Posted on October 10th, 2008 by Meg
Tim Montgomery, Olympic gold medalist in 2000 and a silver medalist in 1996, received a five year prison term for dealing heroin to an informant. He will serve the sentence after finished the four year term he is already serving.
The 33 year old track and field champion, in an agreement with the government, pleaded guilty […]
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Filed under: Marion Jones, Olympics, sports
Posted on August 24th, 2008 by Andrea
Michael Phelps has already started spending his projected endorsement dollars, plunking down $1.69 million for a waterfront condo in his Baltimore, MD hometown.
23-year-old Phelps, the record holder for the most gold medals won in a single Olympics, has won 16 Olympic medals: six gold and two bronze at the 2004 Athens Games, and eight gold […]
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Filed under: Celebrity Homes, Olympics, beijing olympics, sports
Posted on August 23rd, 2008 by Andrea
Angel Valodia Matos, a Cuban taekwondo athlete, has been hit with a lifetime ban after kicking referee Chakir Chelbat of Sweden in the face.
Matos, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney games, was disqualified for taking too much time on the mat for a leg injury in a bronze medal match against Kazakhstan’s […]
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Filed under: Olympics
