HOUSTON (AP) -- Roger Clemens' name is being removed from a sports medicine institute at a Houston hospital.

The Roger Clemens Institute for Sports Medicine at Memorial Hermann will shed the Katy resident's name, effective January 1st.

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare System says the change aims "to better reflect its commitment to all sports and athletes."

But the change is another apparent blow to the legacy of the seven-time Cy Young Award winning pitcher in the wake of allegations that he used steroids.

Clemens repeatedly has denied using illegal performance-enhancing drugs after his name surfaced in a federal investigation of steroid use in baseball.

Clemens' agent, Randy Hendricks, didn't immediately respond to phone and e-mail messages from The Associated Press.

In November, Clemens was asked to end his involvement with a charity golf tournament he had co-hosted for four years with a Houston sports broadcaster.

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