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Stallone, not Clemens, the focus of congressional HGH hearing

Updated: February 12, 2008, 2:20 PM ET
Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- In the final warmup before the blockbuster hearing, Congress took aim at Rocky instead of the Rocket.

The House Committee that on Wednesday is expected to hear the differing viewpoints of Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee did its pharmacology homework Tuesday, holding a hearing on the "Myths and Facts about Human Growth Hormone, B-12, and Other Substances."

The consensus from the four doctors who testified: Neither HGH nor vitamin B-12 appears to help ...

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CONGRESS BRINGS BASEBALL TO THE HILL

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, Mitchell report author George Mitchell and players union executive director Donald Fehr spoke to a congressional committee about steroids in the sport in January. Now, it's Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee who come to Capitol Hill.
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Round 2

News
• Pettitte admits additional use of HGH in 2004
• McNamee: I injected Clemens more than I claimed
• Jeter says hearings "a bad time for the game"
• Canseco affidavit backs Clemens' denials
• Congress hears from PED experts
• Report: Pettitte affidavit supports McNamee
• Pettitte, 2 others won't testify at hearing
• Selig: Third party not needed for drug testing
• Waxman: Hardin 'attempt to intimidate' a concern
• Waxman's letter (PDF)
• Report: Professors refute Clemens' stats analysis
• Lawyer: Clemens wasn't at Canseco's 1998 party
• Radomski convinced McNamee holds truth
• Clemens continues informal hearings on Hill
• McNamee deposed; Clemens back on Hill
• McNamee gives evidence to investigators


Analysis
• Bryant: Hearing about Mitchell and Clemens
• Helyar: What's at stake for Clemens? Plenty
• Fish: Radomski made Mitchell report sing
• Wojciechowski: Congress, take this seriously
• Munson: Stats professors have Clemens' number
• Munson Q&A on McNamee evidence
• Olney: Pettitte tiebreaker between McNamee, Clemens Insider

Round 1

News
• Congress mixes praise for Selig, criticism of MLB
• Congress asks for inquiry into Tejada testimony
• WADA blasts MLB for drug-testing loopholes
• Report: Mitchell tried to contact Clemens twice
• McNamee attorney defends immunity request
• Source: Clemens hedges on giving deposition
• Source: Clemens not expected to receive immunity
• Trainer's lawyers alert Congress to second tape

Analysis
• Bryant: Congress believes MLB getting it
• Munson: The losers, Tejada, Magowan and Sabean
• Jayson Stark's day-long hearings blog
• Quinn/Fainaru-Wade: Selig's legacy in balance
• Bryant: Hold others accountable, too
• Munson: Who knew what, and when

The Mitchell report

• Mitchell delivers his report | Read it (pdf)
• Players: Who's named in the report
• Recommendations from the report

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