Jake Paul in Netflix’s ‘Untold volume 3’
Netflix’s four-part documentary series Untold Volume 3 delves into the short-lived career of Johnny Football and also explores the rise of the Florida Gators under Coach Urban Meyer. Controversial YouTuber Jake Paul opens up about his life in an episode of Volume 3, and the Balco Laboratories steroid scandal is examined in-depth.
The docuseries, which has already been renewed for Volume 4, drops a new episode weekly beginning on August 1, 2023.
Volume 3‘s directors include Andrew Renzi, Ryan Duffy, Bryan Storkel, and Katharine English. The documentary series was developed by executive producers Chapman Way and Maclain Way, with Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Isabel San Vargas, Ryan Duffy, Doug Banker, Mike Seander, Louise Norman, and Tom Sheahan also executive producing.
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child
Premieres August 1, 2023
Directed by Andrew Renzi
At 26, is Jake Paul the boxing world’s new savior or a “delusional” promoter...
Netflix’s four-part documentary series Untold Volume 3 delves into the short-lived career of Johnny Football and also explores the rise of the Florida Gators under Coach Urban Meyer. Controversial YouTuber Jake Paul opens up about his life in an episode of Volume 3, and the Balco Laboratories steroid scandal is examined in-depth.
The docuseries, which has already been renewed for Volume 4, drops a new episode weekly beginning on August 1, 2023.
Volume 3‘s directors include Andrew Renzi, Ryan Duffy, Bryan Storkel, and Katharine English. The documentary series was developed by executive producers Chapman Way and Maclain Way, with Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Isabel San Vargas, Ryan Duffy, Doug Banker, Mike Seander, Louise Norman, and Tom Sheahan also executive producing.
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child
Premieres August 1, 2023
Directed by Andrew Renzi
At 26, is Jake Paul the boxing world’s new savior or a “delusional” promoter...
- 6/15/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Sanaa Lathan's breakout performance came when she starred opposite Omar Epps in the 2000 romantic sports drama "Love & Basketball." Her character, Monica Wright, desires to become the first woman to play in the NBA, but her love for basketball is challenged by her relationship with Quincy McCall (Epps), who is the bigger hoops phenom of the two and at one point expects Monica to prioritize him and their relationship over her commitment to the game.
The title is a dead give away, but there's a lot of basketball in this movie –- and love too –- so, it is understandable that the film's writer and director, Gina Prince-Bythewood, wanted natural athletes in the lead roles. Her first choice for the male protagonist was Epps, who had experience playing pick-up basketball in the park; he played in a youth football league and studied martial arts too. A trio of films on...
The title is a dead give away, but there's a lot of basketball in this movie –- and love too –- so, it is understandable that the film's writer and director, Gina Prince-Bythewood, wanted natural athletes in the lead roles. Her first choice for the male protagonist was Epps, who had experience playing pick-up basketball in the park; he played in a youth football league and studied martial arts too. A trio of films on...
- 9/11/2022
- by J. Gabriel Ware
- Slash Film
After five weeks of competition, the Top 5 celebs on “The Masked Dancer” have finally been revealed: Cotton Candy, Exotic Bird, Sloth, Tulip and Zebra. These masked hoofers had better bring their A-games during the all-important semi-finals, because now is when “the competition gets fierce,” declares Fox’s preview trailer (watch above). Special guest panelist Mayim Bialik joins regular judges Ashley Tisdale, Brian Austin Green, Ken Jeong and Paula Abdul for another round of sleuthing, but who will be heading home before next week’s Final 4? Our readers think they know.
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According to Gold Derby’s predictions, Exotic Bird is the likeliest contender to be eliminated during the semi-finals round. This talented squawker has received mixed reviews from the judges during her tenure and is routinely out-danced by her fierce competitors. Exotic Bird tops our elimination chart with 9/2 odds,...
See See all 62 ‘The Masked Singer’ costumes and celebrity reveals through the years
According to Gold Derby’s predictions, Exotic Bird is the likeliest contender to be eliminated during the semi-finals round. This talented squawker has received mixed reviews from the judges during her tenure and is routinely out-danced by her fierce competitors. Exotic Bird tops our elimination chart with 9/2 odds,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
At long last, the remaining celebrities on “The Masked Dancer” will all be performing together on the same stage on Wednesday night. That’s right — it’s time for the Super 6! Cotton Candy, Exotic Bird, Hammerhead, Sloth, Tulip and Zebra all survived the early group rounds and will come together this week for the second stage of competition. For the next several episodes we’ll watch these finalists dance their hearts out in front of the panelists and viewers at home, until only one remains as the winner of the Diamond Mask trophy.
SEEPaula Abdul (‘The Masked Dancer’) makes first correct guess of Season 1 — how’d she do it?
Throughout the past month, the Super 6 have been responsible for sending home four other aspiring dancers: rapper/actor Ice-t (Disco Ball), scientist Bill Nye (Ice Cube), activist Elizabeth Smart (Moth) and singer Brian McKnight (Cricket). These folks each received the lowest...
