Runner’s doping account differs with Marion Jones’. The man convicted along with ex-Olympic sprinter Marion Jones in a fraud scheme says he knew he was using performance-enhancing drugs. But Tim Montgomery, who dated Jones, told Bryant Gumbel on Tuesday night’s “Real Sports” that he wouldn’t comment on Jones’ recent denial to Oprah Winfrey that she knew she was given steroids. “I’m not going to lie,” said Montgomery. “I knew.” Like Jones, Montgomery was disgraced and discredited from wins in the 2000 Olympics. He admitted to Gumbel that he used steroids because he was “very lazy.” “I wanted my name in the papers and my face on TV,” he added. Montgomery is serving nine years in prison and will serve an additional five for selling heroin.

Kelvin Sampson sanctioned by college league. Ex-Indiana hoops coach Kelvin Sampson can’t coach a college team for at least five years after an NCAA sanction against him. Sampson, who resigned from Indiana last February and works as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, was accused of recruiting violations. “A head coach does not promote compliance when he intentionally ignores committee penalties directed at him for intentional rules violations,” states an NCAA report. “A head coach also does not promote compliance when he himself commits intentional violations.”

Browns owner says he’ll soon decide Romeo Crennel’s future. Coach Romeo Crennel could suffer the consequences of a disappointing Cleveland Browns season come January. Browns owner Randy Lerner says he’ll hold off on deciding if Crennel and general manager Phil Savage still have a future with the team. One season after winning 10 games and sending six players to the Pro Bowl, the Browns are 4-7 and not positioned to play in the post-season. Crennel received a lucrative contract extension after last season’s success with the team.

Stephon Marbury entering last year in New York.

  The Miami Heat is among teams reported to have an interest in New York guard Stephon Marbury, who could be waived this week. Newsday and various Florida media outlets say the Knicks may be ready to cut “Starbury” loose, freeing him to sign with any team. The point guard, who’s entering the last year of his $21.9 million contract with the Knicks, recently recovered from ankle surgery. The talented player was often associated with trouble last season, including conflicts with ex-coach Isiah Thomas. Get more at Playa Hater.Razorbacks’ champ track squads penalized. The NCAA is upholding sanctions against the Arkansas champion track squads that included future Olympian Tyson Gay. The Razorbacks plan to ask an NCAA committee that oversees track and field scoring to reveal how many points the men’s title-winning ’04 and ’05 teams must lose. Arkansas had appealed a decision by the NCAA to take away both titles and give the school three years of probation. Gay and a former assistant track coach were the players involved with the NCAA-cited violations.