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Clemens defense team leaves nothing to chance, has prosecution scrambling

The expert called to help exonerate Roger Clemens barely made it to the stand. Once he did, he lambasted prosecutors for relying on the so-called "beer can evidence" to support their case against the former All-Star pitcher accused of perjury.

Roger Clemens lost something off his fastball in his 40s but still succeeded by pitching smarter, his former manager Phil Garner testified Thursday.

Knowledgeable baseball fans can argue all day whether it was the split-finger fastball -- and not performance-enhancing drugs -- that kept Roger Clemens on top of his game well into his 30s and beyond. His lawyers are trying to make that point at a trial

Prosecutors have rested their case in the perjury trial of Roger Clemens.

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

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

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

Brian McNamee said he didn't make up the allegations against Roger Clemens.

Amid his year-by-year narrative of his complex relationship with Roger Clemens and performance-enhancing drugs, Brian McNamee weaved in a tale of two wives. He said it was his own wife who nagged him into keeping evidence that has become crucial in the tr

Speaking softly, nervously and in detail, Brian McNamee testified about the life-changing moment when, he said, he first injected Roger Clemens with steroids.

The judge in the Roger Clemens perjury trial said jurors were getting bored with the pace of the case and told both sides Tuesday to stop wasting time with unnecessary questions.

Roger Clemens will get his day in court, after all -- though at this stage, that might not come as good news to him. Here's why a judge ruled he must face a second trial.

The defendant is Roger Clemens, but the prosecutors are the ones on trial at Friday's critical hearing in Washington.

Prosecutors in the Roger Clemens perjury case said Friday they had made an honest mistake in showing jurors inadmissible evidence and that shouldn't save the baseball star from facing a new trial.

The judge still has to rule on it, but the motion from Roger Clemens' attorneys to block another trial isn't completely convincing. Plus, a suit against the White Sox.