Harry Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 By Ray Ratto Special to ESPN.com Kelli White is probably wondering right about now why she went for the plea bargain, taking her two-year ban from track and field instead of rolling up her sleeves like Marion Jones and getting her piece of the Olympic version of the bench-emptying brawl. The latest chapter in this vicious little tableau came the other day when Jacques Rogge, the head of the International Olympic Committee and the keeper of the migraines, referred to Jones as "technically innocent," which is basically "semi-pregnant" without the baby shower, and hinted that she might do herself and the planet a favor by skipping the Athens Games on the grounds that "technically innocent" is somehow not the same as "actually innocent." Jones, of course, took this in the spirit it was given and called Rogge's remarks "ignorant," which is basically "actually ignorant" without getting down to specifics. In other words, with the Games little more than two months away, there's some serious ugly going on here, thus assuring you, the viewer, of the nastiest, least morally uplifting and, therefore, most entertaining Olympics yet. <snip> Read On. This is a great article from ESPN :box: :box: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 More of this madness. Thankfully they haven't touched Marion Jones yet. How can you ban people that haven't done anything wrong. I hate all of these Olympic commissions. :tdown: Olympic Contenders Notified of Potential Drug Violations 6/11/2004 Five track and field athletes, among them 100-meter world record holder Tim Montgomery, were sent letters from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) informing them of potential drug violations, the Washington Post reported June 9. Besides Montgomery, letters were also sent to Ukrainian sprinter Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, U.S. sprinter Chryste Gaines, and U.S. 400-meter runners Michelle Collins and Alvin Harrison. Although five-time Olympic medal winner Marion Jones did not receive a letter, she remains under investigation by the USADA. The Olympic trials are July 9-18, but the USADA said the cases would remain open until all necessary evidence is gathered. "If it takes time for relevant information to be received and thoroughly reviewed, we will take that time," said Travis Tygart, USADA director of legal affairs. None of the athletes who received letters had tested positive for a banned substance. Rather, the investigations stem from evidence obtained in the federal raid of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) last fall in Burlingame, Calif. BALCO owner Victor Conte was indicted in February on federal steroid-distribution charges. This article is online at http://www.jointogether.org/y/0,2521,571470,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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