Track star Marion Jones' admitted to using before the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where she won five medals.  With her six-month jail sentence begun on March 11, can she ever recover from being known as the 'disgraced Olympian' or the 'fallen superstar?'http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 6:30:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33096/usa-track-official-urges-bush-dont-pardon-jones.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe head of the US track and field program urged President Bush today not to pardon disgraced sprinter Marion Jones, the Daily News reports. Doing so would send a "horrible message" to young fans and to the international community getting ready to watch the Olympics, said Douglas Logan in an open letter to Bush. Jones is serving a 6-month sentence but has asked the president to spring her before her September release.http://www.newser.com/story/33096/usa-track-official-urges-bush-dont-pardon-jones.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 22 Jul 2008 17:44:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33009/key-olympic-drug-test-could-be-unreliable.html?refid=rss_all_defaultLabs that test athletes for evidence of doping could be letting cheaters slip through, the BBC reports. Negative results for samples an anti-doping scientist deems suspicious have raised doubts about the fairness of the field at next month's Olympic Games. With some versions of a blood-boosting drug available cheaply and nearly undetectable, experts fear many endurance athletes will cheat.http://www.newser.com/story/33009/key-olympic-drug-test-could-be-unreliable.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 22 Jul 2008 5:30:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32846/requests-for-pardons-flood-white-house.html?refid=rss_all_defaultPresident Bush is nearing the end of his term, and felons are coming out of the woodwork in historic numbers to ask for pardons and reduced sentences, the New York Times reports. It is not unusual for there to be a spike in pardons granted by a president in his final months in office: Half of Bill Clinton’s 459 pardons happened in his last three months.http://www.newser.com/story/32846/requests-for-pardons-flood-white-house.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 19 Jul 2008 11:08:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31353/olympians-adjust-to-tougher-drug-tests.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMany US professional athletes aren't accustomed to giving blood and urine samples during their off seasons, but with the Olympics approaching, that's all been changing, writes USA Today . The US Anti-Doping Agency requires all potential competitors to comply with a "whereabouts program" and submit to random screenings for HGH and illegal blood transfusions.http://www.newser.com/story/31353/olympians-adjust-to-tougher-drug-tests.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 01 Jul 2008 7:04:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21055/marion-jones-reports-to-jail.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMarion Jones has entered a federal prison in Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The disgraced former sprinter is beginning a 6-month sentence for lying to investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and about her role in a check-fraud scam. She has already returned her Olympic gold medals and her name has been removed from the record books.http://www.newser.com/story/21055/marion-jones-reports-to-jail.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 07 Mar 2008 23:37:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65156/jailing-jones-sets-precedent.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAFTER it was announced on Friday at a courthouse in White Plains, New York, that Marion Jones would spend six months in prison, beginning not later than March 11, there was widespread condemnation of the former Olympic champion and very little sympathy.http://www.newser.com/story/65156/jailing-jones-sets-precedent.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Feb 2008 15:24:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16177/judge-sends-jones-to-slammer.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA federal judge threw the book at Marion Jones today, sentencing the disgraced Olympian to 6 months in prison for lying about steroid use and participating in a check-fraud scam. Jones begged the judge not to separate her from her family, and prosecutors said they were okay with a zero-month sentence. Instead, the judge gave her the maximum sentence recommended in her plea deal.http://www.newser.com/story/16177/judge-sends-jones-to-slammer.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Feb 2008 15:27:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14681/ledger-reveals-details-of-jones-doping.html?refid=rss_all_defaultDocuments in the federal case against disgraced Olympic athlete Marion Jones, made public yesterday, reveal the extent of her use of performance-enhancing drugs. The Bay Area lab that supplied Jones turned over a ledger detailing her use of human growth hormone, steroids, EPO, and other drugs in 2000 and 2001, during the period in which she won five medals at the Sydney Olympics, reports ESPN .http://www.newser.com/story/14681/ledger-reveals-details-of-jones-doping.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Feb 2008 15:28:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13939/jones-further-scrubbed-from-olympics-books.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMarion Jones had already returned the five medals—three gold, two bronze—she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; today, the International Olympic Committee made that disgrace official, formally stripping the admitted drug cheat of the hardware. "She is disqualified and scrapped from the results,” said the IOC president, who banned Jones from attending 2008's Beijing Olympics in any capacity.http://www.newser.com/story/13939/jones-further-scrubbed-from-olympics-books.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Feb 2008 15:27:44 CST