Just a few days after Marion Jones' six-month prison sentence for steroid use and fraud, a drug scandal playing out in Albany, N.Y. The district attorney there is on a mission to arrest doctors and pharmacists suspected of distributing steroids. The DA accuses a whole roster of celebrities, including Mary J. Blige, of getting performance-enhancing drugs from the targeted doctors. Interestingly, they're all black. Blige was the first to deny involvement. From the NY Daily News:

"Mary J. Blige has never taken any performance-enhancing illegal steroids," the singer's spokeswoman Karynne Tencer told the Daily News.

The R&B singer leads a roster of entertainers named in a probe by Albany County District Attorney David Soares, the Times Union reported.

Rappers 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef Jean and actor Tyler Perry also allegedly ordered steroids or human growth hormone from doctors and pharmacists targeted in Soares' investigation, according to the paper.

Authorities have uncovered no evidence the celebrities violated any drug laws.

I don't know about Mary, Wyclef, or Tyler Perry, but the fact that Timbaland and 50 Cent's names have come up in a steroid probe is no surprise.

I know there are thousands of people who are fond of Barry Bonds. And millions more are fond of baseball. I am not one of those people. So when I heard the news that Bonds had been indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, I was kind of like, "eh."

If Marion Jones had her medals taken away for taking steroids, it seems unfair for Barry Bonds (and others, yes, I know) to get away with both taking steroids and lying about it and being really obnoxious and surly. The latter two aren't criminal offenses, I just thought I'd add them. So. I guess there goes Barry's career? I wish he had gotten arrested so I could make some sort of "Barry's out on Bond" joke, but, as it is, I've got nothing. These baseball posts kill me.[ESPN]

Once a role model for little black girls everywhere, Marion Jones is now bankrupt and finally ready to admit that she took steroids before the 2000 Olympics.

The plea comes after years of angry denials by Jones, 31, who in 2000 won five medals in Sydney – three gold and two bronze track and field medals – and was the most celebrated female athlete of the games.

Jones is expected to be stripped of her medals in light of the revelations. Under the statute of limitations, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other sports organizations have eight years to withdraw medals and nullify results.

She stands to spend up to 6 months in jail and will probably receive a lengthy suspension from the competition world. But, hey! Unlike some baseball players I know (of), at least she eventually told the truth.

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• Melanie Brown would now like to be referred to as "Lady Spice." Good luck making that one stick. [SP]

• Would I take a cell phone call from my father's killer on my way out of Costco? The jury's still out on that one. [EUR]

• Seriously, Whoopi? I have a feeling Sherri Shepherd wouldn't even take a part in Homie Spumoni. And she thinks the world is flat. [C&D]

• Evan Ross and Hilary Duff as romantic leads? The tweens will like it, at least. [BV]

• I couldn't care less about Barry Bonds, and this woman lost me at "shriveled balls." [Jossip]