SEEPaula Abdul (‘The Masked Dancer’) makes first correct guess of Season 1 — how’d she do it?
Throughout the past month, the Super 6 have been responsible for sending home four other aspiring dancers: rapper/actor Ice-t (Disco Ball), scientist Bill Nye (Ice Cube), activist Elizabeth Smart (Moth) and singer Brian McKnight (Cricket). These folks each received the lowest...
- 1/27/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Exotic Bird soared onto the series premiere of “The Masked Dancer,” shaking her tailfeather to the delight of panelists Paula Abdul, Brian Austin Green, Ken Jeong and Ashley Tisdale. The feathered showstopper confidently dominated the stage in her opening number and proved she wouldn’t be migrating from the competition after flying high in the Group A playoffs. After securing her spot in the Super Six, Exotic Bird is flapping her way towards the Fox reality TV dancing competition’s Diamond Mask trophy.
See See all 62 ‘The Masked Singer’ costumes and celebrity reveals through the years
Exotic Bird delivered her first performance in Episode 1, wowing the panel with an exciting routine to “Con Calma” by Daddy Yankee and Katy Perry. Her statuesque physique and mobility led the panel to believe the Exotic Bird could be a professional athlete. She kept things moving in Episode 4, upping the choreography complexity to “Latch” by Disclosure featuring Sam Smith.
See See all 62 ‘The Masked Singer’ costumes and celebrity reveals through the years
Exotic Bird delivered her first performance in Episode 1, wowing the panel with an exciting routine to “Con Calma” by Daddy Yankee and Katy Perry. Her statuesque physique and mobility led the panel to believe the Exotic Bird could be a professional athlete. She kept things moving in Episode 4, upping the choreography complexity to “Latch” by Disclosure featuring Sam Smith.
- 1/26/2021
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
On “The Masked Dancer” premiere back on December 30, five famous folk were hidden inside elaborate costumes while performing elaborate routines to some of music’s biggest hits. At the end of the show, one of the contenders, Disco Ball, was eliminated by the four judges and revealed by host Craig Robinson to be Ice-t, the rapper turned “Law & Order: Svu” star.
We’ve been busy in the weeks since that episode aired trying to figure out the names of the remaining four contestants who are competing as Cricket, Exotic Bird, Hammerhead and Tulip. Keep reading if you want to know as we have all “The Masked Dancer” spoilers, including the name of the Exotic Bird, who closed out episode 1 with a toe-tapping routine set to “Con Calma” by Daddy Yankee and Katy Perry.
Forget the panel guesses that the Exotic Bird is an athlete like Marion Jones or Venus Williams.
We’ve been busy in the weeks since that episode aired trying to figure out the names of the remaining four contestants who are competing as Cricket, Exotic Bird, Hammerhead and Tulip. Keep reading if you want to know as we have all “The Masked Dancer” spoilers, including the name of the Exotic Bird, who closed out episode 1 with a toe-tapping routine set to “Con Calma” by Daddy Yankee and Katy Perry.
Forget the panel guesses that the Exotic Bird is an athlete like Marion Jones or Venus Williams.
- 1/20/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Group A hasn’t performed since 2020 on “The Masked Dancer,” but they’re back and ready to strut their stuff on the stage during the January 20 playoffs. Cricket, Exotic Bird, Hammerhead and Tulip survived their first showdown in the season premiere, as that’s when Disco Ball received the lowest number of votes and unmasked to reveal rapper/actor Ice-t. One by one these Group A contestants will perform their hearts out on Wednesday night, but at the end of the episode only three will advance to the coveted Super Six.
SEEBrian Austin Green (‘The Masked Dancer’) smartly guesses Moth’s true identity — did You?
The last time this first group performed on December 27, the judges thought Disco Ball could be Mc Hammer, LL Cool J, Smokie Robinson, Ving Rhames or Lionel Richie. In the end, he removed his costumed ball to reveal none other than the “Law & Order: Svu” star.
SEEBrian Austin Green (‘The Masked Dancer’) smartly guesses Moth’s true identity — did You?
The last time this first group performed on December 27, the judges thought Disco Ball could be Mc Hammer, LL Cool J, Smokie Robinson, Ving Rhames or Lionel Richie. In the end, he removed his costumed ball to reveal none other than the “Law & Order: Svu” star.
- 1/20/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“The Masked Dancer” is already a huge hit for Fox because of its intriguing concept: celebrities clad in elaborate costumes do complicated dance routines and hope to win over the judging panel so that they can move on in the competition. On the season 1 premiere, which debuted on December 27 and was repeated on December 30, five stars did some fancy footwork. At the end of episode one Disco Ball got dropped and host Craig Robinson revealed him to be a long-time TV star.
We’ve been doing detective work since that first episode to figure out the names of the other four contestants who are competing as Cricket, Exotic Bird, Hammerhead and Tulip. Keep reading if you want to know as we have all “The Masked Dancer” spoilers, including the name of the Exotic Bird, who closed the show with a high-energy performance set to “Con Calma” by Daddy Yankee and Katy Perry ft.
