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  • July 2008

    • USA Track Official Urges Bush: Don't Pardon Jones

      newser  |  New York Daily News  |  Jul 22, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      USA Track Official Urges Bush: Don't Pardon Jones

      The head of the US track and field program urged President Bush today not to pardon disgraced sprinter Marion Jones, the Daily News reports. Doing so would send a "horrible message" to young fans and to the international community getting ready to watch the Olympics, said Douglas Logan in an open letter to Bush. Jones is serving a 6-month sentence but has asked the president to spring her before her September release. More »

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      steroids  • track and field  • Marion Jones  • sports doping  • presidential pardon

    • Requests for Pardons Flood White House

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 19, 08 11:33 AM CDT

      Requests for Pardons Flood White House

      President Bush is nearing the end of his term, and felons are coming out of the woodwork in historic numbers to ask for pardons and reduced sentences, the New York Times reports. It is not unusual for there to be a spike in pardons granted by a president in his final months in office: Half of Bill Clinton’s 459 pardons happened in his last three months. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Bill Clinton  • conviction  • Marion Jones  • felony  • Martha Stewart  • presidential pardon  • commutation  • clemency

  • May 2008

    • BALCO Jury Convicts Track's Graham of Lying

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  May 29, 08 4:55 PM CDT

      BALCO Jury Convicts Track's Graham of Lying

      A San Francisco jury convicted track coach Trevor Graham today of lying to federal investigators when he told them he had ended his contacts with a steroids dealer, the Chronicle reports. Jurors deadlocked on two other counts against the former coach of Olympians Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery; he faces up to 5 years at a September sentencing. More »

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      steroids  • Barry Bonds  • track and field  • Marion Jones  • BALCO  • Trevor Graham  • drugs in sports  • Tim Montgomery

    • Ex-Olympian Gets 46 Months for Check Fraud

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 17, 08 6:13 AM CDT

      Ex-Olympian Gets 46 Months for Check Fraud

      Disgraced Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months yesterday for his part in a check-fraud scam, the Washington Post reports. Montgomery, who still faces heroin-dealing charges, once held the 100m world record but was stripped of it for doping. He has a son with Marion Jones, who is in prison for lying about doping and about her part in the scam. More »

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      athlete  • track and field  • Marion Jones  • doping  • Tim Montgomery  • check fraud

    • Olympian Indicted for Dealing Heroin

      newser  |  Virginian-Pilot  |  May 2, 08 10:00 AM CDT

      Olympian Indicted for Dealing Heroin

      Olympic gold-medalist Tim Montgomery has been indicted for dealing heroin, the Virginian-Pilot reports. “They said I sold 100 grams of heroin to an informant,” Montgomery told the paper in a jailhouse interview, noting that he has “no idea” why he’s been charged. The sprinter, now 33, was banned from track for doping and faces sentencing next month in a $5-million check-kiting case. More »

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      drugs  • track and field  • Marion Jones  • heroin  • drug dealing  • Olympians  • Tim Montgomery

  • April 2008

    • Track Doping Witness Will Give 2 Dozen Names

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 13, 08 11:35 AM CDT

      Track Doping Witness Will Give 2 Dozen Names

      Angel Guillermo Heredia, the main witness for the federal case against elite track coach Trevor Graham, is prepared to give the names of about two dozen athletes to whom he supplied performance-enhancing drugs. Among the 12 Olympians on the list is Maurice Greene, a two-time gold medalist who has never failed a drug test, reports the New York Times. More »

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      athlete  • track and field  • Marion Jones  • BALCO  • sports doping  • Trevor Graham  • Maurice Greene

    • Marion Jones' Teammates Paying for Her Crime

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 11, 08 9:42 AM CDT

      Marion Jones' Teammates Paying for Her Crime

      The consequences of Marion Jones’ doping offenses reached further yesterday when the International Olympic Committee laid down the law and stripped her former relay teammates of their medals—this after Jones’ was stripped of hers late last year. The runners, with Jones, won gold in the 4x400-meter relay and bronze in the 400 relay at the 2000 Olympic Games. More »

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      International Olympic Committee  • Marion Jones

  • March 2008

    • Marion Jones Reports to Jail

      newser  |  Fort Worth Star-Telegram  |  Mar 8, 08 6:09 AM CST

      Marion Jones Reports to Jail

      Marion Jones has entered a federal prison in Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The disgraced former sprinter is beginning a 6-month sentence for lying to investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and about her role in a check-fraud scam. She has already returned her Olympic gold medals and her name has been removed from the record books. More »

