Marty Mankamyer

U.S. Olympic Committee President Marty Mankamyer, expanding on her vow not to resign, said Wednesday she is saddened by what she called a "rush to judgment" by "those who have abandoned the basic tenets of both American justice and the Olympic movement." She also said, "Every person is entitled to a hearing. I had none."

Marty Mankamyer, president of the U.S. Olympic Committee, abruptly resigned Tuesday, saying there "seemed to be no possibility for peace" within the USOC "unless I stepped aside." Mankamyer, 69, elected USOC president last August, had fought off calls for her resignation for several weeks. Several high-ranking members of the USOC executive committee, including all five vice presidents, said they had lost confidence in her in the wake of an ethics-related inquiry into Chief Executive Lloyd Ward.

The U.S. Olympic Committee's policymaking Executive Committee on Monday nominated Colorado Springs real estate broker Marty Mankamyer to be USOC president through 2004. Mankamyer, 68, the USOC's secretary, has served as acting president since late May, when Sandra Baldwin resigned after acknowledging discrepancies in the depiction of her academic background on her USOC biography.

U.S. Olympic Committee President Marty Mankamyer, expanding on her vow not to resign, said Wednesday she is saddened by what she called a "rush to judgment" by "those who have abandoned the basic tenets of both American justice and the Olympic movement." She also said, "Every person is entitled to a hearing. I had none."

The U.S. Olympic Committee's policy-making executive committee, in a conference call Thursday night, began the process for seeking a no-confidence vote in Marty Mankamyer, elected last August as its president. Illustrating the political infighting that has long marked USOC affairs, the executive committee has turned the focus on Mankamyer in the aftermath of Monday's decision to take no action against Chief Executive Lloyd Ward in an ethics-related controversy.

Marty Mankamyer, a 68-year-old grandmother of seven and self-described "soccer mom," was elected president of the U.S. Olympic Committee on Thursday, a development that backers insisted would bode well for the USOC but others bemoaned as prime evidence of a systemic malaise plaguing the most important national Olympic committee in the world. Mankamyer, a real estate broker in Colorado Springs, Colo., was elected with a majority of ballots returned by the USOC's 123-member board of directors.

Marty Mankamyer, president of the U.S. Olympic Committee, abruptly resigned Tuesday, saying there "seemed to be no possibility for peace" within the USOC "unless I stepped aside." Mankamyer, 69, elected USOC president last August, had fought off calls for her resignation for several weeks. Several high-ranking members of the USOC executive committee, including all five vice presidents, said they had lost confidence in her in the wake of an ethics-related inquiry into Chief Executive Lloyd Ward.

Bill Hybl of Colorado Springs, Colo., who served as interim president of the U.S. Olympic Committee in 1991-'92, has been selected by a nominating committee to become the organization's next president, sources told the Times. Other officer candidates to be recommended by the USOC-appointed nominating committee are Sandra Baldwin of Phoenix, Herman Frazier of Tempe, Ariz., and Paul George of Wellesley, Mass.

With the Athens Olympics a year away, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is pushing to have legislation reforming the scandal-plagued U.S. Olympic Committee signed into law by Congress' August recess. Lawmakers should quickly enact the sweeping reforms to restore the faith of athletes and the public in the USOC, McCain said Tuesday.

After months of saying he didn't want the position, Bill Martin agreed Friday night to serve as president of the U.S. Olympic Committee if he's elected. Martin, acting president since Marty Mankamyer resigned Feb. 4, had said he was too busy as athletic director at Michigan to take the job full time. He changed his mind Friday after several USOC members, including Vice President Paul George, voiced their support over the last week.

The U.S. Olympic Committee's policy-making executive committee, in a conference call Thursday night, began the process for seeking a no-confidence vote in Marty Mankamyer, elected last August as its president. Illustrating the political infighting that has long marked USOC affairs, the executive committee has turned the focus on Mankamyer in the aftermath of Monday's decision to take no action against Chief Executive Lloyd Ward in an ethics-related controversy.

Marty Mankamyer, a 68-year-old grandmother of seven and self-described "soccer mom," was elected president of the U.S. Olympic Committee on Thursday, a development that backers insisted would bode well for the USOC but others bemoaned as prime evidence of a systemic malaise plaguing the most important national Olympic committee in the world. Mankamyer, a real estate broker in Colorado Springs, Colo., was elected with a majority of ballots returned by the USOC's 123-member board of directors.

The U.S. Olympic Committee's policymaking Executive Committee on Monday nominated Colorado Springs real estate broker Marty Mankamyer to be USOC president through 2004. Mankamyer, 68, the USOC's secretary, has served as acting president since late May, when Sandra Baldwin resigned after acknowledging discrepancies in the depiction of her academic background on her USOC biography.

The U.S. Senate committee that last week heard testimony about what one senator called an "Olympic-sized food fight" announced plans Thursday for another hearing next Thursday, with the aim of airing ideas for a fix to the U.S. Olympic Committee's management structure. The Senate Commerce Committee, headed by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), will hear testimony from at least five current or former USOC officials.

In a clear sign of the political fractiousness that has long animated the U.S. Olympic Committee, two men and two women Monday formally declared themselves candidates for the vacant USOC presidency, and none could immediately be declared a front-runner.