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New Beginnings: Marion Jones Pregnant With Third Child

Sassy Smith — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:07:00 GMT

Former U.S. sprinter Marion Jones, 33, who served a six-month prison sentence for lying to prosecutors about her steroid use, is pregnant with her third child.

Jones spoke recently at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Africana Studies, and talked of her time in prison and how she hopes to carve out a new beginning for herself and children.

Marion made the decision to not allow her two sons visit her in the Texas prison - she knew saying goodbye each time would be too painful. She was also aware of others who were enduring more pain than she - women in prison who were and had been there much longer.

Softely weeping at the memory, Jones said, "All I had to do was look at my neighbor and see that she had been in 15 years and know that her kids hadn't seen her in 15 years. Yet she was able to endure . . . endure for much longer than six months."

Jones has regrets about the choices she made about important decisions in her life.

"I wish that at certain moments in my career that I really had taken a break and stepped back from the fame, the money, and the success, and thought about the decision I was making. One of my biggest regrets is that I did not do that at pivotal moments in my life and my career."

Although very difficult, Marion said her jail term was oddly liberating.

"I went through so many emotions," she admitted. "But when I first went in there was this feeling of relief. People are surprised by that. But it was relief in the sense that I knew I'd done what I had to do. It was the start of a new beginning for me."

She added, "People realize I messed up. I stood up to it. I took what came because of it and now I'm certainly not hiding in a case somewhere. I'm not a hermit. But I certainly don't plan to do a tell-all that's going to rip people up like you see some athletes do. That's not the message I want to share. That's not the message I want to be remembered by.

"My message is positive. Yes, mistakes were made. But how can those mistakes help you?"

Although what she did was wrong, Marion has set an example for her children by owning up to her mistakes and facing the consequences.

Marion's first son Tim Montgomery Jr. will be six next month (dad is Marion's former boyfriend Tim Montgomery) and her second boy with husband Obadele Thompson will be two in July. No word on her exact due date with baby number three.

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If Katie Can Do It So Can I

trix — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:32:00 GMT

Katie Price and her hubby Peter Andre ran a marathon!!

Criminy, and what the heck?

Katie and Peter ran the London Marathon for the children's charity, Vision. I can't believe they did it, I so suck.

First off, good job, Second, I heard Katie was injured around the 18th mile, I wonder if that's where she hit the wall.

Peter said he thought they were up to it physically, but were definitely going to be challenged mentally.

Yes, the thought of running was going to beat them down, rather than pounding the pavement.

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Jennifer Lopez Explains Whoring Out Her Children

Karl Erikson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:35:00 GMT

Lots of celebrity superparents are selling photos of their kids these days. It has nothing to do with prostituting your children, honestly. I mean, that's not legal, even in Amsterdam. Not until the kids are 16, anyway. No, selling photos of your children is perfectly legal and a great way to make money. Because, you know, celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez are incredibly poor.

JLo says that she decided to accept People Magazine's offer to put her kids on the cover because she wanted to "set them up" in life. "I think one of the reasons that the price went so high," says Jennifer, "is that we didn’t want to do it for so long. We weren’t into it. I was like, ‘No, I don’t really want to. No. No way.’ But then it got to the point that you go, ‘Well, now you’re being stupid with these offers’. I thought I can set them up. I can put this away just for them. We gave a little bit (away to charity) and I saved the rest for them."

Yeah, without all those millions that JLo and her hubbie took from People, Max and Emme would be penniless for the rest of their lives. This way Max and Emme will never again have to work for a living, just like Mommy and Daddy. Hell, why even go to school? They can just sit home all their lives, watching The Wiggles and playing World of Warcraft.

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Matt Damon Getting in Shape

Whit Honea — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:43:00 GMT

Daddy Matt Damon has been looking pretty flabby lately after going Ned Flandersesque for his role in his upcoming movie The Informant. He wanted to get back down to his baby-making weight.

He competed in the Escape to Miami team triathlon with his stepfather, who admitted that Damon was the "team's weakest link," and a friend.

Said Matt, "I knew I was in trouble when the old guy with the oxygen tank passed me."

Hey, it's better than sitting on your butt all day like yours truly. Note to self, exercise.

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Why Did J. Lo Pull Out of Project Runway?

Karl Erikson — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:02:00 GMT

That's the $1,000,000 question, isn't it? It sure as hell wasn't because of a foot injury, as originally reported. If it was, that was the fastest healing foot injury on record, because Lopez completed a triathlon over the weekend in Malibu in 2 hours and 23 minutes. So that excuse was utter bullshit.

Heidi Klum is FURIOUS that J. Lo pulled out of the "Project Runway" finale. "Heidi went from one big-name judge for the finale to none. It was embarrassing, especially the excuse that Lopez was hurt," says a source.

