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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There is no World Series for crime fighters and defense lawyers, but if there were, it would look a lot like the Roger Clemens perjury trial. It has featured both brilliant plays and embarrassing errors, and it's heading for a sev...

A forensic scientist testified Friday that two cotton balls and a syringe needle allegedly saved after a steroids injection tested positive for Roger Clemens' DNA, a key moment as the government tries to prove the former pitcher used performance-enhancing

WASHINGTON -- As the jurors in the Roger Clemens perjury trial completed their 22nd day and listened to the 21st government witness, they were increasingly restive, demanding and skeptical. In questions that the jurors submitted to three witnesses T...

Former major leaguer David Segui says he was told as far back as 2001 that Roger Clemens' strength coach had kept evidence against the seven-time Cy Young Award winner.

WASHINGTON -- Desperately seeking something that would support their star witness after a brutal cross-examination, the federal prosecutors in the Roger Clemens trial are attempting a rarely used maneuver. And it looks like it might work. Prosecuto...

Former major leaguer David Segui is on the verge of having to testify in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, even though he doesn't want to.

The sleep-inducing Roger Clemens trial is coming down to opposing claims about Clemens' presence at a 1998 pool party at Jose Canseco's house. Clemens and his defense team say he wasn't there. The prosecution, a photograph, and a witness who was 1...

The Roger Clemens perjury trial, in its sixth week, has thus far put two (since dismissed) jurors asleep, included testimony from a beer can expert, led to dozens of objections by attorneys and had jurors discerning between "bloody shots" and "booty ...

Among the 29 questions the Roger Clemens jury wanted to ask the pitcher's chief accuser, Brian McNamee, one cut to the heart of the case.

Brian McNamee finally got to name names in front of the jury. Andy Pettitte. Chuck Knoblauch. Mike Stanton. Roger Clemens' accuser also apologized for the medical condition that caused him to take frequent breaks. He came across as a sympathy figure in th

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Responding to a withering attack on their most important witness, federal prosecutors now suggest that they should be permitted to tell the jury in the Roger Clemens perjury trial that former trainer Brian McNamee offered evidence...

Brian McNamee says some of the medical evidence he saved in a beer can was not used on baseball pitcher Roger Clemens.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most trial lawyers would be happy when a cross-examination raises the possibility that an adverse witness is guilty of a lie or two. In nearly seven hours of interrogation of former Roger Clemens trainer Brian McNamee on Thur...

Brian McNamee, the chief prosecution witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, conceded he initially lied about his involvement with steroids.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Only 45 minutes into his cross-examination of former Roger Clemens trainer Brian McNamee, attorney Rusty Hardin deftly placed a huge, hand-lettered poster board next to McNamee with the words "MISTAKE," "BAD MEMORY" and "LIE" in b...