Topic: Marion Jones

Lance Armstrong rides on as doping allegations fall by wayside

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has always denied doping allegations. On Friday, US prosecutors said they couldn't make a case stick.

Ideas for a better world in 2011

To start the new year off right, the Monitor asked various thinkers around the world for one idea each to make the world a better place in 2011. We talked to poets and political figures, physicists and financiers. The results range from how to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world to ways to revamp Hollywood.

Spain's 'Operation Greyhound' nabs one of the country's most decorated athletes

Marta Domínguez, world champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, was one of 14 athletes, coaches, doctors, and others arrested in Spain's latest anti-doping investigation.

Tour de France: Can Lance Armstrong keep his Teflon image?

As the Tour de France gets under way, defrocked 2006 winner Floyd Landis has put forward fresh, detailed doping allegations against Lance Armstrong. But Armstrong has become as famous for deflecting scandal as for leading the peloton.

Floyd Landis: three reasons he should rethink his stance

Cyclist Floyd Landis says he doesn't feel guilty for doping. Really?

Put down that NCAA basketball bracket, we've got trivia!

Snacks? Check. NCAA basketball tournament bracket? Check. Remote? Check. OK, time for some last-minute cramming about the best March Madness trivia.

Result of Marion Jones doping scandal: a race that no one won

The IOC decided Thursday not to reallocate the gold medal that admitted drug-cheat Marion Jones won in the 100 meter sprint at the 2000 Olympics. Why? The silver medalist has also been linked with doping.

Burress case: No legal free pass for athletes any more

The ex-New York Giant accepted a two-year jail sentence as part of a plea deal Thursday. His case follows that of Michael Vick, who spent 18 months in prison for dogfighting.

A-Rod admits he used performance-enhancing substance

A-Rod: Latest chink in baseball's armor

Sports Illustrated published a bombshell report this weekend saying that the Bronx bomber tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003.

Butterflying Phelps is just latest celebrity scalp for 'News of the World'

Gatekeeper for clean sports

Don Catlin, one of the world’s top antidoping researchers, is tired of chasing down drugs. Now, he wants to help clean athletes prove their innocence.

Intentional or not, US swimmer Jessica Hardy’s positive drug test denies her a trip to Beijing

For athletes accused of taking drugs, a Perry Mason of their own

Attorney Howard Jacobs, who has defended athletes from Marion Jones to US swimmer Jessica Hardy, believes the system is tilted too much toward antidoping agencies.