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Posted: Wednesday, 10 March 2010 2:30PM

Embattled Track Star Enters WNBA



(Tulsa, OK) -- Embattled Olympic track stark Marion Jones is trying her hand at professional basketball. The 34-year-old has signed to play with the Shock during their first year in Tulsa. Jones won three gold medals and five awards overall at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was stripped of the honors after admitting she used performance-anhancing drugs. She also spent six months in prison for lying to federal prosecutors about her steriod use. Jones was a guard in college and helped North Carolina to the NCAA Championship in 1994. The Shock are set to play its first season in Oklahoma after being the Detroit Shock from 1998 until last season.

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