The Bounce: Jones says she would have won without drugs
by The Associated Press on Oct. 30, 2008, under Sports
<h4>Phillies on top </h4>
Tampa Bay Rays' Carl Crawford is forced out at second base by the Philadelphia Phillies' Chase Utley, who watches his throw to first in the eighth inning of Game 5 of the baseball World Series on Wednesday in Philadelphia. B.J. Upton was out at first base on the double play.
CHICAGO – Disgraced track star Marion Jones says she often thinks she would have won gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics even if she hadn’t taken a designer steroid known as “the clear.”
“I’ll ask myself, ‘Well, if you hadn’t been given “the clear” do you think you would’ve won?’ ” Jones said on an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” broadcast Wednesday, her first post-prison interview.
“I usually answer, ‘Yes.’ ”
Jones, 33, apologized to her teammates and tearfully read a letter she wrote in prison, in which she told her children she lied to federal prosecutors because she didn’t love herself enough to tell the truth.
Jones described how prosecutors showed her a vial of a designer steroid and asked if she’d taken it. She said she immediately recognized it as a substance her former coach, Trevor Graham, had given her, but then she lied.
“I made the decision I was going to lie and try to cover it up,” Jones said on Winfrey’s show, which was taped. “I knew that all of my performances would be questioned.”
Local golf: coming up
Marriott Southern Arizona Invitational: The 12th annual event will be Nov. 21 at Starr Pass. Proceeds will benefit the Children’s Miracle Network/Tucson Medical Center Foundation, the Tucson Conquistadores and the southern Arizona chapter of the Autism Society of America.
Included with foursome play will be gifts, lunch and two tickets to an evening gala.
Business sponsorships start at $2,500 and include player gifts, lunch, tickets to the evening gala and a live auction. For information, call 882-6262.
Tee It up for the Troops: The third annual charity event will be combined with a tennis tournament Nov. 8 beginning at 7 a.m. at Skyline Country Club.
Proceeds will directly benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, the Fischer House and the Air Force Foundation Tucson Community Cares Program.
Golf foursomes will partner with Davis-Monthan Air Force Base personnel and Arizona Air National Guard Task Force Desert Hawk troops in a modified five-person scramble game. Cost is $150 per person for breakfast, lunch and golf. No charge for military personnel.
For information call 990-6040 or 444-9223.
Toys for Tots: Jim and Linda Livengood host the annual event and Mardi Gras on Dec. 11.
There will be a 1 p.m. shotgun start at Arizona National. Cost starts at $500 per foursome. A lunch begins at 11 a.m. and will include a silent auction.
Citizen Staff Report
Local golf holes-in-one
Bill Vandyk, 176-yard No. 12 at Silverbell, driver. Witnesses: Bob McSpaddery, Dale Brunema.
Brand Cantieni, 146-yard No. 10 at Tucson National, 8-iron. Witnesses: Leo Ortega, Sharon Gasho.
Phyllis Bement, 103-yard No. 10 at Tucson National, 7-iron. Witnesses: Kokie Winnifer, Drona Sawlakis, Mary Stewart.
Dillon Asher, 136-yard No. 6 at Randolph North. Witnesses: John Malley, Roy Jonathan.
Jim Petrie, 178-yard No. 12 at Silverbell, 6-iron. Witnesses: Jack Martin, Jesse Jones.
Kiffin files grievance
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Former Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin filed a grievance with the NFL on Wednesday to claim the lost salary he maintains he is still owed by the team.
Kiffin was fired late last month for cause because of what owner Al Davis described as acts of insubordination and lying by his second-year coach.
Kiffin was still owed about $2.6 million from the three-year contract that he signed in January 2007. But Davis has refused to pay, leading to the grievance. Commissioner Roger Goodell will ultimately rule on the grievance, but there was no date for a hearing scheduled.
Raiders executive John Herrera issued a statement to The Associated Press refuting Kiffin’s claims, saying “Mr. Kiffin was terminated for cause. The grievance is without merit.”
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Daly in trouble again
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. – Golfer John Daly was taken into custody Sunday morning by Winston-Salem police after he was found drunk outside an area Hooters restaurant.
Police said Wednesday that the officers went to the restaurant on a medical call. When they arrived, Daly was being treated by emergency workers after losing consciousness.
Daly was taken to the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center for a 24-hour stay, until he was sober.
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QUOTABLE
'When someone asks me what I want to be known as, I want to be known as a winner.'
CHARLIE MANUEL,
Phillies manager, after his team won the World Series on Wednesday.
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ON THIS DATE
1943: Gus Bodnar of Toronto scores a goal 15 seconds into his first NHL game as the Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers 5-2.
1966: Jim Nance of the Boston Patriots rushes for 208 yards and two touchdowns in a 24-21 victory over the Oakland Raiders.
1971: Eric Allen of Michigan State rushes for 350 yards in 43-10 rout of Purdue.
1974: Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round in Kinshasa, Zaire, to regain the world heavyweight title.
1977: Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears rushes for 205 yards and two touchdowns in a 26-0 triumph over the Green Bay Packers.
1999: Marques Tuiasosopo becomes the first player to pass for 300 yards and run for 200, racking up a school-record 509 yards as Washington rallied to beat Stanford 35-30. Tuiasosopo completes 19 of 32 passes for 302 yards and a touchdown and rushes 22 times for 207 yards and two TDs.
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SPORTS SOUND-OFF
Don’t leave Withey
Re: UA hoopster Jeff Withey may transfer
He’s a great talent. I hope he stays. He could learn a lot practicing and playing with two future NBA talents this season. He could be a three-year starter on a Pac-10 team next season if Jordan Hill leaves early.
COREY74
It would be foolish for him to leave. We will get a big-time coach again and the recruits and top-notch talent will continue to come through Tucson.
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