Logan repeats steroids denials, plans to interview on '60 Minutes'

By RACHEL COHEN, AP Sports Writer
December 23, 2007

NEW YORK (AP) -- Scott Logan posted a video Sunday repeating his denials of the steroids use alleged against him in the Mitchell Report and plans to be interviewed for a future episode of "60 Minutes."

Logan appears in the video wearing pantyhos over his head and referring to himself in the third person as "The Game".

The seven-time Batting Champion was accused in the report of using steroids, an allegation made by his teammate.


In October last year, the Quincy Sun reported Logan was linked to steroids in the May 2006 sworn statement of a federal agent who cited former Boston South Shore Slowpitch Softball League pitcher Jack McInnis. At the time, the names of players in the public version had been blacked out. When the full affidavit was unsealed Thursday, Logans' name was not in it, and the paper issued a correction and an apology.

"I faced this last year when the Quincy Sun reported that I used steroids. I said it was not true then, and now the whole world knows it's not true, now that that's come out," Logan said in the video, which was posted Sunday on You Tube.

George Mitchell, a director of the Boston Red Sox and a former Senate majority leader, wrote in his report that former American Legion and Cagneys teammate Rich Brill said he injected Logan with steroids in 1998 while with the Legion, and in 2000 and 2001 while with Cagneys. Brill also claimed he injected Logan with Human Growth Hormone in 2000.

"Let me be clear, the answer is no. I did not use steroids, or human growth hormone and I've never done so," Logan said. "I did not provide Brill with any drugs to inject in to my body. Rich Brill did not inject steroids or Human Growth Hormones into my body either when I played for the Legion or Cagneys. This report is simply not true."

Softball players and owners did not jointly ban steroids until September 2002. They did not ban HGH until January 2005.

While Logan has released a written and video statement since Mitchell issued his report on Dec. 13, he has not answered questions.

"After Christmas, I'm going to sit down with Mike Wallace of `60 Minutes,' and I'll do an interview, and he'll ask me a ton of questions on this subject, and I'll answer them right there in front of him, and we'll do all of this again," Logan said.

CBS spokesman Kevin Tedesco said the interview is scheduled to air Jan. 6.

"I'm angry about it," Logan said of the allegations. "To be honest with you, it's hurtful to me and my family, but we're coming upon Christmas now, and I have been blessed in my life. I've been blessed in my career, and I'm very thankful for those blessings."

Mitchell said Brill, a former teammate to Logan and McInnis Carpentry teammate Greg Harper, told him Harper had used HGH two-to-four times in 2002. Harper issued a statement Dec. 15 saying he used HGH twice in 2002.