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Hey, he’s gotta do something with his time - and he’s got skills!

Dogged by allegations of HGH use and throwing Debbie Clemens under the bus (not literally, of course), the Rocket demonstrated a knack for acting during his recent appearance before Congress. Seriously, you couldn’t write better stuff.

Here’s a few movies we’d like to see Roger Clemens featured in… we think the titles are certainly appropriate and they should really roll out new editions …

Coming in 2008: Roger Clemens in Liar Liar and There Will Be Blood. 

When Upper Deck’s “Presidential Predictors” baseball card set was recently released, it lacked one of the prominent Democratic contenders.

Why was Hillary Clinton’s card yanked from the set? The Former First Lady - as Morganna the Kissing Bandit - was deemed offensive by some.

“There was some concern by some of the people that it might be offensive,” said an Upper Deck spokesperson.

The image that caused such internal concern? See below …

Upper Deck said in a statement that it will put a new, less offensive version of Hillary Clinton in Series II.

We hope it involves her getting an HGH injection from Brian McNamee.

The Sports Truth senior editor, Lucas Dwyer, provides us with his thoughts in a live-blog from the Roger Clemens/Brian McNamee congressional hearings.

2:42 PM: An utterly preposterous day. Did anyone learn anything we didn’t already know? Everyone keeps saying that someone lied, but we’re never going to know who and even though we all suspect it is Clemens, how are we ever going to prove it? With McNamee’s “evidence” of blood stained swabs and needles that he’s kept for seven years? Virginia Foxx summed it up best when she said that the proceedings were a waste of money. I agree.

2:41 PM: We’re adjourned! Four hours and 41 minutes! Also gotta love the chairman sushing Clemens as he attempted to interrupt the proceedings.

2:40 PM: The chairman has just apologized to McNamee for the conduct of the congressman who violated the rules by making comments about McNamee. Is anyone surprised Congress’ approval rate is below 25%?

2:30 PM: “If we had 89 players here, I’d feel better about this hearing, but we have one,” because he’s famous. Where’s Jack Cust, huh?

2:30 PM: “Mr. McNamee, you’re a drug dealer.” Thanks Congressman, REAL productive.

2:25 PM: The praise Pettitte is receiving is a little much. The guy seems to be telling the truth more than Clemens, but he confirmed yesterday that he’s already lied about his HGH use. In fact, the reasons he sighted for lying are basically the same reasons McNamee has sighted for lying, yet, McNamee is vilified and Pettitte is glorified. Amazing.

2:19 PM: Virginia Foxx really lights up the room with her revelation that she doesn’t know what evidence is. And then the chairman shuts her up. Well done chairman.

2:12 PM: Does anyone really believe that Clemens didn’t know that the Mitchell report wanted to talk to him? Seriously. They seem to have contacted everyone BUT Clemens? Right…

2:10 PM: Roger Clemens invokes the 1996 Dan Duquette comment that he was in the twilight of his career. This guy is STILL so angry about this comment. I love it.

2:10 PM: Virginia Foxx: “Roger, could you please talk about your training regimin with respect to these photos?” Roger Clemens: “why thank you, Virginia, I’d LOVE to talk about it. You see…”

2:09 PM: Gotta love when someone starts a line of questioning by saying ‘I’m not an expert, but…’

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How can you not love Shaquille O’Neal?

The ever-playful new member of the Phoenix Suns was spotted backstage at a Miley Cyrus concert last week. The big man showed affection for the wildly popular young singer, while also giving a shout-out to Elmo.

It takes a real man to wear this outfit.