No gold for you!

The IOC formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals Wednesday, wiping her name from the record books following her admission that she was a drug cheat. The International Olympic Committee also banned the disgraced American athlete from attending next year's Beijing Olympics in any capacity and said it could bar her from future games.

In a moment of great fore site, Jones had already handed back her the 2 gold and 3 bronze medals that she had one in Sydney. What really sucks is that Jones' teammates in the relays she's run, are erased from the record books as well. From my understanding, these non-substance abusing former Olympians are mighty pissed and aren't going to give up these medals without a fight.

I'm really pretty tired of anything steroids at this point, so you can imagine how ecstatic I am knowing that we are only moments away from being consumed with baseball's Mitchell Report. I think the silver lining from this whole issue is that Marion Jones, who was a NCAA All-American PG at UNC, never played a game in the WNBA even though she was drafted. The last thin we need is to have the WNBA's rep sullied. There are possibly dozens (generous estimate) of people out there who's hearts would just be shattered into pieces. Rather sad really.......really, really sad actually.