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(AP) -- An attorney for a longtime friend of Lance
Armstrong's who appeared before a federal grand jury says the woman
testified she never heard the cyclist admit he used
performance-enhancing drugs.

 Thomas H. Bienert Jr. says Stephanie McIlvain testified before
the jurors all day Wednesday and told them she never heard the
seven-time Tour de France winner admit to doping. He says McIlvain
also told jurors she never felt pressured by either Armstrong or
anyone connected to cyclist to lie.

 McIlvain is important to the case because she was present in the
hospital room where Armstrong was being treated for cancer in 1996,
when former teammate Frankie Andreu and his wife, Betsy, claim the
cyclist told doctors he had used performance-enhancing drugs.

 Federal prosecutors are presenting potential evidence related to
allegations of doping in professional cycling.

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