Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Sunday, June 20, 2004

Kelli White will be testifying against Tim Mongomery.

"It's all someone saying something," Montgomery said of the evidence against him. "She don't live with me, so I don't know how she would know."

Unclear yet whether White is also offering evidence against Marion.

In the Times today, William Rhoden comes to the defense of the athletes under suspicion. He says the whole thing is a witch hunt. He says Dick Pound has a vendetta against Marion Jones. He says the politicians are grandstanding. He says this is a human rights violation. He says this whole thing is "athletic McCarthyism."

I'm not fan of the doping cops. And I agree with Rhoden that the USADA should not have retroactively lowered the burden of proof. But there is some real evidence against Marion, and her response to the whole thing has been less than endearing. I don't see any good guys on either side of this story.

Meanwhile, on the track, Jones did poorly in the 100 but very well in the long jump.