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The Scary Thing Is, Roger Clemens Believes Roger Clemens

Here is Roger Clemens, the greatest pitcher of his generation, fresh from getting fingerprinted and taking a mug shot on Monday at his arraignment at a federal courthouse in Washington D.C., and there isn't a doubt that he is a Hall of Famer ... When it comes to lying. Clearly and dramatically, the guy told a slew of...

Marion Jones' Relay Teammates Win Back 2000 Olympic Medals

American sprinters who were stripped of their 2000 Olympics relay medals because teammate Marion Jones was doping won an appeal Friday to have them restored. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of the women, who had appealed the International Olympic Committee's decision to disqualify them from the Sydney...

Victor Conte: 'I Call This The Marion Jones Case With Boxing Gloves'

BALCO founder, Victor Conte, 59, is being sued for defamation of character and libel by 38-year-old WBA welterweight (147 pounds) champion, Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 knockouts), who will meet 33-year-old Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) in Saturday's HBO pay per view-televised clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mosley...

Marion Jones: I've Paid My Debt, Now It's Time to Move Forward

These days, Marion Jones says she is channeling the words of Satchel Paige and is not looking back. Still, if you've lived the life Jones has lived and been the places she's been, including prison, you can't help but play the "what if" game, and wonder how life would have gone if not for a decision or two. In the case...

Marion Jones Returning to Basketball With WNBA's Tulsa Shock

Former sprinter Marion Jones, who lost her freedom and her Olympic medals over her use of steroids, is returning to the sport that introduced her to the public, basketball. Jones, 34, who has not played organized basketball in 13 years, signed a free agent contract with the Tulsa Shock of the WNBA after trying out over...

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05/30/12 Ex-track star Marion Jones to speak at ODU Source: WTOP Radio - Washington DC Former track star Marion Jones will speak at a conference this weekend at Old Dominion University.
05/30/12 Ex-track star Marion Jones to speak at ODU Source: The Progress-Index - Petersburg VA Former track star Marion Jones will speak at a conference this weekend at Old Dominion University.
05/21/12 Marion Jones: Do the right thing afterward Source: USA Today "The single worst moment was sitting in solitary confinement on my boys' birthdays and not getting a chance to talk to them or hold them or hug them."
05/12/12 Relay girls aim to be our first medallists of 2012...... Source: The Independent - London - UK The GB quartet of Donna Fraser, Catherine Murphy, Christine Ohuruogu and Lee McConnell finished fourth in that race eight years ago but have been waiting to be upgraded to the bronze medal position since the revelation in January 2010 that a member of the gold medal winning United States squad had been using banned drugs at the time of the Athens Games.
04/19/12 Famous celebrity jailbirds (PHOTOS); Marion Jones... Source: The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ Famous celebrity jailbirds (PHOTOS); Marion Jones served 6 months.

Background on marion jones

Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.

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