« McCain Endorsement Ad | Main | Follow the Money »

Jan11
Marion Jones Going Direcly to Jail

marionjones.jpgThere's more cheating in sports. The AP is reporting that Marion Jones, the former 5-time Olympic medalist, is going to jail.

She recieved six months, the maximum sentence possible under the plea. She had previously told federal investigators that she had taken performance enhancing drugs with no knowledge (a la Barry Bonds), but then recently admitted that she knew what she was taking.

The six month jail sentence sends a clear message to athletes everywhere. Baseball is officially on watch.

This is an unfortunate turn of events for the woman that an entire generation of young female atheletes looked up to.  

related entries


4 Comments/Trackbacks




Why is this a good thing? Did you she commit a violent act against somebody?
I would think this would be an internal affair of the sports world, instead we have a federal witch hunt that follows and tortures its victims until they tell them what they want to hear. The nanny state marches on, everybody's business is their business and the taxpayer pays the bill.

Who said anything about it being good?

Well then, we agree.
It all reminds me of another two other self serving prosecutors intent on furthering their careers in the political class by destroying others, Giuliani and Spitzer.

It's impossible to be a fan of sports these days and not be aware of the role that steroids play in the lives of athletes. If we listen to the athletes themselves, only a few rogue players get sucked up in the juice. But any rational human knows that the truth is something completely different. Jones is such a good example though she is 5-time Olympic medalist. Who knows the truth behind her medals? But it seems that there is a vast conspiracy of silence that allows this to go on in professional and amateur sports. I think the book -- "Steroid Nation" tells everything:
http://dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=78046&ru=279

submit a trackback

TrackBack URL for this entry:

post a comment

Name, Email Address, and URL are not required fields.





Comment Preview

« McCain Endorsement Ad | Main | Follow the Money »

Advertise

Related Resources

sponsored ads



Incredible Hall of Acclaim.

subscribe


Prefer Email?
Subscribe below-

Enter your Email:


Powered by FeedBlitz What's this?

Current News

Support This Blog

My site was nominated for Best Political Blog!

business social media

Use these fast growing business social media sites to promote your business, feature your products, spotlight your business leaders, create links, and drive traffic back to your company site, all for free!

BIZZlogos - Add your logo - free link to your site
BIZZphotos - Add photos of your products and people
BIZZprofiles - Submit your profile and build your online visibility
BIZZspotlight - Spotlight your business with free links
BIZZvideos - Videos about businesses, products and business people.
BIZZbites - "Digg" for Business - Submit your articles and posts

know more media network

View Network Map

Network Feed List (OPML)

Know More Media Network
Feed


we support unitus

PRWeb

Influencer



ElephantBiz is a member of the Know More Media network of business related blogs.

Here are some current headlines from some of our business publications:

ProductivityGoal

CallCenterScript

AdHurl

TheBizofKnowledge

LandingTheDeal

CustomersAreAlways

HealthCareVox

WebMetricsGuru

TheInsurancePolicy

MarketingBlurb