Marion Jones won five Olympic Gold Medal at the 2000 Games in Sydney. About a year ago, Jones admitted to using steroids during that time (for which she was stripped of her medals) and to lying to Federal prosecutors (for which she was sentenced and served six months in prison). She was released from prison on September 5, 2008. Yesterday, she appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
If you didn’t see the show, the reviews are mixed about her “performance.” Some say Oprah was too easy on her. Some say that she is still lying and deluding herself about her …read more

Tim Montgomery set a world record in the 100m and was awarded a Gold Medal in the 400m relay in the 2000 Games and a Silver Medal in the same event four years later. Since then, his life has been one big set of mistakes and missed opportunites. His track and field achievements were erased in the doping scandal that also included his former companion (and fellow Olympian), Marian Jones. Last year, Montgomery pled guilty to helping his former coach (and Olympic champion), Steve Riddick in a $1.7 million forged check scheme in New York.
This year, Montgomery, 33, was videotaped …read more

So the speculation has ended: Marion Jones recently admitted to lying to federal agents, who were investigating her drug use. Still, Shaun Assael of ESPN writes that “Only the truly naive will believe this version of Jones’ story.
Jones’ confession follows Floyd Landis loss of his Tour de France title due to drug use. With all of these doping-related scandals, athletes and sports in general risk losing our trust.
Without a doubt, this is a bad thing. We all rage at the unfairness of life, at people who get ahead because they know the right people or invested in improvements like breast …read more