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SAN ANTONIO -- Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones has been released from federal prison after completing her sentence for lying about her steroid use.

A federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman says Jones was released Friday morning from a halfway house in San Antonio after serving most of her six-month sentence for lying to federal investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.

An admitted steroid dealer testified that he gave Jones a cocktail of drugs before the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

She was stripped of her five medals in 2007 after admitting that she used the drugs.

• COLLEGE FOOTBALL -- Virginia quarterback Peter Lalich admits he used marijuana and alcohol while on probation for an underage drinking charge.

Charlottesville General District Court documents show Lalich will be charged with failure to obey a court order while on probation, The Daily Progress reported.

Lalich was arrested on the drinking charge July 13 and was given a deferred judgment provided he completes supervised probation.

• HORSE RACING -- Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed an emergency regulation banning steroids for the state's thoroughbred and standardbred races.

The new rules go into effect immediately and ban anabolic steroids from being present in the blood of any horse that's racing. Horse regulators approved the sweeping ban earlier this month.

Big Brown had steroids in his system before winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. It was not illegal in any of the Triple Crown states this year, and Big Brown's trainer, Rick Dutrow, has said he only uses it to brighten his horses' coats and increase their appetites.

• COLLEGE BASKETBALL -- Charlotte backup point guard Michael Gerrity has left the team and will transfer at the end of the fall semester.

Coach Bobby Lutz said he was "very surprised and disappointed" with the decision.

Gerrity transferred to Charlotte from Pepperdine in 2006 and had to sit out the first semester last season under the NCAA's transfer rules. He then averaged 4.7 points and led the team with 3.5 assists in 26 games.

Gerrity was expected to again back up Dijuan Harris this season. The school said the junior had not decided what school he would transfer to.

• TRACK AND FIELD -- Usain Bolt rallied against cold, wind and Asafa Powell to win the 100 meters in 9.77 seconds at the Van Damme Memorial.

Running against a strong headwind in his season finale, the three-time Olympic champion had a bad start and watched Powell go ahead. But Bolt pulled even with Powell and used his long strides to finish 0.08 off the world record he set at the Beijing Games.

Powell, the only runner to defeat Bolt this season, finished second in 9.83.

• PRO FOOTBALL -- Dick Enderle, an offensive lineman who played eight seasons in the NFL after starring at the University of Minnesota in the 1960s, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment.