Marion Jones says Olympic memory 'tarnished' Oct 29, 2008
Marion Jones says Olympic memory 'tarnished ... Former Olympic medalist Marion Jones-Thompson, shown hereat her sentencing Jan. 11, gave her first post-prison interview to OprahWinfrey ... CHICAGO - Disgraced track star Marion Jones gave her first post-prison interview to Oprah Winfrey. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Marion Jones gives Winfrey post-prison interview Oct 29, 2008
Advertisements The Associated Press CHICAGO - Disgraced track star Marion Jones will give her first post-prison interview to Oprah Winfrey. Jones' appearance on Wednesday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is to be her first interview since she was released September 5 from a Texas federal prison after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about steroid use. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Stroke sends Olson into retirement Oct 29, 2008
The Times of Trenton Sports NewsPro, college & high school sports news. HAMILTON V. STEINERT. (NJ.com -- Times)
Marion Jones to give her first post-prison interview to Oprah Oct 29, 2008
CHICAGO -- Disgraced track star Marion Jones will give her first post-prison interview to Oprah Winfrey. Jones appearance on Wednesday s episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show is to be her first interview since she was released September 5 from a Texas federal prison after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about steroid use. (KHOU.com, TX)
Track coach Trevor Graham expected to be charged with obstructing steroid probe - USATODAY.com Oct 28, 2008
Conte has stated he provided steroids to Graham and that he provided steroids and other drugs to Marion Jones, then coached by Graham, before, during and after the Sydney Olympics, where Jones won five medals. Jones, who has never failed a drug test or been charged with drug violations, denies the claims. (Yahoo News -- Track and Field)
Doping lab exploring reasons for Marion Jones' conflicting tests Oct 27, 2008
By Erica Bulman, The Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland The laboratory that tested Marion Jones' A and B samples is expected to report to the World Anti-Doping Agency within two weeks on why the results did not match. "The laboratory concerned will conduct a discovery analysis to know why this occurred," WADA director general David Howman said Saturday. (Yahoo News -- Track and Field)
Dwain's back on track Oct 26, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald Sport: Australian and international sports news, results: AFL, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Golf, Athens Olympics, Soccer, Tennis, Cricket, Basketball, Motorsport, Horse Racing, Rugby Heaven Skip directly to. disgraced British sprinter Dwain Chambers gets up close and personal with the track before a race in July. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Trevor Graham handed sentence Oct 23, 2008
Graham, 45, who once coached disgraced Olympian Marion Jones, was convicted in late May on one of three felony charges for making false statements about his contacts with a steroids supplier in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative case. A jury in U.S. District Court in Northern California couldn't decide unanimously to convict Graham on two other charges of lying. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Notorious coach sentenced Oct 22, 2008
Graham once coached Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin. All were later banned for taking performance-enhancing drugs. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Doping scandal coach gets home confinement Oct 22, 2008
Graham was involved in a doping scandal which eventually took down his former famous proteges Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and several other elite athletes. Former elite American cyclist Tammy Thomas received a similar sentence of six months of home detention for lying to a grand jury about her steroid use. (Xinhuanet, China)
EliteXC folds up MMA operation Oct 22, 2008
Graham once coached Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and several other elite athletes who later were banned for taking performance-enhancing drugs. The governing body of motorsports and Formula One reached a deal to cap the cost of engines supplied to smaller teams as part of a plan to save money during the global financial crisis. (Florida Times-Union)
Graham a threat for Pack Oct 15, 2008
"You can't stop us, the Grahams. You can say what you want to say."After coaching drug-fueled champions such as Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin, Trevor Graham was convicted in May of lying to federal investigators in the BALCO steroids case. He was banned from track for life by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and is to be sentenced Oct. 21 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Ex-cyclist Thomas sentenced for BALCO perjury Oct 11, 2008
The federal government steroids probe has ensnared a number of elite athletes, including sprinter Marion Jones and former San Francisco 49ers player Dana Stubblefield. Copyright 2008. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
IOC rechecking blood tests from Beijing Oct 10, 2008
United States athlete Marion Jones had to return her five medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics after she admitted in federal court last year that she had been doping. In the months before the Beijing Games, the IOC, the World Anti-Doping Agency, and international federations carried out a rigorous program of out-of-competiton testing to weed out drug cheats. (Boston Globe)
IOC to retest Beijing doping samples Oct 10, 2008
US athlete Marion Jones had to return her five medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics after she admitted in federal court last year that she had been doping. "Since we store the samples and have them at our disposal, we will not hesitate in doing further analysis," Ljungqvist said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Wall St. trumps baseball as crooks Oct 7, 2008
In principle, Bonds' defenders are off-base, ignoring the fact that Marion Jones spent six months behind bars for lying to the government and that relatively anonymous figures such as Tammy Thomas and Trevor Graham await sentencing. Bonds' case requires more effort. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Maybe now China will quit cheating Oct 3, 2008
Because steroids don't play much of a role in gymnastics (obviously), what happened in Beijing has become the sport's doping controversy gymnastics' Ben Johnson scandal, its Marion Jones saga. The International Gymnastics Federation didn't have a positive drug test to bank on, or an admission of guilt, so its path to the truth was more torturous, based on numerous official website pages showing the Chinese girls to have been born in 1993 and 1994, not what the rules mandated, 1992. (USA Today -- Sports)
Gold meets God: Fans find faith in Olympic games Sep 15, 2008
I once experienced an ecstatic feeling when I watched Marion Jones race. I cried (just a little, scouts honor) when I found out she was doping. (Yale Herald, CT)
Steelers ticket a steal? It's all relative, really Sep 9, 2008
Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones was released Friday from a halfway house in San Antonio after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about her steroid use. Not that she was eager to get out or anything, but her sprint to a waiting car broke the penal record with a wind-aided 11. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Disgraced sprinter Marion gets out of jail Sep 7, 2008
SAN ANTONIO: Marion Jones, the former athletics star unmasked as a disgraced dope cheat, was released from a US federal prison here on Friday after serving a six-month sentence. The 32-year-old American, who returned the five medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was imprisoned for lying to federal prosecutors when she denied using steroids and lying about a cheque fraud scheme. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Ex-Track Star Jones Released From Prison Sep 7, 2008
Marion Jones Released From Prison - Houston Sports News Story - KPRC Houston ... Marion Jones Released From Prison ... SAN ANTONIO -- Marion Jones is a free woman. (Click2Houston, TX)
Disgraced US sprinter leaves jail Sep 6, 2008
Disgraced US sprinter Marion Jones has left prison after serving a six-month sentence for lying about steroid use and involvement in a drugs fraud case ... MARION JONES FACTS Born: 12/10/75, Los Angeles Olympic medals: 100m gold (2000), 200m gold (2000) 4x400m gold (2000) 4x100m bronze (2000), Long jump bronze (2000) World championship medals: 100m gold (1997, 99), 200m gold (2001), 4x100m (gold), 100m silver (2001) Long jump bronze (1999) * Jones was stripped of all her medals and results from... (BBC News)
Disgraced Sprinter Walks After Six Months in Prison Sep 6, 2008
SAN ANTONIO Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones was released Friday from federal prison after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about her steroid use. Jones left a halfway house in San Antonio around 8 a.m., said LaTanya Robinson, a community corrections manager for the federal Bureau of Prisons. (Fox News)
Jockey Pedroza ties state mark with 7 wins Sep 6, 2008
Former Olympic champion Marion Jones was released from a federal prison after a six-month sentence for lying about steroid use and her knowledge of a check-fraud scam involving her ex-boyfriend, sprinter Tim Montgomery. FROM NEWS SERVICES. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Agostini: Cafaro deserves homecoming celebration and chance to rest Sep 6, 2008
Sad: Marion Jones is free. but still disgraced. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Jones is released from San Antonio halfway house Sep 6, 2008
MARION JONESServed most of sentence By Associated Press / September 6, 2008 ... SAN ANTONIO - Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones was released yesterday from federal prison after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about her steroid use. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Report: Jones in Bay Area during Graham trial Aug 27, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -Federal prosecutors briefly moved disgraced sprinter Marion Jones from a Texas prison to the San Francisco Bay area three months ago in case they needed her to testify against her former track coach on trial for lying to investigators, according to a published report. The New York Times, citing an anonymous source, reported on its Web site that prosecutors would have called Jones to the witness stand if track coach Trevor Graham had testified in his own defense. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Briefs | LPGA Tour to require all players to speak English Aug 27, 2008
Prosecutors had Jones ready to testify in BALCO trial: Federal prosecutors briefly moved disgraced sprinter Marion Jones from a Texas prison to the San Francisco Bay Area three months ago in case they needed her to testify against her former coach, who was on trial for lying to investigators, according to The New York Times. Prosecutors would have called Jones to the witness stand if coach Trevor Graham had testified in his own defense, a source said. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
ON TRACK: Thoughts on a stirring meet at the Bird's Nest Aug 27, 2008
(Of course that's what we said about Marion Jones, too). Jamaican sprinters were blood-screened repeatedly in Beijing, so the IOC was probably suspicious, too. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Doping scandals at a minimum Aug 25, 2008
That fact was underscored last fall when American track star Marion Jones, now serving a six-month jail sentence for lying to federal authorities about her drug use, admitted she took steroids during the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney ... "But we don't know. You go all the way back to Sydney, and that was Marion Jones. "There's no doubt that the good guys are moving forward. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Spencer: China, Russia tick off Olympic Opinion Guy Aug 24, 2008
Marion Jones to name just one. OOG: Yeah, and when they do and we find out about it, we kick their butts. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Let's get the tape out for good measure Aug 23, 2008
Of course, as it has been widely reported, Marion Jones gave 160 samples during her career and never once tested positive. Seeing is not always believing, not even in the laboratory. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Marion Jones moved from Fort Worth to San Antonio Aug 23, 2008
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -Former U.S. track star Marion Jones has been moved from a federal prison in Fort Worth and will serve the remainder of her sentence in San Antonio. The disgraced Olympic star was sentenced to six months in prison in January for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Tests after tests, Clay still clean Aug 23, 2008
He knows that after Marion Jones and Barry Bonds, nobody's denials or declarations of innocence hold much credence with the public any more. BALCO has cast a far-reaching shadow. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Edwards chasing after Busch Aug 23, 2008
Former U.S. track star Marion Jones has been moved from a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, and will serve the remainder of her sentence in San Antonio. The disgraced Olympic star was sentenced to six months in prison in January for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam. (Modesto Bee, CA)
U.S. relays fail, Merritt leads U.S. sweep of 400 Aug 23, 2008
At Athens in 2004 Marion Jones could not complete the exchange to Williams on the anchor. "It looked like it was a good handoff," Williams said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Both U.S. 4x100m relay teams drop batons Aug 22, 2008
In 2004, she misconnected with Marion Jones in the final and the Americans were disqualified for making the exchange outside the 20-meter handoff zone. "If people want to assess the blame to me, that's OK," Williams said. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Teammates' error costs local again Aug 22, 2008
In 2004, Williams -- running the third leg -- ran out of the 20-meter exchange zone before Marion Jones could pass her the baton, earning a disqualification for the gold-medal favorites. It's another mistake the 25-year-old from Pittsburgh says she can live with. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
* ATHLETICS : Merritt ends Wariners reign in 400m Aug 22, 2008
For Williams it was a terrible case of deja vu, as in the 2004 final she had gone beyond the safety zone on the final exchange when third leg runner Marion Jones was trying to hand on the baton. If people want to issue the blame to me thats okay, said 24-year-old Williams, world individual champion over 100m in 2005. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Tough day for USA: Softball, relay teams stumble at Summer Games Aug 22, 2008
It was eerily reminiscent of the 2004 Athens Games, where Williams' faulty exchange with Marion Jones cost the U.S. a medal. If people want to assess the blame to me, that's OK. I mean, I can take whatever it is that people are going to dish out, Williams said of the latest dropped baton. (Missoulian, MT)
By any measure, a disastrous day for Team USA track Aug 22, 2008
