Andy Pettitte News

The federal prosecutor overseeing an investigation of steroids in baseball said Monday a newspaper report that five players, including Roger Clemens, had used illegal performance-enhancing drugs contained ``significant inaccuracies.'' Citing sealed court filings, the Los Angeles Times reported that former pitcher Jason Grimsley had named Clemens, his Houston Astros teammate Andy Pettitte, and Baltimore Orioles Miguel Tejada, Brian Roberts and Jay Gibbons. The story first appeared on the Times' website ...

Roger Clemens calls the report ``dangerous and malicious and reckless.'' Andy Pettitte insists he never took banned drugs. Miguel Tejada says he is being smeared again by scandal. Some of baseball's biggest stars responded with denials and denunciations Sunday following a Los Angeles Times report in which former pitcher Jason Grimsley accused five players of using performance-enhancing drugs, according to a federal agent's affidavit. The other players cited were Baltimore teammates Brian Roberts and Jay Gibbons. Grimsley once played with ...

Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Miguel Tejada were among the players that Jason Grimsley accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, according to a federal agent's affidavit, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday on its website. The agent for Clemens and Pettitte denied the accusations. Baltimore teammates Brian Roberts, Jay Gibbons and Tejada also were implicated in the sworn statement, the Times said; an Orioles spokeswoman said the team had not seen ...

Houston left-hander Andy Pettitte, originally scheduled to start Sunday's final regular-season game against Atlanta, was moved up to start Saturday night against the Braves. Houston manager Phil Garner, who on Friday night said rookie Chris Sampson would start Saturday, made the change before batting practice. The Astros are one loss or one St. Louis win away from being eliminated from the NL Central race. Pettitte (14-13) will be pitching on ...