My favorite quote had to come from Roger Clemens during his interview with Mike & Mike Tuesday morning.
During the interview, Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee "never injected me with [human growth hormone] or steroids," and pointed out that his family has a history of heart conditions, saying his brother had a heart attack in his late 40s and his stepfather died of one. Because of that, he said, "It would be suicidal for me to even think about taking any of these dangerous drugs."
Stepfather, right? The guy knows all about injecting himself and forgot the basics of the field of genetics. Kind of like, my stepfather's history of health has nothing to do with mine.
However, Clemens did clarify his remarks about his stepfather by stating that seeing him die "was one of the hardest things I have ever gone through. Those memories are vivid in my mind to this day."
His interview came the morning of the release of the new book, "American Icon", which depicts Clemens career and his involvement in the steroid-era of baseball.
The cover of the book is favorite part. Who didn't know the guy was 'roiding as he returned Mike Piazza's broken bat to him in the Subway Series of 2001?
....As for the NBA Playoffs, a city sick of Roger Clemens, Houston has had comething to cheer for. Who would think that the Rockets could take 2 of the last 3 games from L.A. without Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming?
Not many. Aaron Brooks looks like an All-Star calibre point guard, with exceptional quickness. His quickness, and the inside presence of Luis Scola have proved to be a struggle for the defensively-challenged Lakers.
Regardless of the outcome in Game 7 in L.A., the future is bright for the Rockets, with or without Tracy McGrady.
....In the NHL, there were 3 great series in the conference semi-finals that produced 3 game 7's with the Blackhawks, Red Wings, Hurricanes, and the Penguins going on.
Despite an anti-climatic Game 7 in the Penguins-Caps series, I thought the exclamation point to the 6-2 beatdown of the Caps was a fitting end to the series.
Sidney Crosby swipes Alex Ovechkin in the 3rd for a breakaway goal to go up 6-1.
Ovechkin's one-ice antics are hard to pull for. Sidney Crosby just goes about his business.
.....PGA Tour, one thing is clear. Tiger Woods is not yet back. Last Sunday in going into the final round of The Players Championship, he sat in second, four shots behind leader Alex Cejka.
As expected, paired with Tiger on Sunday, resulted in Cejka vomiting over himself and firing a 79. But on a day where there was a lot of scoring, Tiger himself shot a (+1) 73.
He struggled to hit fairways all weekend long. I do not think it is so much the injury, but the fact that he had a nine-month layoff.
It will be most interesting to see how he fairs on the extremely difficult Bethpage Black in upstate New York for the upcoming U.S. Open in a month.
The last time the course hosted the U.S. Open in 2002, your winner was Tiger Woods.
One thing we can look forward to is the verbal undressing of Sergio Garcia by way of the New York fans.
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