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Updated: March 10, 2010, 12:27 PM ET
TULSA, Okla. -- Former sprinter Marion Jones has signed on to play with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock, hoping to launch a new career after being stripped of five Olympic medals for using performance-enhancing drugs.
Former sprinter Marion Jones smiles as she addresses the media during a news conference announcing her signing with WNBA basketball Tulsa Shock on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Tulsa, Okla. Jones was a star at the 2000 Sydney Olympics but admitted two years ago that she had taken the "clear." She was stripped of her medals, including three golds
Olympian Marion Jones at The Crowne Plaza Hotel on March 10, 2010 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jones was a star at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney but admitted two years ago that she had taken a designer steroid known as the "clear." The International Olympic Committee took away her medals, including three golds.
She also spent about six months in a Texas federal prison for lying about doping and her role in a check-fraud scam.
Before she became known as the world's fastest woman, Jones was the starting point guard on North Carolina's national championship team in 1994.
She was drafted by Phoenix in 2003 but never played in the WNBA.
Jones was introduced Wednesday at a news conference in Tulsa.
Source: Associated Press
Is once a star always a Star ?
Will she cheat again ?
TULSA, Okla. -- Former sprinter Marion Jones has signed on to play with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock, hoping to launch a new career after being stripped of five Olympic medals for using performance-enhancing drugs.


Former sprinter Marion Jones smiles as she addresses the media during a news conference announcing her signing with WNBA basketball Tulsa Shock on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Tulsa, Okla. Jones was a star at the 2000 Sydney Olympics but admitted two years ago that she had taken the "clear." She was stripped of her medals, including three golds

Olympian Marion Jones at The Crowne Plaza Hotel on March 10, 2010 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jones was a star at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney but admitted two years ago that she had taken a designer steroid known as the "clear." The International Olympic Committee took away her medals, including three golds.
She also spent about six months in a Texas federal prison for lying about doping and her role in a check-fraud scam.
Before she became known as the world's fastest woman, Jones was the starting point guard on North Carolina's national championship team in 1994.
She was drafted by Phoenix in 2003 but never played in the WNBA.
Jones was introduced Wednesday at a news conference in Tulsa.
Source: Associated Press
Is once a star always a Star ?

Will she cheat again ?