We’ve been doing detective work since that first episode to figure out the names of the other four contestants who are competing as Cricket, Exotic Bird, Hammerhead and Tulip. Keep reading if you want to know as we have all “The Masked Dancer” spoilers, including the name of the Exotic Bird, who closed the show with a high-energy performance set to “Con Calma” by Daddy Yankee and Katy Perry ft.
- 12/30/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Russian Bobsledder Fails Doping Test, Curlers Stripped of Bronze, Casting Shadow Over Olympics Close
A Russian bobsledder at the 2018 Winter Olympics has failed a doping test for a banned, metabolism-boosting drug, it was announced Friday. The news came a day after officials stripped two Russian curlers of their bronze medals for use of a different illegal substance.
Nadezhda Sergeeva, who placed 12th in a bobsledding event Feb. 17, had tested clean four days earlier, according to an announcement by the Russian Bobsled Federation. But a doping test administered Feb. 18 showed she had taken trimetazidine, a heart drug on the prohibited list for Olympic athletes.
It couldn’t have come at a worse time for Russia,...
Nadezhda Sergeeva, who placed 12th in a bobsledding event Feb. 17, had tested clean four days earlier, according to an announcement by the Russian Bobsled Federation. But a doping test administered Feb. 18 showed she had taken trimetazidine, a heart drug on the prohibited list for Olympic athletes.
It couldn’t have come at a worse time for Russia,...
- 2/23/2018
- by Kurt Pitzer
- PEOPLE.com
Actor Anthony Mackie continues to capitalize on his excellent work in Marvel’s Captain America franchise, with the announcement that he will play legendary late lawyer Johnnie Cochran in a film about the Signal Hill police brutality case that hit the headlines back in 1981.
Mackie will also serve as producer on the project, which is gaining traction in the wake of the recent miniseries The People V O.J Simpson: American Crime Story – a show that shone a light on the back-room machinations of one of Cochran’s most high profile cases. But, long before Cochran was representing the likes of Simpson, Michael Jackson, Sean Combs, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Marion Jones, he was an advocate for victims of police brutality – and it is this element of his career that the new movie will focus on.
Having spent time in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office, Johnnie Cochran...
Mackie will also serve as producer on the project, which is gaining traction in the wake of the recent miniseries The People V O.J Simpson: American Crime Story – a show that shone a light on the back-room machinations of one of Cochran’s most high profile cases. But, long before Cochran was representing the likes of Simpson, Michael Jackson, Sean Combs, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Marion Jones, he was an advocate for victims of police brutality – and it is this element of his career that the new movie will focus on.
Having spent time in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office, Johnnie Cochran...
- 5/3/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
It's been more than a decade since the 1990s ended, yet the Internet can't seem to go a day without a reminder of the neon slap bracelets that may have been banned from your school.
Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.
Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)
1. Scrunchies
2. "The Wild Thornberries"
3. Dawson and Joey
4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
5. Mr. Feeny
7. MTV playing music videos
8. Snick
9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"
10. Levar Burton
11. "Daria"
12. "Arthur"
13. "The Powerpuff Girls"
14. "Smart Guy"
15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings
16. "The X-Files"
17. Rosie O'Donnell
18. Bill Nye
19. "Dawson's Creek"
20. The Mighty Ducks"
21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
22. Cornholio
23. Rachel Green
24. Tim Allen
25. "All That"
26. "Beverly Hills 90210"
27. "Step by Step"
28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"
30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Yes, we get it. Times are tough and there's comfort in reflection, but enough is enough.
Below, a final goodbye to the 90s to end the nostalgia once and for all. (We're not kidding. There are 1990 items below.)
1. Scrunchies
2. "The Wild Thornberries"
3. Dawson and Joey
4. "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
5. Mr. Feeny
7. MTV playing music videos
8. Snick
9. The premiere of "Freaks and Geeks"
10. Levar Burton
11. "Daria"
12. "Arthur"
13. "The Powerpuff Girls"
14. "Smart Guy"
15. Comedy Central globe logo with buildings
16. "The X-Files"
17. Rosie O'Donnell
18. Bill Nye
19. "Dawson's Creek"
20. The Mighty Ducks"
21. "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
22. Cornholio
23. Rachel Green
24. Tim Allen
25. "All That"
26. "Beverly Hills 90210"
27. "Step by Step"
28. "The Ren & Stimpy Show"
29. "The Famous Jett Jackson"
30. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
- 7/29/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
"Nine for IX," Espn's new documentary series about female sport figures from women directors, begins tonight with "Venus Vs.," a film from Ava DuVernay ("Middle of Nowhere") that looks at tennis star Venus Williams and her fight to secure equal prize money for men and women at Wimbledon. It's an appropriate kickoff topic for the series, tennis being the foremost sport in which the female competitors secure as much attention as the men in a pro realm otherwise overwhelmingly skewed toward male-dominated games. (Of the films in the initial "30 for 30" series to which "Nine for IX" is a companion, only two were about women -- Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern's "Unmatched," about the rivalry between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, and John Singleton's "Marion Jones: Press Pause.") Billie Jean King campaigned for equal prize money when the open era began, convincing the Us Open to become the...
