The speed of Roger Clemens's fastball--usually clocked at 95 to 97 miles an hour--has earned him the nickname "Rocket Man." His fastball (which Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics told the Providence Journal "is as difficult to hit as a marble...

Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane said he still plans to offer Roger Clemens a personal services contract when the pitcher retires, barring hard evidence that the Rocket took steroids.Clemens was mentioned more than 80 times in the Mitchell Report, the result of an investigation into...

Roger Clemens pitched to his son and two other minor leaguers at the Houston Astros' spring training camp Thursday, and is no closer to deciding whether he'll play a 24th season. If he comes back, the 44-year-old pitching great said he'll choose between the hometown...

Roger Clemens' return to the New York Yankees could give them a championship-caliber rotation again. The Detroit Tigers hold last year's AL pennant, however, and they're playing the best ball in the league.With a dramatic announcement from the owner's box at Yankee Stadium during the...

Roger Clemens is ready to join the Houston Astros — as a consultant. In a sign that Clemens' pitching career could be over, his agent told the Astros on Wednesday that the seven-time Cy Young winner is set to start his personal-services contract with the...