Disgraced US sprinter Marion Jones has asked President George W. Bush to commute her six-month prison sentence for lying to prosecutors about her steroid use.
At a San Francisco news conference on Wednesday, Jones said that she had used a legal zinc supplement developed by BALCO from 1999-2001.
Three-time Olympic champion Marion Jones is heavily in debt, fighting off court judgments and down to a bank balance of about $2,000.
The triple Olympic champion will compete in the 60 metres and long jump at the Birmingham Grand Prix in Britain on February 20.
The sport's top female athlete soared an impressive 7.11 metres, the second best leap in the world this year.
Former triple Olympic champion Marion Jones was cleared of doping on Wednesday after her 'B' sample tested negative for the banned blood-boosting drug EPO.
The three-time Olympic champion said there should be a public hearing instead of 'a secret kangaroo court' to determine if she's used performance-enhancing drugs.
Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones signed a contract on Wednesday to play with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock in a bid to revive her athletic career.
Triple Olympic champion Marion Jones has admitted using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games and plans to plead guilty on Friday to lying about her drug use.
The positive test of Jones's A sample is believed to have occurred at the June U.S. championships in Indianapolis.
Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones is hoping to make a sporting comeback in women's professional basketball, the New York Times reported on Monday.
The Olympic champion failed to make the 100 metres team for Athens after she finished fifth in the US trials.
The 31-year-old American is not in training, even though most of the world's elite sprinters have already begun preparations for the 2007 season.
The US track superstar admitted using steroids, which could cost her the five medals she won in the 2000 Olympics.
The triple-Olympic champion pleaded with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to let her concentrate on winning more gold at Athens.
The 27-year-old American said she and her partner Tim Montgomery are expecting a baby in July.
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.
The disgraced sprinter relinquished the five Olympic medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Games after admitting to the use of a prohibited substance.
The US Olympic sprint champion testified before a federal grand jury probing doping allegations against San Francisco area nutrition lab BALCO.
Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones apologizes repeatedly in a new memoir over the doping scandal which ended her Olympic career, but she doesn't expect her staunchest critics to ever see the "big picture."
The IOC took back US sprinter Marion Jone's five Sydney 2000 Games medals after she admitted to taking drugs.
American Marion Jones's 200 metres gold medal and long jump bronze from the 2000 Sydney Olympics were reallocated by the IOC on Wednesday who decided not to redistribute her 100 gold.
The American sprinter wants any samples obtained from the BALCO investigation to be tested for DNA first to ensure they belong to her.
Marion Jones's lawyer welcomed U.S. Justice Department's decision to hand over documents to a Senate committee of their investigation into the illegal sale and use of steroids among top athletes.
The American ace is likely to compete in only the long jump and 4x100 metres relay in Athens.
Jones also lost to the Bahamian in the Dutch town of Hengelo on Sunday.
Her ex-husband C.J. Hunter says he saw Jones injecting herself with drugs at the residence they shared in Australia.
Former Olympic champion Marion Jones can return to the sprinting elite, says ex-hurdler Jeff Howser who is assisting with her coaching.
Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday for lying to federal prosecutors about her steroid use.
Jones's lawyer Joseph Burton had accused the USADA and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) of creating a "witch-hunt."
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