- 7/2/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Mike Tyson, Dennis Rodman, Octomom, Sinbad, Marion Jones, Omarosa, Trista and Ryan Sutter are among those featured. The full story via press release from Own: "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" Premieres Tuesday, March 19 With An All-new Season On Own: Oprah Winfrey Network Series Features Newsmakers and Memorable "Oprah" Show Guests Including Mike Tyson, Dennis Rodman, Octomom, Sinbad, Marion Jones, Omarosa, Trista and Ryan Sutter and Many More Los Angeles - The popular series "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" featuring updates on some of the biggest newsmakers and most memorable "Oprah" show guests of all time, returns with all-new episodes on...
- 2/21/2013
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
The popular series .Oprah: Where Are They Now?. featuring updates on some of the biggest newsmakers and most memorable .Oprah. show guests of all time, returns with all-new episodes on Tuesday, March 19 from 10-11 p.m. Et/Pt on Own: Oprah Winfrey Network. From Own The new season offers a revealing, never-before-seen look into the private lives of Dennis Rodman, .Octomom. Nadya Suleman, Gennifer Flowers, Sinbad, Marion Jones, .Sex And The City. novelist Candace Bushnell, Omarosa from .The Apprentice,. .Starsky and Hutch. actor Paul Michael Glaser, Mike Tyson, and Trista and Ryan Sutter from .The Bachelorette.. Find out where they are now and how their lives have changed after sudden fame and notoriety turned their worlds upside down. Later episodes...
- 2/21/2013
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Espn's documentary series "30 for 30," now in the midst of its second round of 30 films, has brought the world some great work from the likes of Steve James, Albert Maysles and Brett Morgen, but has also tended to skew very male both in terms of subjects and filmmakers. There have been a few exceptions -- Lisa Lax, Nancy Stern and Hannah Storm looked at the rivalry between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova in "Unmatched," John Singleton focused on Marion Jones and Barbara Kopple helmed "The House of Steinbrenner" -- but now Espn Films and executive producers Robin Roberts and Jane Rosenthal are launching a slate of docs entirely focused on women in sports and directed by female filmmakers. The series is called "Nine for IX," and will air July 2 through August 27 on Espn, Tuesdays at 8pm Et. The roster includes plenty of familiar names, among them "Middle of Nowhere" director Ava DuVernay and Heidi Ewing and.
- 2/19/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Convicted dog-killer Michael Vick remains welcome at Nike. So is serial philanderer Tiger Woods. Back in 2009, when Alex Rodriguez admitted using steroids to help him hit home runs, Nike stood by him and fulfilled his contract (until they quietly let it expire). But today, the billion-dollar sports apparel company found religion and cut ties with Lance Armstrong after the United States Anti-Doping Agency published evidence from its investigation into performance-enhancement doping. Accusations have always swirled around Armstrong, who recovered from cancer to win an unprecedented seven Tour de France races, but he’d never tested positive and repeatedly and passionately denied ever cheating.
- 10/17/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
Long before the cases of Lance Armstrong, Barry Bonds and Marion Jones engendered public indifference about performance-enhancing drugs, steroids were a dirty little secret of the sports world. Suspicions were prevalent in Olympic circles, but rarely discussed above a whisper. That changed in 1988 when Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was busted for the anabolic steroid stanozolol days after winning the gold medal and setting a world record in the 100-meter dash at the Seoul Olympics. His spectacular rise to the top of his sport and his cataclysmic fall are chronicled in 9.79*, this week's entry in Espn's Emmy-nominated documentary series 30 for 30 (Tuesdays, 8/7c).
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- 10/9/2012
- by Rich Sands
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Things are looking up for Marion Jones -- who was infamously stripped of her Olympic gold medals -- because she just traded in her humble Texas home ... for a much nicer version. In case you didn't already know ... in 2007 Marion -- who was considered a Legend in Track & Field -- copped to using steroids throughout her career and as a result was stripped of her medals, lucrative endorsement deals, and thrown in jail on charges of perjury.
- 8/16/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Steroids. Underage competitors. Racist tweets. We’ve heard about a lot of scandalous goings-on at the Olympics, but this is the first time we’ve heard of players just…not…playing well…intentionally. Despite the fact it makes no sense whatsoever, apparently eight female badminton players got expelled from the Games today for “not using one’s best efforts to win a match” and “conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport.” In non-athlete speak, it seems China’s Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang, South Korea’s Jung Kyung Eun, Kim Ha Na, Ha Jung Eun and Kim Min Jung, and Indonesia’s Greysia Polii and Meiliana Jauhari were blowing matches on purpose. We know. It boggles the mind.
