcher Jason Grimsley had allegedly named him, as well as Andy Pettitte, as users of performance enhancing drugs. He still denies using steroids.
We haven't heard the last of Roger Clemens and controversy over electing him into the Hall of Fame will grow.

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