Charity on steroids

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Steroid-scandal-addled pitcher Roger Clemens was scheduled to speak at the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association next month. The topic: how his training regimen enabled him to keep playing so well for so long.

Since pretty much everyone now knows the answer to *that* question, the Association has removed Clemens' name from its website.

The issue is one that any nonprofit must face when one of its donors or honorees gets tarred by scandal: cut ties or soldier on? Since steroids are the third rail of sports, the answer for a baseball group connected to youth is no doubt clear cut. But there's at least one Texas charity for whom news of Clemens' chemically-induced athletic success would seem most appropriate:

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