Marion Jones News
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Things to watch: Wednesday, Day 11
… another gold on Wednesday. And the star of Sydney, Marion Jones , quietly -- and finally -- makes her Athens debut ..... heavyweights and the heavy lifters, you can't overlook Marion Jones ' debut in the Athens Games. Sydney's former superstar …
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Shocking Celebrity Confessions… the memoir, "I Was Wrong." After serving five years of a 45-year sentence, Bakker was paroled in 1994. Marion Jones Marion Jones , an Olympic track star and player in the WNBA confessed in 2007 to using performance-enhancing drugs. As …
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The 6 Worst Scandals in Olympic History… titled "Speed Trap," Francis claimed all top athletes in the late 1980s were using steroids. Marion Jones 's Fall From Grace Track star Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison in 2008 for lying to federal prosecutors who were investigating …
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Bonds Spared Prison, Gets Probation For Lying to Investigators About Doping… and handed up an indictment. A handful of professional athletes testified in the BALCO case, including track star Marion Jones , who received six months in prison and New York Yankees star Jason Giambi, who avoided prosecution and admitted to …
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Oct. 12: Freethought Day; USS Cole Attack; Al Gore Wins Nobel Prize
… promoting the same cause. Famous Birthdays 1921 Art Clokey 1935 Luciano Pavarotti 1968 Hugh Jackman 1970 Kirk Cameron 1975 Marion Jones 1992 Josh Hutcherson Jump back to Oct. 11: Day in History . View more videos from This Month in History: October …
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HIGHLIGHTS OF ABC NEWS’ “GOOD MORNING AMERICA” FOR OCTOBER 25-OCTOBER 29, 2010
… she’s learned since her blockbuster book (“Twisted Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”); athlete and author Marion Jones ; a performance by a nine-year-old piano prodigy WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 – “Countdown to Halloween” series: Elisabeth …
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HIGHLIGHTS OF ABC NEWS’ ”GOOD MORNING AMERICA” FOR MAY 17-21, 2010
… Dancing with the Stars’ ” final four couples interview each other; actor Jason Alexander ; former track star Marion Jones ; “GMA’s” “Be Inspired” series kicks off with Sam Champion introducing viewers to his older sister Teresa, a tireless …
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Tiger Woods Plus Four More Sports Stars to Fall From Grace… emotions were always written on my face. I was actually excited about telling the world the whole story." Marion Jones Marion Jones rocked the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, racking up five medals for her unparalleled track and field …
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Over the Line? Critics Conflicted on Steroids Crusader
… in the New York courtroom when Marion Jones cried through her confession of ..... former coach of the now disgraced Marion Jones . Graham had done as much as anyone ..... down Agent Novitzky's pursuit of Marion Jones for perjury," the prosecutor …
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Answers to Key Questions as Bonds Begins Legal Journey
… and soon began collecting evidence to prove its case. Second, Bonds isn't their only target. Fallen track legend Marion Jones pleaded guilty in October to lying to federal investigators after she was targeted for prosecution. Her former coach …
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Indictment Sheds New Light on Bonds Case
… jury testimony about Bonds until September at the earliest while they pursued other matters. One of those matters was Marion Jones , who tearfully pleaded guilty to obstructing justice in October after years of fervent, unqualified denials. The …
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Broken Bonds
… doping have brought down football players, cyclists, and legendary track and field stars, including Ben Johnson and Marion Jones . Bonds, whose steadily growing bulk over the years has served to repudiate his denials of steroid use to many fans …
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Scientists Say Breakthrough Urine Test for HGH Developed… muscle growth. Even with the blood test, no prominent athlete has tested positive for HGH. Former track and field star Marion Jones and some baseball players, including New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, have admitted using it. Virginia-based …
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Marion Jones Gets Six Months in Prison
In the end, Marion Jones could not outrun her own lies. Federal Judge Kenneth M. Karas sentenced ..... perhaps cheating them of their just laurels. In her 2004 book, " Marion Jones : Life in the Fast Lane," Jones wrote in large red letters …
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Victor Conte on Marion Jones' 'Poor Choices'
Earlier today in federal court, track star Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison , two years of ..... regimens for top athletes, including Olympic track stars Marion Jones , Kelli White and Tim Montgomery. The use of performance-enhancing …
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Jones Admits Doping Before 2000 Games
Marion Jones admitted using steroids before the 2000 ..... What I said in December of 2004 is that Marion Jones had used the cream and the clear ..... after the Olympic Games in 2000 that Marion Jones used [performance-enhancing drugs …
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Will Jones Lose Medals? She Wouldn't Be the First… conceding, "I have let [my family] down, I have let my country down and I have let myself down," Olympic sprinter Marion Jones stands to join a long list of athletes who have given up their medals after scandals. American sprinters, in particular …
