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Brain McNamee, the former trainer of Roger Clemens, is now claiming that he not only injected Rog, but his wife Debbie, too.

McNamee told congressional investigators he injected Debbie Clemens with HGH — at the seven-time Cy Young Award winner’s direction — before the couple posed for a 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition photo shoot, a lawyer familiar with his testimony said Friday.

Clemens’ lawyer, Rusty Hardin, warned Friday that this situation will be the “second edition of the Duke (lacrosse) case” and that “any of you who got on the bandwagon about Roger taking steroids is going to be embarrassed.”

I’ll heed the warning Rusty, but right now I’m going to believe the guy that saved used syringes just in case his proflic client screwed him sometime in the future (like now).

A video recently posted on YouTube.com shows New York Mets’ pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal at a cockfight.

Martinez and Marichal laugh before releasing the roosters. The two took part as honorary “soltadores,” the word used to describe the person who puts the animal to fight.

The animal released by Martinez appears to be killed on the video, which was posted Tuesday. The fight takes place in the Coliseo de Gallos (Rooster Coliseum) in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic’s biggest cockfighting venue. Cockfighting is legal and popular in the Dominican Republic.

I wonder if the Animal Humane Society will show up to the Mets’ spring training next week in protest like they did at the Falcons’ camp when Michael Vick was accused of dog fighting. Or are roosters not the Humane Society’s problem?

No word yet on if Martinez and Marichal bet on “Little Jerry Seinfield.”

Roger Clemens’ former trainer Brian McNamee has turned over physical evidence that will show that the former Cy Young winner used performance-enhancing drugs.

“This is evidence the government has that we believe will corroborate Brian in every significant way,” said McNamee lawyer Earl Ward.

McNamee’s attorneys would not discuss the details of the evidence, but according to a source close to the former Yankee strength and conditioning coach, McNamee gave the Justice Department’s BALCO investigators vials with traces of steroids and growth hormone, as well as blood-stained syringes and gauze pads that may contain the Rocket’s DNA.

Justice Department officials have sent the evidence to a lab for testing, and if the materials do indeed contain traces of drugs and blood, prosecutors may attempt to get a court order for a DNA sample from Clemens.

McNamee plans to discuss the evidence with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform tomorrow, when he is interviewed by the panel’s attorneys in preparation for next Wednesday’s congressional hearing on the challenges Clemens has raised about the Mitchell Report.

McNamee = check mate.

On Tuesday, Roger Clemens spent more than five hours speaking to a congressional committee investigating the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball. The Rocket denied ever using steroids.

“I just want to thank the committee, the staff that I just met with,” Clemens said. “They were very courteous. It was great to be able to tell them what I’ve been saying all along — that I never used steroids or [human] growth hormone. I look forward to being here, I guess, in this room next week.”

Clemens is innocent until proven guilty. As was Bubba Clinton when he said he did not have sexual relations with that woman…Miss Lewinksi.

Just sayin’.

Roger Clemens showed up to Houston Astros’ minicamp Wednesday, but wouldn’t you know it, he steered clear of steroid questions.

“I’m not going to talk about that,” said Clemens, dressed in jogging pants, a hooded sweatshirt and a baseball cap. “I’m doing it the right way and do what I need to do. We’re going to do it the right way.”

Oh you can run Roger, but you can’t hide. Apparently Brian McNamee’s lawyer says Andy Pettitte could corroborate the HGH accusations against Clemens when he’s due to speak to a House committee next week.