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Olympics: Marion Jones and the Start of Track & Field

Guests: Ron Rapoport Author, See How She Runs: Marion Jones and the Making of a Champion (Algonquin Books, June 9, 2000) Sports columnist for Chicago Sun Times Commentator for NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon Jay Weiner Sports Reporter, Minneapolis Star Tribune Covered the last 10 Olympic Games - 5 summer and 5 winter Author Stadium Games: Fifty Years of Big League Greed and Bush League Boondoggles (Univ. Minnesota Press, 2000) Marion Jones has become one of America's most beloved athletes and her quest for five gold medals begins this weekend in Sydney. Join Juan Williams for a conversation with sports reporter Ron Rapoport about his new book See How She Runs: Marion Jones and the Making of a Champion plus the latest news from the Olympics.

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