Rocket's Red Glare: Clemens Denies Steroid Use Again, But Fumbles During Testimony Before Congress - It was like watching an assistant principal interview both the playground bully and his victim at the same time: does anyone really expect either of them be comfortable enough in that setting to tell the truth. For anyone who watched Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee before an Congressional hearing today, it was one of the strangest scenes I can ever recall, with politicians going back and forth between the Cy Young award winner and his former trainer, trying to get one of them to slip up. I do think Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci got it right when he said the highlight of the day was Congressmen Elijah Cummings who asked the most important question to Roger Clemens: "Why would Brian McNamee tell the truth about Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch but lie about Clemens, especially when Pettitte, by Clemens' own testimony a honest man, backed McNamee's story?" Clemens' response? "Congressman, I have no idea." The one question no one asked was: Why would Clemens, if he was so opposed to HGH and steroids, not get more upset at McNamee for injecting his wife Debbie with the stuff? You would think a man with the temper The Rocket is known for would have at least fired McNamee for that breach of professional etiquette, and at most beaten him with a broken baseball bat for doing something like that to his old lady? Especially after she said she had some kind of allergic reaction to the HGH? On the other hand , while McNamee's no saint, he did provide very quick and concise answers to a barrage of questions, some obviously from unabashed Clemens fans among the congressmen. (SI.com)

Steroids of Summer Updates: Source Says Andy Pettitte Implicates Roger Clemens; John Rockers Implicates EVERYONE - The Major League Baseball "Steroid Express" is steaming into the station in Washington, DC today with no signs of slowing down. Today, both pitcher Roger Clemens and his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, testify before Congress about their role in the scandal involving performance enhancing drugs and professional baseball . . . and one of them is lying. Up until yesterday it looked like a classic case of "who do you believe?" . . . that is, until Clemens long time friend Andy Pettitte gave his deposition to investigators. If those who leaked his testimony are to be believed, he backed up McNamee's story. Uh, oh. Which means The Rocket could soon go from "Roger Clemens: Steroid User" to "Roger Clemens:  Steroid User Who Committed Perjury Before Congress and the World and Went to a PMITA Jail." In the mean time, Roger's crack legal team is busy threatening federal agents (allegedly) and trying to say that everyone BUT Roger is lying. Great strategy Rusty, who much is that genius strategy costing Clemens by the hour? (National Post)
John Rocker: MLB Doctor Told Me and A-Rod Steroids Were Safe

Drunk Lunch Lady Rear Ends Family in Mini-Van, Cops Find Bong & Weed in Her Car - So much for today's "special brownies" in the school cafeteria! Details and more stories of stupidity at Bob Reno's Dumbass Daily.

#46! Assistant Wrestling Coach at Coon Rapids High School Accused of Rape

#45! Youth Sports Coach Accused of Sexually Abusing Girl Starting When She Was in Third Grade, Until She Was 19

#44! School Counselor/Coach, 50, Arrested for Sex With Girl 17, & Fathering Her Baby

Teens Arrested for Golf Course Vandalism, Attempting to Drive Golf Carts Into Pond - Okay, so they didn't quite make it into the water, but it's February and we don't have much on the BadJocks Scoreboard except for HS Coach Sex Scandals, so we're going to count this one under "Golf Carts in Water." (The real question is: when will some big jock get tasered by the cops?)  Basically, a bunch of teens drove their cars on the course, spun the tires and wrecked several greens and then stole some golf carts. When they somehow couldn't get them into the course pond, they flipped them over instead. In all, the boys caused about $25,000 in damage to the course. (Sun Herald)

Sneaking Into the Super Bowl? Two brothers somehow crash the Super Bowl post-game press conference with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and ask him if he was "tired of the Manning brothers." The look on Brady's face is priceless!

Soccer Coach Arrested for Embezzling $130K From Kids Team - What is it with these suburban kids soccer leagues and money? So much cash just lying around, you know some idiot is going to try and take it. Just have to wonder how many DON'T get caught. Regular readers to this site have heard me talk about the good old days when Little League teams used to have to take up a collection before a game buy a new ball to play with. And now, the parents of today's spoiled brats have so much to give away they don't notice coach James A. Mohre, 47, had taken more than $130,000 from the team coffers over three years. Just a suggestion to kids sports teams like this around the country: if you're going to be throwing around that kind of dough, you might want to consider hiring some professionals to handle it for you. (Record Online)
BADJOCKS BONUS: Little League Official Charged With Stealing $8,000 From League

Sumo Hazing Death Rocks Japan - So much for "harmless rights of passage!" Three Japanese sumo wrestlers and their "stable master" (are they so big they have to be housed in horse stables?) were arrested after the death of a 17-year-old junior wrestler. According to police reports the boy was beaten so badly he died, although initially, the cause of death was listed as "ischemic heart failure", until his family viewed his body which was covered in bruises, cuts and burns. At that point, the cops sprung into action and while questioning the stable master he denied striking Takashi Saito inappropriately, but he did admit to "striking him on the head with a beer bottle during dinner that day." Later, Junichi Yamamoto, 57 told reporters that the physical abuse was, ". . . an ordinary practice. How could you think I would do anything to hurt someone I consider my child?" Police say that Yamamoto instructed the other three fat guys to hit Saito with sticks and a metal bat to toughen him up.  (CNN)

Oh No, Pedro! New York Mets Pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal Caught on Tape Participating in Cockfight in Dominican Republic - Apparently, this kind of thing is still legal in the Dominican Republic, but is kinda frowned upon here in the states. And, it's not like Pedro is just sorta seen in the background as an innocent bystander. Oh no. Martinez and Marichal played honorary “soltadores,” the word used to describe the person who puts the animal into fight. Unfortunately, Martinez' rooster fought like the Met's play baseball and went down for the count quickly. Not surprisingly, PETA is unhappy about the whole thing, and for once MLB is actually encouraging reporters to talk up the steroid scandal. (MSNBC)

#43! Swim Coach Sells Computer on eBay, Forgets to Erase Hidden Camera Video Files of Young Swimmers Undressing - Oops! Should have wiped that hard drive clean before you sold it there, pal! Brian D. Hindson, 40, was head coach of Kokomo (Ind.) High School Swimming & Diving until this week when he was accused of "possessing eight computer video files containing visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct." According to police, in an interview with them this week, Hindson admitted to hiding video cameras in the locker rooms at Kokomo High School and Westfield High School. (Indy Star) Thanks to Andy for the link!

#42! Soccer Coach, 44, Accused of Driver Female Player, 14, to Secluded Spot, Asking Her to Take Off Her Shirt and Bra . . . Then It Gets Weird