"In the Balco case, numerous athletes were interviewed by federal investigators and summoned before a federal grand jury to answer questions about their knowledge of Balco and its steroid-distribution activities."

Michael Schmidt and Ian Austen follow up their original story revealing Dr. Anthony Galea's troubles, with similar details to what we learned earlier today from ESPN.com's Mike Fish, as well as confirmation of Steve Elling's report on a possible Florida investigation into Tiger's in-home treatment administered by the unlicensed Galea.

However, Tiger may want to pay attention to this reminder from Schmidt and Austen:

It was seven years ago that the federal government began its first major investigation into the distribution of such drugs to athletes. That investigation was sparked by the decision of Jeff Novitzky, an Internal Revenue Service agent, to rummage through the trash of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative in the middle of the night.

What remains to be seen is whether the search of the car will become the equivalent of Novitzky’s search of the trash, leading to disclosures that match those that grew out of the lengthy, and now legendary, Balco investigation.What remains to be seen is whether the search of the car will become the equivalent of Novitzky’s search of the trash, leading to disclosures that match those that grew out of the lengthy, and now legendary, Balco investigation.

In the Balco case, numerous athletes were interviewed by federal investigators and summoned before a federal grand jury to answer questions about their knowledge of Balco and its steroid-distribution activities. The athletes were not targets of the investigation, but some, including Barry Bonds, were charged with lying to either investigators or the grand jury and some, including Marion Jones, went to prison as a result.