So why would a world-class athlete underperform at the biggest competition in the world? In order to improve their pick for the next round, apparently.
So why would a world-class athlete underperform at the biggest competition in the world? In order to improve their pick for the next round, apparently.
- 8/1/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
Let’s be real, we can’t make it through an entire Olympics without a scandal or two surfacing, but that’s what happens when you gather thousands of perfectly sculpted and hard-trained athletes from around the world and have them compete for ultimate bragging rights — best in the World! And as someone who races strangers up the subway platform daily for no reward at all, I understand competitiveness. But sometimes the intense pressure drives professional athletes to do stupid things and with so much at stake, Olympians are scrutinized and closely watched even when they are playing fair. We’ve gathered 10 Olympic Scandals in the last 20 years (we had to narrow it down somehow!) including two very recent Olympic controversies.
10. Ye Shiwen, 2012 Summer Olympics, London
After setting a world record winning the women’s 400-meter individual medley on Saturday, Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen caught the eye of many. The...
10. Ye Shiwen, 2012 Summer Olympics, London
After setting a world record winning the women’s 400-meter individual medley on Saturday, Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen caught the eye of many. The...
- 7/31/2012
- by Crystal Puccio
- TheFabLife - Movies
0:00 - Intro 1:50 - Review: 21 Jump Street 28:50 - Headlines: Michael Bay’s Tmnt Will Be Aliens?, New Garbage Pail Kids Movie, Leprechaun Reboot, Walmart Launches DVD to Digital Conversion Program, Dark Shadows Trailer 50:50 - Other Stuff We Watched: 30 Rock Season 4 and 5, Scrubs Season 5, Roll Tide/War Eagle, Unguarded, The Fab Five, Marion Jones: Press Pause, The Boys of Fall, My Breakfast with Blassie, Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, Recoil, Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, The Last Temptation of Christ, Wiebo's War, Contact, Hall Pass, Semi-Pro, Carlito's Way 1:18:30 - Junk Mail: The Expendables 2 Could Be Rated R After All, Woody Allen and Midnight in Paris, Interactive Smartphone Games in Cinemas, The Arbor, Top 100 Movies 1:37:35 - Celebrity Apprentice Recap 1:41:25 - This Week's DVD Releases 1:43:30 - Outro
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- 3/20/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Here is the latest celeb gossip about the following topic from one of the freelance news writers at Green Celebrity Network. Racing for Cancer is not Andretti's only humanitarian and charitable activity -- so he probably did not feel too bad about losing. In 2003, he was featured in America's Athletes Charity Book along with other star celeb names like boxer Evander Holyfield, track and field star Marion Jones, and Harlem Globerotter Meadowlark Lemon. He also was on hand for Breakfast with the Fans at several racetracks, raising over $8,000 for charity during those events.That means Andretti is likely to help the group raise funds even if he was not going to get them from Donald Trump or the folks at Celebrity Apprentice. Keep reading...
- 3/13/2012
- by Jason Grant
- Green Celebrity
Baseball's all-time home run king Barry Bonds was sentenced to 30 days house arrest on Friday (Dec. 16) for obstructing justice during a federal investigation of his alleged steroid use. The slugger must also serve two years probation and 250 hours of community service as well as pay a $4,000 fine.
Bonds was convicted in April after offering misleading answers to the grand jury investigating Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (Balco). Balco is the lab that was tied to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to numerous athletes including Olympian Marion Jones, NFLer Bill Romanowski and Bonds.
Bonds will serve his time in his Beverly Hills home.
Prosecutors wanted a 15-month prison term for Bonds as they claimed he never took responsibility for his actions.
"Bonds' pervasive efforts to testify falsely, to mislead the grand jury, to dodge questions, and to simply refuse to answer questions in the grand jury makes his conduct worthy of a significant jail sentence,...
Bonds was convicted in April after offering misleading answers to the grand jury investigating Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (Balco). Balco is the lab that was tied to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to numerous athletes including Olympian Marion Jones, NFLer Bill Romanowski and Bonds.
Bonds will serve his time in his Beverly Hills home.
Prosecutors wanted a 15-month prison term for Bonds as they claimed he never took responsibility for his actions.
"Bonds' pervasive efforts to testify falsely, to mislead the grand jury, to dodge questions, and to simply refuse to answer questions in the grand jury makes his conduct worthy of a significant jail sentence,...
- 12/16/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
We're headed towards unknown waters, sports fans; for the first time ever (?) the country will possibly be staring at its two highest profile professional sports leagues (I don't count Nascar until they start loading .50-cal machine guns on the hood) locked out. Trying to disseminate what is bullpucky and what is financial reality has little bearing on us, the consumer. However, there's been an exceptional amount of progress on the NFL front; by the end of Friday, we may have the
framework in place for an agreement. The incentive is now even greater for the NFL to beat the NBA by getting back to business, even if that means skipping most of the preseason to usher out-of-shape behemoths onto the field in an asthmatic overture of pulled groin muscles and strained hamstrings. Knock on wood, let's get this one done boys.