Jennifer was really hoping for this part in an upcoming Weinstein movie and she was told she wasn't getting the part. That reportedly happened the day before she pulled out of Runway. "She was angry, so she pulled out," says the source.

According to Lopez' rep Leslie Sloane, "Lopez pulled out of Runway because she had an injury and had to have it rehabbed so she could compete in the triathlon. She has no issues with Harvey Weinstein."

Um, right. So if her foot is all rehabbed, why couldn't she still make the finale? I'll tell you why...because J. Lo is a lying bitch who doesn't keep her commitments. Is it any wonder why she didn't get that movie part she wanted?

Bah, the show is better off without her. Anything that gets Tim Gunn more screen time is a blessing.

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Running with Kim Raver

Whit Honea — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:33:00 GMT

Kim Raver and her son Luke were spotted running through NYC. Did you know that Kim knows how to get to Sesame Street? I wonder if that is where they're going.

Seriously, she was on "Sesame Street" as a kid, and you thought she was all "24" and "Third Watch."

Kim also has a baby boy named Leo Kipling who may have the coolest middle name out of all the celebrity kids. I'm glad they didn't go with Mowgli.

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Disgraced Olympian Marion Jones Leaves Prison

Sassy Smith — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:21:00 GMT

Marion Jones,32, former U.S. sprinter, has reportedly exited from federal prison in Texas earlier today. She served a six-month sentence for lying to prosecutors about her steroid use that perhaps (most likely) made it possible for her winning five medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

After denying using performance-enhancing drugs for years, Jones finally plead guilty to two charges of perjury and was sentenced by a federal judge in New York in January. She prison stint began on March 7.

Marion has been stripped of all of her medals, three of which are gold and any mention of her performances as of September 2000 have been removed from all record books.

Jones has two children, Tim Montogomery Jr.,5 (dad is Tim Montomery) and she and husband Obadele Thompson, have one child together, who turned one in July.

I'm sure it must have been difficult to be away from her kids - especially her baby, when the first months of bonding are so vital. Lessons learned, lessons learned.

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Whit Honea — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Run, Ryder, run!

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Marion Jones Tells All to Oprah

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:45:00 GMT

Marion Jones, in her first interview since being sentenced to prison for lying about her steroid use and check fraud, told Oprah that she accepts responsibility for what she's done.

In an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show airing today, Jones says, "I think that I absolutely should have to accept responsibility for breaking the law. I have no regrets for doing what I did on October the 5th and pleading guilty and admitting to the world that I lied, that I've made mistakes."

Jones, who was sentenced to six months in prison and stripped of her Olympic medals, says the hardest part is dealing with the pain she has caused loved ones. "[It pales] in comparison to seeing my husband cry," she tells Winfrey. "They [pale] in comparison to seeing my mother have to stand there in the courtroom and bawl. You know, those things to me are what mean the most."

As for explaining to her 4-year-old son what it all means, "It's a very sensitive topic, and we're not dealing with a 15-year-old here who perceives things a different way," she says. "We're talking about a 4-year-old who was upset this morning that I couldn't drop him off at school, you know? It's going to be challenging."

No Boston For Katie Holmes

HerBadMother — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:03:00 GMT

Katie Holmes will not, her representatives say, be running the Boston Marathon. Which is about as close to a non-announcement as anything, seeing as she's simply not eligible to run in that marathon and so could not have even entertained the possibility.

Unlike the New York Marathon, which will basically let anyone and their grandmother run, the Boston marathon requires that would-be competitors qualify by meeting a 'designated time standard' pegged to their age group (as determined by performance in another recognized marathon.) For Katie's age group, that time would be three hour, forty minutes - as in, finished another marathon within three hours and forty minutes. Katie finished the New York Marathon in, oh, about five hours and forty minutes, or thereabouts. So, no - unless the Scientologists have figured out some way to alter the space-time continuum in order to retroactively adjust Katie's run time, she wasn't going to be running Boston, no matter what.

I'm assuming that this was just a lame-assed effort to get Katie's name in some headlines, as her new movie, Mad Money, opens this weekend. Very lame.

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Katie Holmes Running Boston Marathon? And Getting Preferential Treatment?

Sassy Smith — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:04:00 GMT

Katie Holmes is reportedly getting set to run another marathon - The Boston Marathon, which takes place April 21st, 2008.

Holmes ran a marathon in New York a few weeks back and is once again wanting to put on her running shoes. Perhaps she'd better put the brakes on for just a moment though.

