Posted Jun 18th 2009 6:55PM by TMZ Staff
14 major NHL hockey players are suing a developer named Kenneth Jowdy for allegedly screwing them out of millions of dollars -- and then blowing the cash on escorts, strippers and private jet rides for some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball history.
The list of NHL players includes some of the sport's most famous guys -- Michael Peca, Sergei Gonchar, Chris Simon, Greg deVries, Jason Woolley, Mattias Norstrom, Vladimir Tsyplakov, Jay McKee, Raymond Murray, Glen Murray, Bryan Berard, Dimitri Khristich, Jozef Stumpel and Darryl Sydor.
The players claim they each invested between $250,000 - $500,000 with Jowdy -- who allegedly promised to use their money to develop a luxury golf course and resort.
Instead, the suit alleges the money was blown on private jets, 5-star hotels, and parties with various female porn stars, escorts, strippers, party girls and other women for MLB greats like "Roger Clemens, Reggie Jackson, Joe Morgan and Pete Rose (to name a few)."
The NHL players are suing for at least $15 million.
UPDATE: Joe Morgan just sent us this statement: "It's unethical to use my name when I never went to any of those parties, nor was I involved in any other activities."
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Posted Dec 28th 2008 4:20AM by TMZ Staff
The Mitchell report strikes again -- The Roger Clemens Institute for Sports Medicine is dropping the star pitcher's tarnished name.
Although Clemens donated $3 million for a pediatric wing, the hospital is changing its name to "Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute", in order to "better reflect its commitment to all sports and athletes."
Clemens still denies using performance-enhancing drugs, and according to hospital reps he "remains committed to working with us to champion youth sports and develop aspiring baseball players."
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Tags: institute for sports medicine, InstituteForSportsMedicine, memorial hermann sports, MemorialHermannSports, performance enhancing substance, PerformanceEnhancingSubstance, roger clemens, RogerClemens, steroids
Posted Mar 21st 2008 12:10PM by TMZ Staff
The guy who says he shot up Roger Clemens with 'roids got into a smash-up with a bus yesterday when he apparently passed out during a diabetic episode. Nurse!
NYPD says former Yankees trainer Brian McNamee was driving his Lexus in Queens when he rear-ended another car and hit a bus head-on. According to the New York Daily News, McNamee told cops that he fainted from his diabetes and "woke up in front of a bus." McNamee was uninjured, and no one on the bus was hurt seriously.
Clemens has denied all of McNamee's allegations.
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Tags: Brian McNamee, BrianMcnamee, Roger Clemens, RogerClemens
