I ready an article today that Bary Bonds was going to appear before the BALCO grand jury and in the article it stated this:
"Athletes that already have appeared before the grand jury include track star Marion Jones and her boyfriend, 100-meter world record-holder Tim Montgomery, four Oakland Raiders and Olympic champion swimmer Amy Van Dyken.
An appearance before the grand jury, or being subpoenaed to testify, does not mean an athlete is a target of the probe."
Has anyone heard as to why Amy was subpoenaed or her reaction to being subpoenaed? This whole bay area steriod thing is getting interesting...
I’m with LBJ on this one. And I don’t see the McCarthyism reference as much of a stretch.
When I see comments like “If she is innocent, she needs to tell her story if for nothing else than to salvage her reputation…” and “they … owe us an explanation as to why they are part of this investigation.” I don’t see it as a stretch at all.
Amy and any others do not NEED to tell me their story and she owes me no explanation. If she wants comment that’s fine if she chooses not to, well that’s fine too. As far as I’m concerned her reputation is intact, she is still the extraordinary American swimmer who cried tears of joy on the Olympic podium and who darn near flew out of the pool with excitement when she won gold. And, yes, she is the same Amy who spit some pool water into a competitor’s lane.
As for the rumor that Don Van Dyken (Amy’s dad) contacted Swiminfo to have the article removed. True or not, I as a father would do the exact same thing if someone published something about my daughter that I felt was inaccurately reporting. It’s just that Don has a lot more clout than I do.
I’m with LBJ on this one. And I don’t see the McCarthyism reference as much of a stretch.
When I see comments like “If she is innocent, she needs to tell her story if for nothing else than to salvage her reputation…” and “they … owe us an explanation as to why they are part of this investigation.” I don’t see it as a stretch at all.
Amy and any others do not NEED to tell me their story and she owes me no explanation. If she wants comment that’s fine if she chooses not to, well that’s fine too. As far as I’m concerned her reputation is intact, she is still the extraordinary American swimmer who cried tears of joy on the Olympic podium and who darn near flew out of the pool with excitement when she won gold. And, yes, she is the same Amy who spit some pool water into a competitor’s lane.
As for the rumor that Don Van Dyken (Amy’s dad) contacted Swiminfo to have the article removed. True or not, I as a father would do the exact same thing if someone published something about my daughter that I felt was inaccurately reporting. It’s just that Don has a lot more clout than I do.
