Giambi unsure of reason for subpoena, but he isn't worried

The Yankees' slugger is among several athletes asked to testify.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
NEW YORK -- The Yankees' Jason Giambi said Monday he isn't sure why he had been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury, but he said he has good reason not to be worried: "I didn't do anything wrong."
Giambi, who spoke during workouts in Miami, is one of several high-profile athletes, including the Giants' Barry Bonds, who have been asked to testify in the steroid scandal involving nutrition and diet supplement guru Victor Conte and his company, BALCO Labs.
"I don't know what [the subpoena] is about or what it is for," he said.
Conte is the subject of investigations by several agencies -- including the IRS, the FDA, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the San Mateo Narcotics Task Force -- involving money laundering, Medicare fraud and steroid trafficking.
While athletes used to come to Conte for his nutritional analysis and his legal diet supplements, they are now treating his name like toxic waste; last week the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Conte was the source of a "designer" steroid that was undetectable before this summer.
Trainer contacted
According to Giambi's personal trainer, Bobby Alejo, BALCO officials contacted him recently about introducing his clients to their products.
"The only reason that people in the company came to me was that they knew I was a strength and conditioning coach and that I was in the area," said Alejo, who worked with the A's when Giambi played in Oakland. "Jason is interested in the top players and what they do to stay on top."
Alejo said Giambi was curious about Bonds' fitness regime. "I think he's motivated to find things out by what Barry does on the field," he said.
Yankee general manager Brian Cashman said the team would "have no comment though we're obviously aware of [the subpoena]. We don't have enough of the facts to comment."
The NFL said over the weekend that it "reserved the right" to retest players for the steroid, meaning that players who had tested negative for banned substances earlier this year could still find themselves in trouble if they took THG. Baseball players who were tested this year as part of a steroids "survey" will not be retested for THG -- baseball did not keep their samples. The steroid will be added to next year's tests, however. NBA officials said the league and union officials will discuss whether to add THG to their banned substances list.
Bonds, top track athletes Kelli White, Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery, and at least one prominent Oakland Raider have been subpoenaed. Raiders linebacker Bill Romanowski, a Conte client, is also expected to be asked to testify. None has been accused of wrongdoing.