7:44 -- Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie of the Bahamas, who finished seventh in the 200, said, "The sport is getting closer and closer to being drug-free. There's no one person who is guaranteed to win.'' Pressed, she says this is a reference to Marion Jones, and it seems astounding that non-U.S. female sprinters are still bitter that Jones dominated their sport from 1997-2001, but maybe it's understandable. Ferguson-McKenzie has another thought on U.S. sprinters. "All the girls are really nice,'' she... (CNN -- Money)
U.S. sprinters drop the ball — and the baton Aug 22, 2008
" Gay, the world champion in the 100 and 200, didn't make a single final in Beijing. Lauryn Williams's footnote in U.S. track disaster is that she has twice messed up Olympic exchanges and nullified two medal chances. In 2004, she failed to complete her pass with Marion Jones in the final and the U.S. quartet was disqualified for making the exchange outside the handoff zone. "Maybe someone has a voodoo doll of me," she said. "I'm telling people it was the stick [the stick's fault. K If people... (Globe and Mail)
U.S. volleyball wins gold medal Aug 22, 2008
At the 2004 Olympics, Williams started running too early and missed a handoff from Marion Jones in the final. Volleyball: The "Iron Hammer" has calmly lead the U.S. women's volleyball team to its best Olympic finish in more than 20 years. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Relay flubs cap 0-for-6 US showing in sprint races Aug 22, 2008
"They brought their 'A' game. I don't know where we left ours. It's packed somewhere in my suitcase. I forgot to dig it out. We've got to go find it, though," said Williams, whose faulty exchange with Marion Jones cost the U.S. a relay medal at the 2004 Olympics ... 74 seconds, the fastest 200 by a woman since Marion Jones ran 21. (Longview Daily News, WA)
US relay teams drop the batons Aug 22, 2008
But unlike Athens, where Williams had poor chemistry with Marion Jones, the sprinters said relay practices here went well. The US women did not use the rain-soaked track, the constant drizzle, or the men's drop as excuses. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Graham Indicted For Role In Probe Aug 22, 2008
Trevor Graham, the former coach of Marion Jones and other track and field stars, was indicted yesterday on federal charges of lying to investigators involved in the steroid probe that already has ensnared dozens of high-profile athletes. In the five-page indictment from U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the government alleged that Graham lied about his relationship with an unnamed source of performance-enhancing drugs. (Yahoo News -- Track and Field)
Striking twice has Bolt in fast company Aug 21, 2008
What Johnson started, Marion Jones finished when she lied for years about her use of performance-enhancing drugs. When a star of her magnitude deceives the public for most of the 21st century to date before being forced to come clean, and then ends up in jail, it's devastating for a sport. (USA Today -- Sports)
Track star called 'mind-blowing' Aug 21, 2008
Collins, who finished eighth and last and was elevated to sixth with the DQs, said, "It's ridiculous. I mean, come on. How fast can you go before records can't be broken? We thought the 100 record could possibly go to 9.6, but we never thought the 200 record could be broken. I didn't think it would happen while I was still running. How fast can a human being run before there is no more going fast?'' The question was meant as a sort of philosophical rumination. Yet, with Bolt in possession of... (CNN)
Jamaica's Bolt becomes first to take both 100, 200 meter races since 1984 Aug 21, 2008
The sport's recent history of drug cheats -- primarily Americans such as Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin, Tim Montgomery and Kelli White -- plus Jamaica's lack of a domestic anti-doping agency has prompted pointed questions about whether Bolt and his countrymen are clean. Bolt has been drug-tested at least 11 times in 2008, according to Nick Davies, a spokesman for the world track and field federation. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Remember When Decathletes Were Cool? Aug 21, 2008
Clay, like most track starsand pretty much any athletic overachiever, for that matteris tainted by the cheating of others, from Ben Johnson to Marion Jones. (To wit: Slate's Jacob Leibenluft reports from Beijing that mere seconds after Usain Bolt's latest record-setting track performance, fans at the Bird's Nest were openly speculating about whether he's a product of doping. (Slate)
Lingering shadow cast over remarkable feats Aug 19, 2008
But I wanted to believe, and thought I could believe, Marion Jones, too. Remember her. (Nola.com -- Sports)
U.S. stumbles early on Beijing track Aug 19, 2008
Not including the 2000 Sydney Games, in which Marion Jones placed first but has since had her records annulled because of a doping admission, the U.S. women had not been shut out of a 100-meter medal in a non-boycotted Olympics since 1976. Combine that with Bernard Lagat not qualifying for the final in the 1,500 Sunday and Jamaica's Usain Bolt thrusting his country further into the forefront with a world record 9. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Dashing performance in 100 Aug 18, 2008
(Marion Jones won the 100 at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but she later was stripped of the gold for steroid use. In fact, when Belarusian Yuliya Nesterenko won the 100 in Athens in 2004, she broke a streak of five Olympics with first-place finishes by American women. (Boston Globe)
