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Pitcher Clemens denies doping allegations

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Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:06pm EST
New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens leaves the field during the third inning of Game 3 of their MLB American League Division Series baseball game in New York October 7, 2007. Clemens vehemently denied allegations in the Mitchell Report on steroid use in baseball that he used performance-enhancing drugs and is outraged that his name is included in the report, his lawyer said in a statement on Thursday. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine

New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens leaves the field during the third inning of Game 3 of their MLB American League Division Series baseball game in New York October 7, 2007. Clemens vehemently denied allegations in the Mitchell Report on steroid use in baseball that he used performance-enhancing drugs and is outraged that his name is included in the report, his lawyer said in a statement on Thursday.

Credit: Reuters/Ray Stubblebine

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Star pitcher Roger Clemens vehemently denied allegations in the Mitchell Report on steroid use in baseball that he used performance-enhancing drugs and is outraged that his name is included in the report, his lawyer said in a statement on Thursday.

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"Roger has been repeatedly tested for these substances and he has never tested positive. There has never been one shred of tangible evidence that he ever used these substances and yet he is being slandered today," his attorney Rusty Hardin said.

(Reporting by Daniel Trotta)
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