‘ROIDS: Roger pic?
Maybe Roger Clemens attended the party at Jose Canseco’s Miami home in which Brian McNamee alleges steroids were discussed after all.
One published report said there is a photo of Clemens at the party – contradicting Clemens’ assertion that he never attended, and a key part of Clemens’ defense he never used performance enhancers.
Now Clemens’ attorney, Rusty Hardin, has issued a statement saying he’d been informed on Feb. 12 by a former Canseco neighbor of his possession of a “photograph of his son with Roger in a pool at a party at Canseco’s house.”
“I expressed no interest in buying it, but urged [the neighbor] to let our investigator visit with him, view the photograph and interview him,” Hardin said. “He said he wanted to talk to his son first and would call me back that day. … Unfortunately, I never heard back from him.”
GRID: Eagles sign WR
* The Eagles signed WR Bam Childress to a two-year contract.
* The Falcons won a coin toss for draft position yesterday, meaning they will pick third in the April 26 draft with Oakland fourth and Kansas City fifth. All three teams finished at 4-12, and their opponents had an identical record, the first tiebreaker.
* Eagle defensive tackle Mike Patterson has been charged with marijuana possession after a police officer found a small amount of the drug in his car after a minor accident in Evesham, N.J.
* The NFL said Adam “Pacman” Jones is prohibited from working out at the Titans’ facility and may not be reinstated until at least the opening of training camps in July. Jones’ agent and attorney, Manny Arora, confirmed he had received a letter from the NFL telling him Jones remains suspended.
BASEBALL: K-Rod loses
The Angels beat All-Star closer Francisco Rodriguez in salary arbitration yesterday, and he will receive $10 million this season rather than his request for $12.5 million.
RACING: Hall nominees
Jockey Edgar Prado, who won the 2006 Kentucky Derby atop Barbaro and was in the saddle two weeks later when the thoroughbred broke down during the Preakness, was among 12 finalists announced yesterday for the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame.
Prado joins jockeys Randy Romero and Alex Solis and trainers Carl Nafzger and Robert Wheeler among the nominees. Contemporary female horses nominated were Inside Information, Open Mind, Silverbulletday and Sky Beauty. Male horses were Best Pal, Manila and Tiznow.
Inductees will be announced in April and enshrined Aug. 4 at the Hall in Saratoga.
OBIT: Ex-Rutgers star
Debbie Paladino, who played on the Rutgers women’s basketball team that won the last AIAW national championship in 1982, has died. She was 44. She died of pancreatic cancer Sunday.