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WASHINGTON — Kelly Blair was expecting to speak before a grand jury Tuesday investigating Roger Clemens. With his appearance postponed a week, the former bodybuilder and gym owner said again in an interview he never supplied Clemens with performance-enhancing substances.
Blair told The Associated Press he has taken steroids himself in the past and given them to other people, but “there were no pro athletes involved.” He said he has never met Clemens and denies providing the seven-time Cy Young Award winner with steroids or human growth hormone.
“They don’t have anything on Roger Clemens if they’re calling me up there,” Blair said by telephone from Texas. “If you are messing with me, you don’t have anything on this man.”
The federal grand jury has been meeting since January, trying to determine whether Clemens lied to Congress last year when he denied under oath the use of steroids and HGH. Blair said the scheduled date for his testimony has been changed three times, but he’s “pretty sure” that he’ll appear on Aug. 11. He said he plans to testify without a lawyer, although he has been consulting one for advice.