Jamaicans sweep women's 100 at Olympics Aug 18, 2008
Simpson and Campbell were part of a gold-medal team in Athens four years ago, though it was hard to know whether Jamaica was truly the fastest team because Williams and Marion Jones botched their handoff and the traditionally strong American team didn't finish the race. The women's 100 wasn't the only U.S. disappointment at the Bird's Nest on the third day of the Olympic track meet. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Doping lab exploring reasons for Marion Jones' conflicting tests Aug 18, 2008
By Erica Bulman, The Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland The laboratory that tested Marion Jones' A and B samples is expected to report to the World Anti-Doping Agency within two weeks on why the results did not match. "The laboratory concerned will conduct a discovery analysis to know why this occurred," WADA director general David Howman said Saturday. (Yahoo News -- Track and Field)
Track coach Trevor Graham expected to be charged with obstructing steroid probe - USATODAY.com Aug 18, 2008
Conte has stated he provided steroids to Graham and that he provided steroids and other drugs to Marion Jones, then coached by Graham, before, during and after the Sydney Olympics, where Jones won five medals. Jones, who has never failed a drug test or been charged with drug violations, denies the claims. (Yahoo News -- Track and Field)
Lightning-fast Bolt wins Olympic 100 Aug 17, 2008
If, as time goes on, Bolt proves clean -- the sport has been bedeviled by drugs, doping cases taking out the 2004 men's Olympic champion, Justin Gatlin, as well as the 2000 women's champ, Marion Jones -- then perhaps, just maybe, he's just what track and field needs. Bolt has not aroused particularized suspicion. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Celizic: Don't expect U.S. dominance in track and field Aug 17, 2008
Kicking around the U.S. Track and Field Team has been increasingly popular in recent years as some of its biggest stars, including Marion Jones and Justin Gatlin, have been busted as drug cheats and the team has lost some of its historic dominance. Tiny Jamaica has become the new home of the fastest people on earth, a distinction once claimed by the United States as its birthright. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Older, wiser Olympian Aug 17, 2008
Some of those high-profile athletes included Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and Crawford's close friend Justin Gatlin, all of whom wrecked their track careers with performance enhancers. Crawford, though, said he was a clean athlete during his time with Graham and is a clean athlete now. (Herald Online, SC -- Sports)
New challenge ahead for mighty Bolt Aug 17, 2008
Athletics has paid a heavy price for the indiscretions of Ben Johnson, Tim Montgomerie and Justin Gatlin as well as Marion Jones, whose image served as a rallying call for many years to ignite interest in the sport in the United States. But as it turned out she was simply mocking those who believed in her and the former pin-up girl of the track is presently serving a jail service for one mockery too far - perjuring herself to a Grand Jury. (Sify)
Bickley: Squanders immortality Aug 17, 2008
It began with Ben Johnson in Seoul and continues today, as Marion Jones watches the Olympics from jail. The proliferation of cheating has stolen our trust in this great event. (AZCentral -- Sports)
On Deck: Aug. 18 - 23 (Today) Aug 17, 2008
One last sprint: Rochester's Lauryn Williams, left, hopes to be part of the U.S. women's 4x100 relay team and with it perhaps exorcise memories of the botched handoff between her and Marion Jones that cost the U.S. women the gold medal in 2004 -- the gold medal that ultimately went to Jamaica. Did you know: A sure thing missed. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Schultz's column Aug 16, 2008
Until BALCO. Until Marion Jones, C.J. Hunter, Tim Montgomery, Chryste Gaines, Justin Gatlin, Kelli White and even a set of twins, Alvin and Calvin Harrison, who presumably bought in bulk ... When I heard about Marion Jones, I was just happy that she was a sprinter and not a shot-putter. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Phelps deals with doping questions Aug 16, 2008
"You know that recent heroes who have done super-human feats like this have always seemed to end up [like] Marion Jones, Barry Bonds. What do you say to the American people who say this is so good, it's too good to be true?". Phelps barely batted an eye, then launched into his response. (Globe and Mail)
Agostini: Powell did so much Aug 16, 2008
" NBC will not give track and field the same attention devoted to swimming and gymnastics. Why? Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery, Justin Gatlin, etc ... Congratulations to the Modesto Senior Babe Ruth team. A playoff run, in any sport at any level, is not easy. The eyes of 1.3 billion in China now focus on ... Olympic defending 110-meter hurdles champion Liu Xiang. She wanted so much more, but here's the final word on Powell: When you've won two national championships and qualified for three... (Modesto Bee, CA)
