Marion Jones Joins WNBA
By RCALLOWAY MARCH 11TH, 2010TULSA, Okla. (AP) – Former sprinter Marion Jones is pursuing a new career. The disgraced Olympian has signed a contract with the WNBA’s Tulsa Shock.
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 blossomed into a track and field star at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, but later was stripped of her five medals after admitting in 2007 that she took a performance-enhancing drug before the games.
