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May 5, 2008 at 11:40 AM EDT
Story Updated:
May 5, 2008 at 11:42 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) - Roger Clemens is apologizing for unspecified mistakes in his personal life.
But the seven-time Cy Young Award winner steadfastly denies having an affair with a teenager.
The Daily News reported last week that Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was 15 and an aspiring singer.
The newspaper also linked Clemens to a former Manhattan bartender and a former wife of golfer John Daly.
In a statement issued by spokesman Patrick Dorton, Clemens says, "Even though these articles contain many false accusations and mistakes, I need to say that I have made mistakes in my personal life for which I am sorry."
The statement continues, "I have apologized to my family and apologize to my fans. Like everyone, I have flaws.
I have sometimes made choices which have not been right."
Clemens continues to deny Brian McNamee's accusations in the Mitchell Report that he used performance-enhancing drugs, before players and owners agreed to ban them from baseball.
He'd already filed a defamation suit against his former trainer.
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