The year 2008 is definitely not a good one for Roger Clemens.

He started the year filing a defamation suit against his former strength coach Brian McNamee. McNamee testified that he had injected the seven-time Cy Young awardee during the 1998, 2000, and 2001 seasons with the anabolic steroid Winstrol.

Then in April, New York Daily News revealed Clemens’ illicit affair with country music star Mindy McCready. Their 10-year affair allegedly commenced when the singer was only 15 years old. McCready has her own share of the limelight when she was rushed to the hospital in December for another suicide attempt.

Also occurring on December 2008, McNamee filed a claim in Queens Supreme Court preserving the right to sue Clemens for defamation.
Now, the latest on Clemens is that his once stellar name is being dropped from the Roger Clemens Institute for Sports Medicine, according to the announcement of the Houston’s Memorial Hermann Medical Center. And to think Clemens donated $3 million to Memorial Hermann for its pediatric wing, that news could be a huge devastation to Clemens.

The statement reads: “To better reflect its commitment to all sports and athletes, the facility will transition to become known as the Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute, effective Jan. 1, 2009. The move reflects a desire to promote the broad range of sports medicine services and programs offered by Memorial Hermann across the greater Houston area.”

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It is the latest headache for Clemens, who saw his reputation and legacy hammered this year following the release of baseball’s Mitchell Report on Dec. 13, 2007, in which Clemens’ former trainer Brian McNamee claimed he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone several times between 1998 and 2001.
Last month, the Daily News reported that Clemens had been asked to end his involvement with the Giff Nielsen Day of Golf for Kids charity tournament he had hosted the previous four years with Nielsen, the Houston broadcaster and former Oilers quarterback.

“He is dealing with some tough issues,” Nielsen told The News then. “He is dealing with something that is very challenging. The accusations against him are serious. It just made sense to say go take care of these issues and we will revisit the relationship later, when it makes sense. He was very receptive. He was very understanding.”

Clemens is still under investigation by the Justice Department and FBI for perjury after he testified before Congress in February that he never used performance-enhancing drugs. He has continued to deny McNamee’s claims. Clemens filed a defamation suit against McNamee on Jan. 6 in the Southern District of Texas. Several months later, the News exposed his lengthy extramarital relationship with country singer Mindy McCready as well as affairs he had with several other women.

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