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FORT WORTH, Texas Jones moved to San Antonio
to finish her 6-month sentence
Former U.S. track star Marion Jones has been moved from a federal prison in Fort Worth and will serve the rest of her sentence in San Antonio.
The disgraced Olympic star was sentenced to six months in prison in January for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam.
Jones also was ordered to do 400 hours of community service in each of the two years following her release.
Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley says Jones was transferred to a community corrections center in San Antonio on Tuesday.
The Dallas Morning News reported Friday the transfer is part of the process toward the Sept. 5 scheduled release of Jones. She entered prison in early March. President Bush has not acted on requests, on behalf of Jones, to commute her sentence. Jones repeatedly denied that she used performance-enhancing drugs, then admitted last October she lied to investigators in November 2003.
NBA
A Meadville, Pa., woman who said Michael Jordan fathered her son is still in jail because a judge says she hasn't promised not to bother the former NBA star.
A judge barred Lisa Miceli, 35, from contacting Jordan, his family or representatives. But the judge who jailed Miceli last week says a letter she wrote promising to comply wasn't good enough. In an order Thursday, the judge says Miceli will serve all of her two- to six-month contempt sentence unless she writes another letter “that states without question” she'll follow the order.
Jordan, managing member of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats, sued Miceli this year to enforce a 2005 agreement to stop contacting him after two DNA tests showed he wasn't the boy's father.
The San Antonio Spurs have re-signed guard
Michael Finley, 35. He started 61 games last season and averaged 10.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists.
The New Orleans Hornets turned to a familiar face to fill an opening in the backcourt, signing
Devin Brown. Brown, formerly of the Cleveland Cavaliers, played with New Orleans two seasons ago and was brought back to bolster the depth in the backcourt depth.
The move was made after the departure of backup guard Jannero Pargo, who joined a team in Russia.
The Boston Celtics signed forward
Darius Miles, who missed the past two seasons because of knee injuries. General manager
Danny Ainge said Miles worked out twice for the team before signing.
Miles played for Portland in the 2005-2006 season. Portland waived him after it was determined his right knee was damaged enough to qualify as a career-ending injury.
The Denver Nuggets re-signed restricted free-agent guard
J.R. Smith, 22, to a multiyear contract. He averaged 12.6 points for the Nuggets over the past two seasons.
BOXING
Vitali Klitschko's long-awaited comeback against WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter will take place in Berlin on Oct. 11. The title fight will be Klitschko's first since he announced his comeback from injuries last year.
Klitschko, 37, brother of IBF and WBO heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko, was entitled to a fight with Peter because the WBC selected him its “interim champion” nearly four years ago when he first left the sport with a series of injuries.
TENNIS
Caroline Wozniacki, 18, kept up the best month of her career, moving into the final of the Pilot Pen in New Haven, Conn., with a 7-5, 6-4 victory against seventh-seeded Alize Cornet. The Dane began August by getting her first WTA Tour win in Stockholm, then reached the third round at the Olympics, where she lost to eventual gold medalist Elena Dementieva.
In the men's draw, American Mardy Fish upset top-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 to advance to his second straight Pilot Pen final.
OBITUARY
Larry Hennessy, an All-American at Villanova who played in the NBA, died Wednesday in Williamsburg, Va.. He was 79.
