The story of Marion Jones is CRAZY - w/ updates

You lost me here.

It has rebounded among pros for sure. He has a podcast with all the people he went to war with and then some. Still (was) the single most powerful force in cancer research and affecting lives outside the NIH. Also an ahole, but Im just saying.

This was posted here a long time ago by someone.

You pay for your wife's (Marryin' Jonz) cocaine habit with a check. Later, she denies any relationship with the local coke dealer, Victor Vector, and denies knowing about the check. Soon afterwards, she and her new boyfriend are observed by DEA agents in Canada, and later in Hawaii, with Chuck Frank, who in 1988 was involved in one of the most infamous cocaine busts of all time. At first, both she and her boyfriend deny knowing Chuck Frank, then when cornered, they admit to knowing Frank and traveling to meet him. She later admits to knowing Victor Vector, but now claims he was a Herbalife rep. She then claims that her wealth is the reason why a $7000 check to the local Herbalife rep would go unnoticed. "I'm rich," she arrogantly boasts, "$7000 may seem like a lot of money to you, but to me even $200,000 isn't very much."

Street-smart Marryin' would never pay $7000 to a street vendor for a "Rolex" watch. She's yet to explain why she paid $7000 for Herbalife products?

Victor Vector, by the way, is under indictment for developing, manufacturing and selling a previously undetectable isomer of methamphetamine he names "clear."

In the meantime, DEA agents find a ledger detailing the deliveries of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and "clear" to a dozen high-profile users and convinces a few to turn State's evidence to get at Victor Vector--corroborating your wife's cocaine habit along the way. Her "daddy", a notorious pimp named Fill Nite, desperately wants to see her case disappear. He has a huge investment in her, dressing her up in schoolgirl outfits for the johns. She's been one of the most productive 'hoes in his stable, despite her addiction to coke and crank. He claims that when he first tricked her out, she wasn't on drugs, expecting the rest of us to believe that years of wallowing in the gutter with every sleazebag on the street didn't change her.

Even though Marryin' claims to be powered by Girl Scout cookies and milk, she offers no logical reason why she takes practice urinalysis tests, guzzles cranberry juice and Golden Seal, nor why she subscribes to High Times and donates money to NORML?

Which do you expect us to believe: you fell off a turnip truck, or the rear door to a fishmongers truck came loose and red herrings are scattered all over town?

This isn't the bombshell you think it is. All you're saying here is she probably smokes some weed. It kinda makes the rest of your argument less credible. I would leave this part out next time.

I think maybe you missed the part where the entire "story" is an allegory where recreational drugs are used as a stand-in for performance-enhancing drugs.

On the other hand, his current endorsement earnings are still close to 0.

You must be young. This was all out before. The shot putter/husband himself was a big deal. I believe nearly every US sprinter from that era that got on the podium were official dopers.

you seem to forget, leave out, or don't know that there was at least one clean rider in the tour when Lance busted onto the scene (the defending champ Greg LeMond who dropped out because he was being dropped by the whole field - thinking there was something wrong with his health - only to find out when he saw a doctor that the rest of the field was on EPO). and because he was not a doper, he soon retired from the sport.

further, the assertion that everyone was doping is not really fair - it just that those who weren't doping would not likely advance in the sport because of all the cheaters.

That was the question posed. Why does Marion Jones have her reputation ruined FAR worse than other dopers who never admitted they were doping and that still have their medals?

I’m spitballing here but I think it’s because she was such a huge name at the time.
Her whole “Drive for Five” gold medals during 2000 Olympics received a ton of attention. She was on the cover of Vogue magazine; I can’t remember any other track athlete during her time who did that.
She was a media darling, charismatic and incredible to watch, so she had a lot of press around her. I’d guess in today’s social media culture, she’d be the most followed track athlete.
Thus, her fall from grace was huge, much bigger than other convicted dopers. The 2000 100m final is probably one of the most doped races ever.

There is no evidence that Greg was clean. In fact, that he won the tour of doping 3 times strongly suggests otherwise.

He was also not dropped by the whole field in 1991 as defending champion, and he didn't drop out either as defending champion: he rode in yellow for a while, but ultimately faded to 7th. And fyi, Lance's first win was in 1999. long after Greg's retirement from the TdF.

In the end, you are contradicting yourself twice: a) if "the assertion that everyone was doping is not really fair", why do you claim "the rest of the field was on EPO"? and b) "those who weren't doping would not likely advance in the sport because of all the cheaters." doesn't fit with thinking a multiple champion was clean all the time.

Because Nike made her their it girl. She was touted as a 4 gold medalist and they were running ads using her over and over. No other T&F athletic had her kind of exposure until Bolt. Actually, nobody would have cared but gullible public bought into the hype sold by Nike. A doped up sprinter winning all events is nothing surprising for those who follow the sports.

And maybe the craziest thing is that she was doping at high school, was caught and "successfully" defended by Johnnie Cochrane (yes that JC) - but conveniently decided to immediately forego track for a year and play basketball.

So basically she was cheating the system from her teenage years - I mean when you think about that big picture, she has really just lived a sad and tragic existence for the vast majority of her life.

What really bugged me (well she cheated and that bugged me but) was when she won a major meet when she first came back to track after college, maybe nationals, she was interviewed after the race and she was talking about how she was a basketball player, and most people actually knew her for that, and she came back to her first love- track- and she was so happy to fulfill this dream and she started crying during the interview. I thought that was great- so many of us know what it's like to truly love this sport and it IS special.

I kind of related because when I was relatively young I had some major injuries and I thought I would never run again. When I was able to come back and begin competitive running again it was like going home, in a way. I related with her love for the sport.

Then she gets caught cheating. It just bugged me- to love a sport that, at it's very best is very pure and natural, and taint it by cheating just bugs me.

I DO feel the same about any drug cheats but this one, because of that relatable story hit home more than the others.

Dude stop

I remember a couple years ago seeing her book on the shelves at the dollar store. I almost bought it.

IIRC, the high school incident was a missed out-of-competition drug test when she was 15. I think the blame goes for all the adults around her rather than her.

His reputation was never hurt amongst the pros. Team managers and riders knew the deal and knew that his team was the most advanced in doping. Armstrong's reputation has rebounded amongst the general population in that they listen to his half decent interviews and his reading of ads daily during the Tour, in between a little insight about the race. What is most surprising his how his reputation has rebounded amongst advertisers. Pretty big brands advertise on his pod. Which only shows how pathetic they are, only wanting ears and having no values.

Yeah, I don't buy the "Lemond was clean" myth either.