A source said that the reason Holmes is keen on running is because she wants to better her time [she finished in more than five hours] because it embarrassed her to have such a poor running time. However, if you read the official qualifying rules HERE, based on Katie's age and performance, she wouldn't qualify for the April 2008 marathon. Unless, Katie is really a woman in her 70's. Wow, she looks great for her age!

The source was quoted as saying, "Katie was really embarrassed that her time was so bad on the NY marathon. She wants to improve her time and show that she can do it faster."

Apparently hubby Tom Cruise was being extremely supportive of her running, especially as Scientologists believe that "sweating cleans out the toxins."

That's all well and good but if she "qualifies" to run, then it would appear that someone is pulling strings for her and giving her preferential treatment. Not fair!

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Britney Spears Just Can't Stop

Whit Honea — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:41:00 GMT

Seriously, what is up with Britney Spears and her refusal to obey traffic laws? Apparently stop signs are so last week.

It is funny that the paparazzi is making money by selling these videos of Britney Spears running through intersections, but you don't see them stopping either. Hello, Pot? It's the Kettle. You're black.

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Paula Radcliffe Is One Fast Mama

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:05:00 GMT

So she didn't have her family flown in by private jet and wasn't kissed halfway through the race by the dude from Top Gun, Paula Radcliffe won the women's race of the New York City Marathon. Take that, Thetans!

And while all the paparazzi lenses may have been turned towards more famous runners like Lance 'Man Ho' Armstrong and Katie Holmes, Radcliffe pulled off a spectacular feat, winning the grueling 26.2 mile race a mere 291 days after giving birth to daughter Isla Lough. It's been 3,285 days since I last gave birth and I get winded just walking to the refrigerator.

There was a pall of sadness at the start of 38th running of the marathon, as all the runners observed a moment of silence to honor fellow marathoner Ryan Shay who died the day before during the U.S. Olympic trials in Central Park. For Radcliffe, Shay's untimely death put things in perspective. "It's just a race at the end of the day. We're just racers...It's about how much you have left inside."

Katie Holmes Runs Gruelling Marathon, Then Is Forced To Watch Tom Cruise Movies

HerBadMother — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:33:00 GMT

It's an awesome thing to run a marathon, it really is. And I'm told that, the pain notwithstanding, it's an exhilarating experience. Which, sure, okay - I can see how some people might think that. Personally, I think that it sounds like sheer hell. And reading the stories and seeing the pictures of Katie Holme's epic run yesterday didn't do anything to dissuade me of this opinion. Katie might have been enjoying herself, but it sure doesn't look that way. Girlfriend looks pained, not least, I imagine, because she is not wearing a bra.

(I'm going to pause for a moment to let that sink in.)

No bra. Is there any greater hell than running 26-plus miles with one's delicate post-partum puppies flapping and chafing against one's loose, sweaty yoga-wear? Well, as a matter of fact, there is...

It may be pretty hellish to run a marathon bra-less, but I put it to you that it is more hellish to run a marathon bra-less and then be made to sit down and watch an earnest drama about Afghanistan starring Tom Cruise. Like, Ninth Circle of Hell hellish. Seriously, is this some variation on the Ludovico Technique that the Church of Scientology is trying out?

You know, I've never bought that the Holmes-Cruise union was anything more than a convenient, publicity-friendly sham. But really, shouldn't even a fake husband do better, when celebrating a major accomplishment of his fake wife, than making everybody watch a super-boring movie starring him?

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Katie Holmes Finishes But New Mom Paula Radcliffe Wins NYC Marathon

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:15:00 GMT

In spite of (or maybe because of) a mid-race liplock with hubby Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes didn't win the New York City Marathon. That honor went to new mom Paula Radcliffe, who won the women's race. Radcliffe, who trained throughout her pregnancy and just gave birth in January, finished the race with a time of 2:23:09 Holmes time was 5:29:58.

How is this possible? Obviously someone up at Scientology headquarters isn't doing their job and forgot to cosmically transport Katie to the finish line in warp speed. No matter, as Katie still got a lavish end-of-race party that Tom put together for her at Tavern On The Green, with all her family flown in from Ohio. Don't feel sorry for all the other runners that trained hard for the race - I'm sure they had a nice cold cup of water and a stale granola bar waiting for them at the finish line.

Sports Talk: Brandon Jacobs Loves Son, Hates My Fantasy Football Team

Whit Honea — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:47:00 GMT

New York Giant Brandon Jacobs took in a pre-season NBA game between the Knicks and Celtics at Madison Square Garden with his son Brayden.

Jacobs just returned to action recently after missing some time due to injury. I have the other Giants running back Derrick Ward on my Fantasy Football team, and while I'm glad Jacobs feels better, doesn't he think he should take a few more weeks off to rest up a bit? Maybe spend some time with Brayden? It's for my greater good.

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