Using the Miguel Tejada defense, accused PEDs user Roger Clemens revealed in a 60 Minutes interview with Mike Wallace (who just happens to be friends with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and is a frequent visitor in the owner’s box in the Bronx) that trainer Brian McNamee injected him with lidocaine and…B-12 shots!
“Lidocaine and B-12,” Clemens responded. “It’s for my joints, and B-12 I still take today.”
Rrrrrrrrrrrrright. We hope that McNamee goes through some lawsuits like his lawyer is claiming.
The Colorado Avalanche suffered a blow to their everyday line-up when an MRI revealed that star wing Ryan Smyth had a fracture in his ankle, an injury that will sideline him up to eight weeks.
“The fracture was discovered following additional medical tests which included an MRI exam,” Avalanche head trainer Matthew Sokolowski said Thursday in a release. “We expect him to make a full recovery.”
Smyth injured the ankle during an overtime shootout on New Year’s Eve against the Phoenix Coyotes.
According to Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the St. Louis Cardinals have signed righthanded starting pitcher Matt Clement.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but according to Miklasz, Clement wanted a major league deal and of all the potential suitors, St. Louis was willing to give him those terms.
Clement has been given a clean bill of health and is apparently ready to go in spring training.
Bill Belichick, the man behind the 16-0 season for the New England Patriots, has captured the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award for the 2007 season, according to a broadcast report on ESPN News.
The New Jersey Nets announced Thursday that they will play most of their home games in New Jersey during the 2009-2010 season.
Late in 2007, the team’s principal owner Bruce Ratner told the Associated Press that the new arena probably would not be ready by the start of the 2009-2010 season.
Clemens tells ‘60 Minutes’: No injections from trainer (Bats/NY Times) In an interview set to air Sunday on the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes, accused steroid user Roger Clemens claims he was not injected with steroids by former personal trainer Brian McNamee.
Report: Steinbrenner says Yankees’ offer is tops (MLB.com) Hank Steinbrenner opened up his trap on the Johan Santana trade derby, stating that his club has the best offer on the table for the Minnesota ace. Gee, we thought you were out of the talks, Hank…
Caldwell talking to Falcons, Ravens (SI.com) Jim Trotter of SI.com writes that Indianapolis Colts assistant head coach Jim Caldwell will interview for the vacant head coaching positions in both Baltimore and Atlanta this week.
Dan Patrick to be syndicated on XM (BizofBaseball) The Content Factory, a Chicago-based content distributor, announced Thursday that “The Dan Patrick Show” will be syndicated on XM Satellite Radio beginning January 21, according to The Biz of Baseball’s Maury Brown.
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NFL wildcard weekend playoff picks (DanShanoff.com) Old friend-of-the-blog Dan Shanoff breaks down the NFL wildcard weekend match-ups and makes his picks — for entertainment purposes only, natch.
After “leading” the Miami Dolphins to their worst season in franchise history, head coach Cam Cameron was given his walking papers by new boss Bill Parcells Thursday.
This firing of Cameron is the first dismissal of a head coach by the Dolphins in 37 years.
The early front-runner to replace Cameron is Cowboys assistant head coach Tony Sparano.
Cameron may not be out of work for long as the San Francisco 49ers may be interested in his services as an offensive coordinator.
Less than 12 hours after throttling the Oklahoma Sooners 48-28 in the Fiesta Bowl, West Virginia University has signed/promoted interim coach Bill Stewart to a five-year deal.
Stewart had been the associate head coach under Rich Rodriguez, who left for Michigan last month. Stewart then became the interim coach.
Bengals relieve two coaches of their duties (AP/SI.com) Defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan and linebackers coach Ricky Hunley were the scapegoats for the Cincinnati Bengals’ 7-9 season.
Around the NFL (NFL.com) Adam Schefter of the NFL Network gives all the latest information on the happenings in the NFL, including: the Atlanta Falcons coaching search; the Baltimore Ravens sent out coaching requests for their vacant coaching position and an update on the San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator search — and it doesn’t include Mike Martz.
WVU throttles OU in Fiesta (USA Today) Vicki Michaelis of USA Today recaps the 48-28 throttling by WVU over Oklahoma at the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. “Big Game” Bob Stoops loses his fourth straight BCS bowl game.
Ducks deal Hnidy, land Bochenski (CP/The Hockey News) The Ducks have acquired right wing Brandon Bochenski from the Boston Bruins in exchange for defenseman Shane Hnidy and Anaheim’s sixth round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
Larkin mentors Dukes (MLB.com) Former Major Leaguer Barry Larkin, a 12-time All Star, and special assistant to Nationals general manager Jim Bowden, has been working out with Elijah Dukes, one of the Nationals offseason acquisitions, in preparation for the 2008 season.
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