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Marion Jones Hopes For Basketball Redemption: Report

Nov. 30, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones is hoping to make a sporting comeback in women's professional basketball, the New York Times reported on Monday.
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Marion Jones out of prison

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Former U.S. sprinter Marion Jones has been released from a federal prison in Texas after serving a six-month term for lying to prosecutors about using steroids.

Former Olympic sprinter sentenced

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., May 16 (UPI) -- Former Olympic sprinter Tim Montgomery received a 46-month federal prison sentence Friday for his involvement in a check fraud scheme.
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Marion Jones begins federal prison term

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 7 (UPI) -- Former Olympian Marion Jones Friday began serving a six-month federal prison term for lying to investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Marion Jones gives up her Olympic medals

COLORADO SPRINGS, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Olympic track and field star Marion Jones disclosed Monday she has given up the five medals she won at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Ueberroth strongly criticizes Marion Jones

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Olympics official Peter Ueberroth has issued a stinging rebuke of Olympics track and field star Marion Jones after her admission to using steroids.

Report: Marion Jones admits steriod use

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Marion Jones, who won five track medals at the 2000 Olympics, reportedly has admitted using steroids prior to that competition.

Marion Jones sues BALCO chief

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Olympic sprinter Marion Jones filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit Wednesday against the controversial head of BALCO, Victor Conte.

Marion Jones claims Olympic berth

SACRAMENTO, July 15 (UPI) -- Marion Jones won a spot on the Olympic team Thursday night by capturing the long jump at the American trials.

Marion Jones' lawyers defend her ethics

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 (UPI) -- Lawyers for U.S. sprinter Marion Jones have gone public in their bid to distance her from a drug scandal and ensure the runner may compete in the Olympics.

Marion Jones admits pregnancy

RALEIGH, N.C., April 10 (UPI) -- Track star Marion Jones will not compete during the 2003 season while she is pregnant.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler