And it gets more complicated!

Looks like the person who finished 2nd behind Marion Jones in the 100m dash Kateria Thanou has already served a 2 year sentence since the Sydney Olympics for testing positive. Don't think she deserves the gold medal from Jones now.

There are complications with the other medals that Jones won as well. Especially the team medals. Two of her 4x100m team mates have tested positive for steroids since the 2000 Olympics.

Is the battle against steroids unwinnable?

The Heartache Continues

I am sports junkie without a doubt. I have been big time fan of all the philadelphia sports teams for the last 9 years. In this time, the philadelphia flyers have reached the conference finals twice, the philadelphia eagles have reached the superbowl once and the philadelphia sixers have reached the NBA finals once; all of them have comeback emptyhanded and broken my heart. Now add the phillies to this list. The fightin' phils reached the playoffs for the 1st time in 14 years only to fizzle out after 3 games. The phillies were swept by the colorado rockies in the division series and heartache of being a philadelphia sports fan continues...

Fall from Grace

We have been always too eager to criticize sportspersons over their inability to win. The lack of a killer instinct, no mean fighting spirit, inability to be strategic...the list goes on and on.

However, does winning always come at a cost? After years of denying, Marion Jones finally admitted to being a willing partner in the BALCO scandal. Once a symbol of everything that is right about being a female athlete, Marion Jones's fall from grace is now complete. Rightfully, Marion Jones is going to be stripped of all her medals.

We live in an world that is unforgiving to people who finish 2nd. Marion Jones has not only disgraced herself, but also taken away the joy from a person who rightfully (with a big IF) finished 1st.

I have always been an admirer of American sportstars. I am not so sure anymore. America seems to have a culture problem as far as sports is concerned. Corruption seems to have immersed itself in the American sport. Barry Bonds, Lance Armstrong, NFL players and everybody else seems to be involved. Astoundingly American society seems to be unwilling to admit the extent of the problem.

Sure it feels good to come 1st. But I will always take the nice guys who fight hard but may not win! Because the word "win" now seems to stand for everything that wrong with sports today.