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Disgraced Sprinter Seeks to Turn Negative Into PositiveDisgraced sprinter Marion Jones acknowledges controversy may have forever stained her reputation, but she hopes to help others in her post-prison life. "I …
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How to Tell If Someone Is Lying… back the words, and dropped one shoulder, as if he is shrugging, Dimitrius said. In another example, track star Marion Jones told "GMA" anchor Robin Roberts she had never used steroids, which she later admitted was untrue. Dimitrius analyzed …
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Scientists say breakthrough urine test for HGH developed
… muscle growth. Even with the blood test, no prominent athlete has tested positive for HGH. Former track and field star Marion Jones and some baseball players, including New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, have admitted using it. Virginia-based …
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Derby Favorite Trainer's Rollercoaster Past… confessional scale, Dutrow falls somewhere between the bellicose denial of Roger Clemens and the tear-drenched mea culpa of Marion Jones . "I've had so many different suspensions -- half of them I deserved, half of them I didn't," Dutrow said …
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Ex-Gold Medalist Busted on Heroin Charges… months in prison. Riddick is serving a five-year prison term. Montgomery's former companion, Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones , is serving a six-month prison term for lying to investigators about the check-fraud scam and using steroids …
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Feds: Doc Gave 'Roids to Baseball Players
A federal grand jury in San Jose has handed down an eleven-count indictment against a California doctor and two of his employees for allegedly distributing steroids to professional baseball players, though none of the players are named in the court documents. According to the indictment, Dr. Ramon
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Excerpt: 'Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball'… Sheffield, of the Yankees. (Dozens of professional football players were also implicated, along with track star Marion Jones , but that's another story.) None of the baseball players were actually charged with using performance-enhancing …
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Health Highlights: Oct. 7, 2007
… constant noise-induced tinnitus. ----- Former U.S. Track Hero Admits Steroid Use Former American track star Marion Jones pleaded guilty Friday to lying to U.S. federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing steroids, The New …
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Health Highlights: Oct. 6, 2007
… reality of a recall this large." ----- Former U.S. Track Hero Admits Steroid Use Former American track star Marion Jones pleaded guilty Friday to lying to U.S. federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing steroids, The New …
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Health Highlights: Oct. 5, 2007
… developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Former U.S. Track Hero Admits Steroid Use Former American track star Marion Jones pleaded guilty Friday to lying to U.S. federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing steroids, The New …
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Marion Jones Runs From Possibility of Prison
Former Olympic champion Marion Jones says she has been punished enough and should not have to go to prison for lying about steroids and check fraud. In court papers …
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Transcript: Former Sen. George Mitchell's Press Briefing on Doping in Baseball
… But I think what baseball... Gibson: Go ahead. Mitchell: Excuse me. Go ahead. Gibson: I was just gonna say. Marion Jones -- stripped of her medals. Floyd Landis -- stripped of his yellow jersey and the French bicycle race title. Mitchell …
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Bonds Dared Gov't to Indict Him
… truth and then, said Ryan of the feds, "we'll call it a day." Instead, Bonds did it his way. He did it the Marion Jones way. To use a Ryan phrase, he decided to "drive outside the lanes." Bonds all but dared the government to indict …
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Working Wounded Blog: Apology Inc.… Think again. Just in the last few weeks we've had Marion Jones , Sen. Larry Craig and Michael Vick giving very public ..... your ways? Let's use the most recent apology from Marion Jones as an example. What she could have said was "I got …
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From BALCO to Bonds
… supplied performance enhancing drugs to Olympic star Marion Jones (who earned five medals at the Sydney Games in 2000 ..... showed how and when Jones and Montgomery used the drugs. Marion Jones denied the allegations and filed a $25 million defamation …
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East Coast Steroid Scandal Escalating
… investigation so significant, doping officials said. BALCO involved some of the biggest names in sports -- Barry Bonds, Marion Jones and Jason Giambi -- as well as "designer" steroids, performance-enhancing drugs concocted specifically for elite …
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Marion Jones' Coach Faces Indictment in BALCO case
… Jamaican-born coach has been hugely successful, having worked with Olympic champions and world record-holders such as Marion Jones , Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin. At the same time, his training practices continue to come under scrutiny as at …
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Jones Cleared, But Shadows Linger
… 2006 that's going to exonerate Marion Jones ' legacy. Truth be told, that ..... was this: "Like Montgomery, Marion Jones continued to use banned drugs in ..... And now the "B" sample clears Marion Jones for this year. It allows her to …