The hope, and perhaps the real financial bottom line,...
framework in place for an agreement. The incentive is now even greater for the NFL to beat the NBA by getting back to business, even if that means skipping most of the preseason to usher out-of-shape behemoths onto the field in an asthmatic overture of pulled groin muscles and strained hamstrings. Knock on wood, let's get this one done boys.
The hope, and perhaps the real financial bottom line,...
- 7/7/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
For years everyone from students to day traders has used Adderall to improve focus and performance. But a new study shows people on "smart drugs" only think they're doing better, Casey Schwartz reports.
Note to high achievers: Before you ask Santa for a stocking full of Adderall, a moment of caution. It may not work.
Related story on The Daily Beast: High on Study Drugs
"Smart drugs" like Adderall and Ritalin are wildly popular on college campuses, particularly in the United States. They're prescribed for attention deficit disorder, but used, increasingly, by people without a diagnosis who are simply looking for a mental boost. And it's not just a college thing anymore-the use of stimulants is on the rise among adult professionals.
But beneath all the noise over whether the use of Adderall constitutes an unfair advantage for college kids and others, like doping in baseball, lies a surprise. Scientists...
Note to high achievers: Before you ask Santa for a stocking full of Adderall, a moment of caution. It may not work.
Related story on The Daily Beast: High on Study Drugs
"Smart drugs" like Adderall and Ritalin are wildly popular on college campuses, particularly in the United States. They're prescribed for attention deficit disorder, but used, increasingly, by people without a diagnosis who are simply looking for a mental boost. And it's not just a college thing anymore-the use of stimulants is on the rise among adult professionals.
But beneath all the noise over whether the use of Adderall constitutes an unfair advantage for college kids and others, like doping in baseball, lies a surprise. Scientists...
- 12/21/2010
- by Casey Schwartz
- The Daily Beast
By the time its final episode premieres on December 11, "30 for 30" will have aired thirty films on the last thirty years of sports. Nine were about football, six about baseball, five about basketball, two about boxing, two about running, and one each about BMX, hockey, Nascar, rugby, soccer, and tennis. The series, designed to celebrate Espn's thirtieth anniversary, featured the work of thirty different directors, but through its entire range of filmmakers and topics, one theme dominated the year of "30 for 30": money's insidious effect on the purity of sports.
Consider its very first episode, "King's Ransom," about the trade of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. The Oilers' motivation? Money. Or "The Two Escobars," about the destructive impact of drug money on the Columbian national soccer. The pursuit of money was the obvious subject of some of the films, like "Small Potatoes: Who Killed the Usfl?...
Consider its very first episode, "King's Ransom," about the trade of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. The Oilers' motivation? Money. Or "The Two Escobars," about the destructive impact of drug money on the Columbian national soccer. The pursuit of money was the obvious subject of some of the films, like "Small Potatoes: Who Killed the Usfl?...
- 11/19/2010
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
We've hit the time of year when the Christmas marketing really gets into full swing. Some of it actually started before Halloween, which I consider an abomination. And I don't even really dislike it because it's fantastically materialistic, geared towards an "American Dream" pushed by corporations that your life will get better if you just have more stuff or that it's appallingly Christian-centric. I mean, I do dislike it for all those reasons, but the biggest one is this; if you spend two months planning for and anticipating one day there's no way you won't be let down. I'm doing my best to ignore all of it and not making Christmas plans until after Thanksgiving as... well, probably not as God intended, but it's the way I prefer to do things anyway. Here's your Monday night TV:
8:00pm: "90210" on The CW
"Chuck" on NBC. You know what's cool about...
8:00pm: "90210" on The CW
"Chuck" on NBC. You know what's cool about...
- 11/15/2010
- by Intern Rusty
America loves a comeback story and few can compete with the tumultuous rise, fall and return of Marion Jones. Once a media darling, the disgraced Olympic sprinter lost the five medals she won at the 2000 Summer Games after admitting she used performance-enhancing drugs. When Jones had previously lied about that to federal investigators (as well as her role in a check-fraud case), she was sentenced to six months in prison. After a difficult incarceration that included a demoralizing seven-week stint in solitary confinement, she was ...
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- 11/1/2010
- by Rich Sands
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Multiple Grammy Award winner Chaka Khan is set to partner with former track and field world champ athlete Marion Jones for the third installment of the women's empowerment series "Take Back Your Life." The duo will join a stellar lineup of women speakers on October 30th.
"Take Back Your Life - Mind, Body and Soul" retreat series is dedicated to supporting women in the five most important areas of their lives - spirituality, personal balance, health and fitness, career and finance, and relationships. It will be held at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Tinley Park.
Jones, once hailed as the "fastest woman on the planet" but was jailed for six months after admitting to taking steroids before the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, will be the featured as the luncheon speaker. She will be sharing her experiences in prison, her struggle to find her real self, and her reinvention through Wnba.
