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Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.
Read More at Wikipedia ›NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones has been released by the Tulsa Shock, putting her Women's National Basketball Association career in jeopardy, the team said on Thursday.
Jones, 35, had turned to basketball after being stripped of her five medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics after admitting she had used performance-enhancing drugs. She served six months in prison for lying to federal investigators.Jones appeared in 47 games for the Shock during the past two seasons, averaging 8.6 minutes a game. She was scoring less than a point a game in 14 contests this season."I want to thank the Tulsa Shock ... for providing me the opportunity to fulfill a dream," Jones said in a statement. "I love the game and welcome another opportunity to contribute to women's professional basketball."(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; Editing by Frank Pingue)...NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones signed a contract Wednesday to play with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock in a bid to revive her athletic career.T...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Marion Jones hasn't lost much of her swagger.The disgraced sprinter once called the world's fastest woman was introduced Wednesday as the newest ...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Marion Jones ' path to stardom in the WNBA won't be a sprint.The former Olympic track star had little impact in limited playing time in her debut...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Marion Jones made a mistake and paid the price for it.Her prison term completed, she could have found a quiet place and stayed away from the scru...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Seven U.S. sprinters have brought an appeal to the sports world's highest court, seeking to regain the Olympic relay medals stripped fro...
Former Major League Baseball star Barry Bonds was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest and 2 years probation on Friday for his federal conviction of obstruction of j...
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday urged U.S. federal authorities to quickly hand over evidence collected in their lengthy probe into seven-time Tour de France ...
Michael Phelps. Missy Franklin. Jordyn Wieber. Ryan Lochte.Any of those athletes could be the defining face of the U.S. Olympic team in the run-up to the London Game...
By Karolos GrohmannBERLIN (Reuters) - Marion Jones's Sydney Olympic individual sprint and long jump medals will be reallocated this week but her 100m gold will not b...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - A group of U.S. relay team members who were stripped of their 2000 Olympic medals by the IOC because of Marion Jones's doping can r...
Receiver T.J. Graham's speedy feet seldom have failed him.His hands? That's another story.The son of a former Olympic sprinter and track coach enters his senior seas...
Cappie Pondexter's grandmother had some simple advice for her: Take over the game. The New York Liberty star listened and helped her team bounce back from a disappoi...
By Gene Cherry(Reuters) - A ruling that would allow British drug offenders Dwain Chambers and David Millar to compete in the London Olympics is the right one, and se...
Tiffany Jackson scored 17 points, former Olympic sprinter Marion Jones finished her rookie season with a career-high 14 points and the Tulsa Shock snapped a six-game...
As her first season in the WNBA comes to a close, Marion Jones is pleased with her progress and committed to continuing her development."I'm encouraged that every ga...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Seven American runners will find out Friday if they have won back Olympic relay medals stripped from them because of doping by teammate ...
GENEVA -- American sprinters who were stripped of their 2000 Olympics relay medals because teammate Marion Jones was doping won an appeal Friday to have them restore...
GENEVA (AP) — American sprinters who were stripped of their 2000 Olympics relay medals because teammate Marion Jones was doping won an appeal Friday to have them res...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Former Olympic sprinter Marion Jones has made the roster for the WNBA's Tulsa Shock.The 34-year-old Jones, the oldest rookie in the league, is kn...
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