Jonesing

Marion Jones has finally admitted what most people have suspected ever since the BALCO story was unearthed: she was on the juice.

Citing a letter Jones sent to close family and friends, which was “read to the Washington Post by a person who had been given a copy of it,” Jones plans to plead guilty on Friday in New York to two counts of lying to federal agents about her drug use and an unrelated financial matter.

The Post reported that in the letter, Jones said she took the steroid produced by the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO) known as “the clear” for two years beginning in 1999. Jones, 31, won five medals, including three gold, at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.