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By Leigh Steinberg, Contributor The agreement by Milwaukee Brewer former National League Most Valuable Player Ryan Braun to agree to a negotiated penalty of a 65 game suspension for violation of the steroid policy is discouraging at many levels. It seemed only yesterday that Braun stood in front of cameras and promised the public and his fans that he was completely innocent of such charges and it was all a miscarriage of justice. He followed in the footsteps of such iconic figures as Tour de’France Champion cyclist Lance Armstrong and Olympic sprinter Marion Jones who vehemently denied repeatedly that they had used performance enhancing substances. This continues the pattern of shattering public trust in the credibility of athletes. Young people look to them as role models and they have been exposed as liars. …read more

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Former Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones — once hailed as the fastest woman in the world — broke the hearts of millions in 2007 when she admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. The track-and-field star was stripped of her medals and sent to federal prison in 2008 for lying to investigators about using steroids. Just weeks after her release, Jones appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to talk about the doping scandal and her time in prison.

Yet, even five years later, Jones says that not everyone believes she was sincere and truthful in her 2008 conversation with Oprah. In this clip from “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” Jones says, “I would just tell them, ‘It’s time to move on.’ You’re never going to convince everybody that you’re telling the truth.'”

Instead, Jones says, she has focused on sharing her story to help prevent people — particularly young people — from heading down the wrong path. “I just thought, ‘What do I wish I would have done when I saw some of these red flags in my past?’,” Jones says she asked herself. “I wish I would have taken a break. I wish I would have taken a step back. That’s the message that I share now.”

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