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UPI Almanac for Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.
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Topic: Marion Jones
Former Olympian Marion Jones leaves the courthouse after speaking to the press about her sentence for steroids use on January 11, 2008 in White Plains, NY. The five-medal winner was sentenced to six months detention plus community service. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
Marion Jones is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:
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.
Former track star jailed on drug charge
NORFOLK, Va., May 2 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Olympic champion Tim Montgomery has been indicted on a federal heroin distribution charge, U.S. authorities said.
Drugs rampant in track & field, case shows
LAREDO, Texas, April 13 (UPI) -- A therapist's testimony at an upcoming doping trial will highlight the rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs in U.S. track and field, lawyers say.
Marion Jones' teammates lose medals
BEIJING, April 10 (UPI) -- The women who teamed with admitted steroids user Marion Jones in two relay races at the 2000 Olympic Games have been stripped of their medals.
Cyclist's BALCO trial resumes in S.F.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26 (UPI) -- The perjury trial of a world-class bicycle racer resumed in San Francisco Wednesday following testimony that she had purchased steroids.
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 gets 6 months in prison
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. track star Marion Jones, who surrendered her Olympic medals after admitting to doping, was sentenced Friday to six months in prison.
Judge mulls harsher sentence for Jones
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. prosecutors in White Plains, N.Y., have suggested a sentence of no more than six months in prison for disgraced Olympic track star Marion Jones.
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