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She’s a former world champion track and field star. She was a five-time medalist in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Now, after a high-profile flub involving her use of illegal drugs, she’s making a comeback as a rookie guard on Tulsa’s new WNBA team, the Tulsa Shock.

What Marion Jones has accomplished and overcome in her 34 years is the stuff of the average woman’s wildest dreams, or a novel on the power of redemption.

Read the rest of this article in <a href="http://tulsakids.com/?q=moms/support/marion-jones-tulsa-shock-athlete-and-mom">the August 2010 issue of Tulsa Kids</a>.