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Feb 16, 2008 7:01 pm US/Eastern

Sharpton Says Race A Factor In Steroids Scandals

NEW YORK (AP) ― The Reverend Al Sharpton says he believes the U.S. government has been pursuing black athletes more aggressively than white athletes in scandals over performance enhancing drugs.

In his weekly address to followers in Harlem, Sharpton compared the treatment of Barry Bonds, baseball's all-time home run king, to the treatment of Roger Clemens, one of the game's greatest pitchers.

Bonds was indicted last year on a charge that he perjured himself while testifying before a grand jury investigating criminal steroids distribution by the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative.

Clemens has been accused by a former trainer of taking steroids and human growth hormone—a charge he denied during sworn testimony before Congress.

Sharpton says the members of Congress who were there for the hearing, treated Clemens like they were at a fan club meeting. He questioned why a steroids scandal had landed Bonds in trouble, but no white athlete of a similar standing.

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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