MARION JONES PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS IN NEW YORK

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.

VIENNA, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- As a child I was fascinated by sport heroes. There was baseball’s Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron; track and field’s Wilma Rudolph; soccer’s Pele; swimming’s Mark Spitz and the incomparable all-round athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Other athletes also held the mantle high. But today, from U.S. baseball to international biking -- and even tennis -- greed, dishonor and arrogance are the new credo.

LONDON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The International Olympic Committee may be sued by Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou regarding the five medals reclaimed from admitted steroids user Marion Jones.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. athlete Marion Jones was disqualified from the 2000 Olympics and barred from the 2008 Games by the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The International Olympic Committee postponed a decision on how to reallocate medals returned by U.S. runner Marion Jones after she admitted to doping charges.

MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The Olympic and other international results of Marion Jones, who won five Olympic medals, going back to 2000 were annulled following her admission of doping.

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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.

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.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A tearful Marion Jones pleaded guilty Friday to lying to federal officials and then announced that her track career was over.