Roger Clemens Still Not Dropping Suit

At this point, Roger Clemens is a beaten man. Whoever, or whatever, leaked the recent stories about his adultery -- not least of which, the one about his relationship with the then-15-year-old Mindy McCready -- Clemens is, as my father might say, licked. Done. Finito. His reputation will never be the same, ever, and he'd do best to move on with his life secure in the knowledge that he's no longer the most popular jock in the school. Save any further embarassment to himself and to his family.

Alas, he hasn't quite come to grips yet:

They considered premature, at best, speculation that the former star pitcher is ready to drop his defamation lawsuit against his former trainer.
"Absolutely, there's been no action taken to dismiss his lawsuit," Clemens' lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said via phone from Las Vegas.

"First of all, I'm highly skeptical that Rusty and Roger will be smart enough to drop the suit, because they have not been smart enough to realize that was the best course," McNamee's lawyer, Richard Emery, said via phone from New York. "So I don't know why all of a sudden they would do what's best for themselves."

Is it just me, or are McNamee's lawyers the ones with bluster to spare these days. Those are the taunts of the victor. In the meantime, Rusty Hardin is sending meek little missives from Las Vegas, where presumably he and Roger are scouting up-and-coming talent for their country music label.