Marion Jones decides to divorce C.J. Hunter
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Track star Marion Jones has separated from her husband, world shot-put champion C.J. Hunter, and will seek a divorce.
Jones, winner of a record five medals at the 2000 Olympics, stood at her husband's side at the games when he was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. But she said the two have "irreconcilable differences, which have made nurturing our marriage extremely difficult."
"Having no mutual children, we have determined that this course is best for our respective futures," she said in a statement.
They have been married since October 1998. Hunter has two children by a previous marriage.
"For several years, C.J. and I relied on each other for support both on and off the track, which has left us with many memorable experiences," Jones said. "I wish him well."
Soccer
Midfielder Clint Mathis of Major League Soccer's New York-New Jersey MetroStars, injured his knee while practicing with the U.S. National team for tomorrow's exhibition game against Ecuador in Columbus, Ohio.
Mathis was to see a doctor last night and have an MRI on the knee today.
Golf
Brian Henninger's 11-under-par 131 total led the 29 qualifiers from the Memphis sectional for the U.S. Open, but among the 106 who failed to advance were former champions Curtis Strange and Scott Simpson.
Besides Strange, the current U.S. Ryder Cup captain and Open champion in 1988 and 1989, and Simpson, the winner in 1987, others who failed to advance from Memphis were John Daly, Steve Elkington, Larry Mize, Craig Parry, Paul Stankowski and Jeff Sluman.
Basketball
Gerald Madkins, who helped lead UCLA to the Pac-10 championship in 1992, was hired as an assistant coach with the Bruins.
Jurisprudence
A former manager of Atlanta's hottest strip club dropped more names of famous athletes, testifying that his boss arranged for dancers to have sex with Dennis Rodman and 1998 NFL MVP Terrell Davis.
Thomas "Ziggy" Sicignano is a key witness in the government's racketeering case against Gold Club owner Steve Kaplan and six associates.
Sicignano testified that he and Kaplan arranged for two dancers to meet Rodman in his hotel room for sex once in 1998. He said Rodman was a frequent Gold Club visitor from 1996 to 1998.
Kaplan also arranged a sex show for New York Knick rookies John Wallace, Walter McCarty and Dontae' Jones in 1997 in Charleston, S.C., where the basketball team was training, Sicignano testified.
Horse racing
A P Valentine zipped five furlongs in 59-1/5 seconds at Belmont Park for the fourth fastest of 22 works at that distance for Saturday's Belmont Stakes in Elmont, N.Y.
Boxing
Verquan Kimbrough, Sechew Powell and Jason Estrada all won matches in the World Amateur Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland, leaving the 12-man U.S. team a chance at winning six medals.
College baseball
Arizona State Coach Pat Murphy took nearly four months to weigh an offer to leave for Hawaii before deciding to stay.