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Roger Clemens Trial: Investigative reporter T.J. Quinn, and ESPN legal analysts Roger Cossack and Lester Munson will present reports from Washington, D.C. on various ESPN media platforms.

Fred McNeill Suing his former Team
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 9 a.m. ET, ESPN2)

Fred McNeill is among the growing number of ex-NFL players who are suing their former employers under California’s worker’s compensation law. McNeill played 12 seasons for the Minnesota Vikings, highlighted by two trips to the Super Bowl, then went on to become an attorney. McNeill was fired from one law firm because of his inability to complete his assignments, and his legal career has been cut short. Some doctors feel McNeill was unable to be productive due to early-onset dementia caused by head injuries he sustained during his playing days. Sunday, McNeill tells reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada about the condition that caused him to lose his job, memory and, at one point, his desire to live.

Moment of Truth for Roger Clemens
ESPN.com

When he met with Congress in 2008, Roger Clemens was told he was not required to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigating drug use in baseball. But Clemens said he wanted to defend himself against accusations from his former trainer that he had used performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens has remained indignant, repeating that he never used PEDs and did not lie to Congress. He and his lawyers have said he is eager to get his day in court. That began yesterday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., when jury selection kicked off a trial that is expected to last four to six weeks. T.J. Quinn reports this Outside the Lines piece.

All-Stars for the Ages
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 9 a.m. ESPN2)
Baseball Tonight (Monday, 7 p.m., ESPN)

Twenty future Hall-of-Famers took the field at the 1971 All-Star game in Detroit.

Six of them hit home runs – including Reggie Jackson, whose shot off the right-field light standard is regarded as one of baseball’s greatest home runs – but history was made on the mound where a pair of non-Hall-of-Famers — Vida Blue and Dock Ellis — became the first African-American pitchers to start the All-Star game. Jeremy Schaap tells the story of the memorable game 40 years later.

“It was the assembly of one of the greatest All-Star teams on both sides of the lines that you could have ever imagined.” – Johnny Bench, Hall of Fame catcher

“I don’t know what it did for the game of baseball, but I know what it did for the African-American community. It gave my people a chance to stand up and be proud about the accomplishment of having two African-American pitchers starting in the All-Star game.” – Vida Blue, A.L. starting pitcher

Fields of Dreams
SportsCenter (Sunday, 11 p.m., ESPN)

https://youtu.be/vGU8pVlYuvA

In 1970, a 13-year old named Debbi Sivyer started working for the Oakland A’s as one of the first-ever ball girls. Her job was simple: to retrieve foul balls down the third-base line at all Oakland home games. But, Sivyer soon began serving refreshments to the umpires as a part of her duties, a hobby that eventually grew into a business, partially funded by her ball girl earnings. She opened a cookie store in 1977, and eventually became the world-famous Mrs. Fields.

“I feel like the Oakland A’s played such a big role in who I am today. Who knew that I was going to end up being Mrs. Fields?” — Debbie Fields Rose

Sport Science: Open Championship Drives Gone with the Wind
Open Championship coverage; SportsCenter

https://youtu.be/Dx68DWC_SHo

This year’s Open Championship is returning to traditionally gusty Royal St. George’s, where Ben Curtis was the only player to finish under par at its last Championship. To break down how wind can wreak havoc with a golf ball, ESPN Sport Science host John Brenkus studied the two primary aerodynamic forces that a golf ball experiences – lift and drag – at the high-tech indoor test range at Callaway. Sport Science shows how the difference between hitting with and against a 40 mph wind can be roughly 60 yards, while computer simulations show that just a 10 mph, 90-degree crosswind can push a drive about 15 yards off line. Increase that angle to about 115 degrees and a 40 mph crosswind can push a drive off line by more than 65 yards.

The Trot
SportsCenter (Sunday, 11 p.m., ESPN)
Baseball Tonight (Monday, 7 p.m., ESPN)

https://youtu.be/vzbzMoqjAwk

It’s a moment that belongs to a batter alone — the celebratory trot around the bases after hitting a home run. Real estate typically fraught with peril becomes a series of leisurely left turns. Past and present players describe that moment in the spotlight and explain why the “home run trot” is one of sports’ greatest celebrations.

“It’s the best feeling in the world, you see it going out of the park, you’re jumping up and down with your fist in the air, and it’s just like you alone running the bases. Every eye is on you, the camera is on, it’s all about you — that’s the only time you can be selfish.”  — Torii Hunter, Angels outfielder