"Take Back Your Life - Mind, Body and Soul" retreat series is dedicated to supporting women in the five most important areas of their lives - spirituality, personal balance, health and fitness, career and finance, and relationships. It will be held at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Tinley Park.
Jones, once hailed as the "fastest woman on the planet" but was jailed for six months after admitting to taking steroids before the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, will be the featured as the luncheon speaker. She will be sharing her experiences in prison, her struggle to find her real self, and her reinvention through Wnba.
- 10/22/2010
- icelebz.com
Photograph by Glenn Kasin
Soul Brother: Livestrong president and CEO Doug Ulman has a strong bond with Armstrong: Both are cancer survivors. | Photograph by Peter Yang
The world's most famous cancer survivor has been his foundation's biggest asset, even as it grew into an innovative force in health care. Now his legal troubles may make him a risk.
Photograph by Peter Yang
On a Sunday night in late July, a trio of bouncers stand outside a chic club near the Champs-Élysées, in Paris, checking guests for a special bracelet with a black plastic charm of a No. 28 cycling jersey. Inside, a red and white logo-festooned racing bike is on display like a sculpture. The absence of a rider is appropriate: This is the post-race celebration for Lance Armstrong's last Tour de France.
He's just finished a humbling 23rd in a race he's won seven times. But the mood at...
Soul Brother: Livestrong president and CEO Doug Ulman has a strong bond with Armstrong: Both are cancer survivors. | Photograph by Peter Yang
The world's most famous cancer survivor has been his foundation's biggest asset, even as it grew into an innovative force in health care. Now his legal troubles may make him a risk.
Photograph by Peter Yang
On a Sunday night in late July, a trio of bouncers stand outside a chic club near the Champs-Élysées, in Paris, checking guests for a special bracelet with a black plastic charm of a No. 28 cycling jersey. Inside, a red and white logo-festooned racing bike is on display like a sculpture. The absence of a rider is appropriate: This is the post-race celebration for Lance Armstrong's last Tour de France.
He's just finished a humbling 23rd in a race he's won seven times. But the mood at...
- 10/18/2010
- by Chuck Salter
- Fast Company
Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black will direct the adaptation of Matt Kindt’s graphic novel 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man, about a man who grows to be three stories tall. I guess there’s such a thing as too much milk. [THR]
Adam Beach has signed on to star as half-Apache Nat Colorado in Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens. [Variety]
Swedish newcomer Katia Winter has nabbed a starring role in Deathgames, which co-stars Kellan Lutz and Samuel L. Jackson. Winter will play “a duplicitous succubus” in the film, which follows Lutz’s character as he’s kidnapped...
Adam Beach has signed on to star as half-Apache Nat Colorado in Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens. [Variety]
Swedish newcomer Katia Winter has nabbed a starring role in Deathgames, which co-stars Kellan Lutz and Samuel L. Jackson. Winter will play “a duplicitous succubus” in the film, which follows Lutz’s character as he’s kidnapped...
- 6/2/2010
- by Kate Ward
- EW.com - PopWatch
In today’s New York Times’ Sunday Magazine profile about disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones, it was revealed that director John Singleton has been, for the past few months, shooting a documentary about Jones to be broadcast on Espn this fall. As you will recall, Jones was the star runner who won several gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and other track events, but who was sentenced to 18 months in prison, her metals revoked and name stripped from all records, after she admitted illegally taking performance enhancing steroids.
Jones is now currently in the midst of making a comeback, trying to get into the Wnba, which, if she succeeds at age 34, would make her the oldest rookie in the history of the league.
Jones is now currently in the midst of making a comeback, trying to get into the Wnba, which, if she succeeds at age 34, would make her the oldest rookie in the history of the league.
- 5/2/2010
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Pasadena -- ESPN announced eight additional documentary films for its "30 for 30" film project, including deals with Morgan Freeman, Frank Marshall and Spike Jonze.
The move adds another eight hours to the network's budding documentary slate, in which filmmakers cover a sports subject that took place within the past 30 years. Espn went on the air in 1979.
The network said at the Television Critics Assn.'s press tour that subjects will cover South African rugby, Bmx star Mat Hoffman, ostracized Cubs fan Steve Bartman, disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones, the Los Angeles Raiders, jockey Chris Antley and Charismatic, the late Nascar driver Tim Richmond and Olympic speedskater Johann Olav Koss.
Filmmakers on board include Freeman and Lori McCreary, Ice Cube, Alex Gibney, Frank Marshall, John Singleton, Al Szymanski and the trios of Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine and Steve Michaels, Joel Surnow and Jonathan Koch.
The move adds another eight hours to the network's budding documentary slate, in which filmmakers cover a sports subject that took place within the past 30 years. Espn went on the air in 1979.
The network said at the Television Critics Assn.'s press tour that subjects will cover South African rugby, Bmx star Mat Hoffman, ostracized Cubs fan Steve Bartman, disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones, the Los Angeles Raiders, jockey Chris Antley and Charismatic, the late Nascar driver Tim Richmond and Olympic speedskater Johann Olav Koss.
