It doesn’t come as surprise that former Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones has admitted to taking steroids. Her links to BALCO are well known and she once tested positive for EPO (although a back up sample was determined to be negative). Jones’ ex-boyfriend Tim Montgomery was banned from Track & Field competition for doping and also likes to cash fakes checks on the side. Her former coach Trevor Graham is under federal indictment for his ties to BALCO. Track & Field athletes getting busted for doping is old news. Go join the Tour de France.

What makes this story interesting is the manner is which Jones revealed her drug use. It appears as though Jones decided to break the news to family and friends in a letter. A letter? Have you never heard of a telephone? Walkie talkie? Boost mobile?

Let’s review what Jones has just accomplished by documenting her own guilt:

1) She has allowed an obsessed media access to the letter (its was leaked, naturally) when this story was not even in the public conciseness. Is she writing a book? Is she about to appear on Oprah?

2) She’s admitted to taking drugs that are not only banned by Track & Field but are illegal by U.S. law. Try researching the statute of limitations first Marion, have your lawyer help you, I am sure have a good one.

3) In 2003 Jones told a Grand Jury, under oath that she never took banned substances. She lied. Now there is a strong likelihood that Jones could face perjury charges as well.

Jones has disrespected her family, been vilified by the national media and now faces pending legal action all because she wanted to be Mark Twain. Well played, Marion, well played.