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Yankees` slugger Giambi joins testifying list in steroid probe
San Francisco, Oct 21: Jason Giambi, a star slugger for the New York Yankees in this week`s world series, is among 40 athletes subpoenaed to testify in a federal grand jury probe into a steroid scandal with global implications.
San Francisco, Oct 21: Jason Giambi, a star slugger for the New York Yankees in this week's world series, is among 40 athletes subpoenaed to testify in a federal grand jury probe into a steroid scandal with global implications.
A San Francisco newspaper reported yesterday that major league baseball star Giambi is among the US sports figures summoned to testify in the case against Victor Conte and his Balco Nutritional Supplement Laboratory.
The US anti-doping agency touched off the scandal last week by announcing discovery of a steroid that had been previously undetectable by current testing and saying several US national championship competitors tested positive for it.
Other doping tests at subsequent events could be reviewed as a result of the US agency's finding. Kelli White, a US sprinter who won two gold medals at the World Athletics Championships in August at Paris, and Barry Bonds, major league baseball's single-season home run king are also among athletes set to testify.
Others reportedly involved with Balco include Olympic sprint stars Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery and American football's Bill Romanowski.
The grand jury this week will focus on purchases and dollar amounts spent with Conte rather than looking into drug use by sports figures, part of a case for tax evasion. Giambi told the newspaper his visited Conte's lab to ask about nutritional supplements and knows Greg Anderson, Bonds' personal trainer who is tied to the investigation.
Vials with anabolic steroids, testosterone and human growth hormones were seized in raids by federal officials of the Balco labs, Anderson's residence and a lab storage facility, the paper reported.
Giambi, a first baseman, said his visit to Balco came around the time he and bonds were joining other major league players on a tour of Japan.
"I just asked about some vitamins and supplements and stuff like that, no big deal," Giambi said.
Seven American football players and at least three other baseball players are expected to testify but have not been identified. Bureau Report
The US anti-doping agency touched off the scandal last week by announcing discovery of a steroid that had been previously undetectable by current testing and saying several US national championship competitors tested positive for it.
Other doping tests at subsequent events could be reviewed as a result of the US agency's finding. Kelli White, a US sprinter who won two gold medals at the World Athletics Championships in August at Paris, and Barry Bonds, major league baseball's single-season home run king are also among athletes set to testify.
Others reportedly involved with Balco include Olympic sprint stars Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery and American football's Bill Romanowski.
The grand jury this week will focus on purchases and dollar amounts spent with Conte rather than looking into drug use by sports figures, part of a case for tax evasion. Giambi told the newspaper his visited Conte's lab to ask about nutritional supplements and knows Greg Anderson, Bonds' personal trainer who is tied to the investigation.
Vials with anabolic steroids, testosterone and human growth hormones were seized in raids by federal officials of the Balco labs, Anderson's residence and a lab storage facility, the paper reported.
Giambi, a first baseman, said his visit to Balco came around the time he and bonds were joining other major league players on a tour of Japan.
"I just asked about some vitamins and supplements and stuff like that, no big deal," Giambi said.
Seven American football players and at least three other baseball players are expected to testify but have not been identified. Bureau Report