Filmmakers on board include Freeman and Lori McCreary, Ice Cube, Alex Gibney, Frank Marshall, John Singleton, Al Szymanski and the trios of Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine and Steve Michaels, Joel Surnow and Jonathan Koch.
- 7/29/2009
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Written by Adrian Twist -
Marion Jones appeared Wednesday on Oprah to talk about her performance enhanced past that landed her in the slammer. The disgraced sprinter, who was released September 05 from a federal detention center, sprang open the waterworks when reading a letter on the show that she wrote to her two sons while incarcerated. Part of the letter read:
"I truly believe that the reason I made the awful mistake and a few thereafter was because I didn't love myself enough to tell the truth."
That sounds sweet and all, but I'm not sure if her sons at the tender age of 5 and 1could really comprehend or appreciate her eloquent excuse. She also claims she would have won without cheating. Is that hindsight 20/20 or her ego reclaiming her stripped gold medals? As for the gold medals, she said:
"It wasn't as difficult to give back the medals because it's not about the hardware.
Marion Jones appeared Wednesday on Oprah to talk about her performance enhanced past that landed her in the slammer. The disgraced sprinter, who was released September 05 from a federal detention center, sprang open the waterworks when reading a letter on the show that she wrote to her two sons while incarcerated. Part of the letter read:
"I truly believe that the reason I made the awful mistake and a few thereafter was because I didn't love myself enough to tell the truth."
That sounds sweet and all, but I'm not sure if her sons at the tender age of 5 and 1could really comprehend or appreciate her eloquent excuse. She also claims she would have won without cheating. Is that hindsight 20/20 or her ego reclaiming her stripped gold medals? As for the gold medals, she said:
"It wasn't as difficult to give back the medals because it's not about the hardware.
- 10/31/2008
- by Editor
- Getdagoss.com
In her first interview since being released from federal prison for lying to federal investigators about her steroid use, former Olympic gold-medal winner Marion Jones opens up about how she explained her actions to her children – and why she hid the truth. "I truly believe that the reason I made the awful mistake and a few thereafter was because I didn't love myself enough to tell the truth," Jones says on The Oprah Winfrey Show Wednesday. During her chat with Oprah Winfrey, the athlete discusses the process of returning her gold medals to the United States Olympic Committee. "It wasn't...
- 10/29/2008
- by Brian Orloff
- PEOPLE.com
Disgraced Olympic athlete Marion Jones has been released from a Texas jail.
The gold medallist is celebrating her freedom after leaving a community corrections centre in San Antonio at 8.44am local time on Friday morning, according to website TMZ.com.
Jones was moved to the San Antonio compound from the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth last month, where she has been serving the remainder of her six-month prison sentence for lying to federal investigators about steroid use and fraud.
The three-time Olympic gold medallist has returned all five medals she won during the 2000 Sydney Olympics in Australia.
She became the first professional sports figure to be incarcerated for steroid use after being sentenced in New York in January this year.
The gold medallist is celebrating her freedom after leaving a community corrections centre in San Antonio at 8.44am local time on Friday morning, according to website TMZ.com.
Jones was moved to the San Antonio compound from the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth last month, where she has been serving the remainder of her six-month prison sentence for lying to federal investigators about steroid use and fraud.
The three-time Olympic gold medallist has returned all five medals she won during the 2000 Sydney Olympics in Australia.
She became the first professional sports figure to be incarcerated for steroid use after being sentenced in New York in January this year.
- 9/5/2008
- WENN
Disgraced Olympic athlete Marion Jones started her six-month federal prison sentence in Texas on Friday.
The 32-year-old gold medallist checked into the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth, where she'll serve time for lying to federal investigators about steroid use and fraud.
Sentenced in New York in January, Jones was given until 11 March to begin her sentence.
The three-time Olympic gold medallist has returned all five medals she won during the 2000 Sydney Olympics in Australia.
She becomes the first professional sports figure to be incarcerated for steroid use.
The 32-year-old gold medallist checked into the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth, where she'll serve time for lying to federal investigators about steroid use and fraud.
Sentenced in New York in January, Jones was given until 11 March to begin her sentence.
The three-time Olympic gold medallist has returned all five medals she won during the 2000 Sydney Olympics in Australia.
She becomes the first professional sports figure to be incarcerated for steroid use.
- 3/7/2008
- WENN
Former Olympic gold-medal winner Marion Jones began serving her six-month federal prison sentence at a facility in Texas on Friday, a prison official confirmed to People. Jones, 32, arrived just before noon at the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth, according to Traci Billingsley, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. In January, a federal judge in White Plains, N.Y., sentenced Jones to six months in prison and two years' probation (during which she will be required to perform 800 hours of community service) for lying to federal investigators about her steroid use and a check-fraud scheme. Jones had...
- 3/7/2008
- by Nicole Weisensee Egan
- PEOPLE.com
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