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      steroids  • Olympic Games  • sentencing  • Marion Jones  • probation  • federal prison  • athletics

  • January 2008

    • Ex-NFL Player Pleads Guilty to Lying About Steroids

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 18, 08 6:21 PM CST

      Ex-NFL Player Pleads Guilty to Lying About Steroids

      The steroids probe that brought down Marion Jones has claimed it first NFL player: Three-time Pro Bowler Dana Stubblefield pleaded guilty today in federal court to making false statements to a federal agent about performance-enhancing drugs. Prosecutors alleged the former defensive lineman lied in 2003 about taking a previously undetectable steroid called “the clear” and the blood-boosting drug EPO. More »

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      NFL  • steroids  • Barry Bonds  • athlete  • IRS  • Marion Jones  • BALCO

    • Judge Sends Jones to Slammer

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 11, 08 12:25 PM CST

      Judge Sends Jones to Slammer

      A federal judge threw the book at Marion Jones today, sentencing the disgraced Olympian to 6 months in prison for lying about steroid use and participating in a check-fraud scam. Jones begged the judge not to separate her from her family, and prosecutors said they were okay with a zero-month sentence. Instead, the judge gave her the maximum sentence recommended in her plea deal. More »

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      steroids  • Olympic Games  • Marion Jones  • BALCO  • track and field

  • December 2007

    • Ledger Reveals Details of Jones' Doping

      newser  |  ESPN  |  Dec 22, 07 10:53 AM CST

      Ledger Reveals Details of Jones' Doping

      Documents in the federal case against disgraced Olympic athlete Marion Jones, made public yesterday, reveal the extent of her use of performance-enhancing drugs. The Bay Area lab that supplied Jones turned over a ledger detailing her use of human growth hormone, steroids, EPO, and other drugs in 2000 and 2001, during the period in which she won five medals at the Sydney Olympics, reports ESPN . More »

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      steroids  • human growth hormone  • Marion Jones

    • Jones Further Scrubbed From Olympics Books

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 12, 07 5:38 PM CST

      Jones Further Scrubbed From Olympics Books

      Marion Jones had already returned the five medals—three gold, two bronze—she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; today, the International Olympic Committee made that disgrace official, formally stripping the admitted drug cheat of the hardware. "She is disqualified and scrapped from the results,” said the IOC president, who banned Jones from attending 2008's Beijing Olympics in any capacity. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • International Olympic Committee  • Marion Jones  • doping

    • IOC Delays Call on Jones' Medals

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 10, 07 12:11 PM CST

      IOC Delays Call on Jones' Medals

      The International Olympic Committee decided today to await more info before awarding Marion Jones' medals to other competitors from the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Jones will still be formally stripped of her medals for admitting to doping, but the IOC wants to talk to her relay teammates to determine whether they should also lose their medals, reports the AP. More »

  • November 2007

    • Marion Jones Falls Further

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 24, 07 2:44 AM CST

      Marion Jones Falls Further

      Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones will have her results in races dating back to September 2000 wiped from the record books, reports the AP, under orders from track and field's world governing body. She's also been ordered to give back $700,000 in prize money. The IAAF council decided to retroactively disqualify Jones from all competitions in the last seven years. More »

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      steroids  • athlete  • Olympic Games  • performance-enhancing drugs  • track and field  • Marion Jones  • athletics

  • October 2007

    • IOC Will Move Quickly to Strip Jones of Medals

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Oct 5, 07 2:24 PM CDT

      IOC Will Move Quickly to Strip Jones of Medals

      The International Olympic Committee announced today that it is ready to make a speedy move to strip Marion Jones of the three gold and two bronze medals she took home from the 2000 Sydney Games. Now that Jones has pled guilty, IOC vice-president Thomas Bach intends to "accelerate and speed up the procedures," the AP reports. More »

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      Olympic Games  • track and field  • anabolic steroids  • Marion Jones  • BALCO  • doping  • gold medal

    • Marion Jones Used Roids in 2000

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Oct 4, 07 5:17 PM CDT

      Marion Jones Used Roids in 2000

      Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones has admitted using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Sydney games. The track star will plead guilty on Friday to lying to federal agents regarding her drug use, the Washington Post reports. It is not clear if Jones could be stripped of the three gold and two bronze medals she won in Sydney. More »

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      anabolic steroids  • Marion Jones  • BALCO

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