For The Record

Won
By Bode Miller (below), the 27th World Cup race of his career—the downhill at the Lauberhorn course in Wengen, Switzerland , on Sunday. The victory tied Miller with Phil Mahre for the most by an American on the Cup circuit. Miller , 30, broke away from the U.S. ski team last May and is competing as an independent; the win at Wengen was his second title this season. "It didn't feel that good in terms of the quality of the skiing, but I was very aggressive," said Miller . "I kept really pushing forward the whole time."

Sentenced
To six months in prison, sprinter Marion Jones . In October the former Olympic gold medalist, 31, pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and her knowledge of a check-fraud scheme involving former boyfriend Tim Montgomery . Last Friday, Judge Kenneth Karas gave her the maximum sentence under her plea deal, to send a message to other athletes who use drugs. Said Jones , who must report to prison by March 11, "I truly hope that people will learn from my mistakes."

Benched
By his teammates for Sunday's game against the Hawks, Bulls rookie Joakim Noah , as punishment for verbally abusing assistant coach Ron Adams during practice last Friday. Noah reportedly upbraided Adams after being criticized for not knowing an assignment. Coach Jim Boylan benched Noah for that night's game against the 76ers , but in a players-only meeting on Saturday the team voted to sit him again. "A coach-player relationship is built to get a little volatile," said center Ben Wallace , "but it should never go to that level."

Ruled
Ineligible to compete in this year's Olympics by the IAAF, double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius (below). The South African , who runs on carbon-fiber blades and holds Paralympic world records in the 100, 200 and 400 meters, competed twice last year against able-bodied athletes: He was second in a 400-meter heat at the Rome Golden Gala and was disqualified in the 400 at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix. In its ruling on Monday the IAAF said Pistorius, 21, gains a mechanical advantage from his prosthetics. "That's a huge blow," said his manager, Peet Van Zyl. "It looks like he is out of any able-bodied event."

Launched
By Major League Baseball , a department of investigations that will probe future allegations and rumors of performance-enhancing drug use. The unit will be headed by Dan Mullin, a former New York City police officer who had been baseball's senior director of security. The formation of the department was recommended by George Mitchell in his steroid report last month. Commissioner Bud Selig said a tip line for team employees to report drug use will also be established and that tighter security measures for big league clubhouses will be implemented.

Died
At age 40 of a possible drug overdose, former U.S. figure skating champion Christopher Bowman (right). The skater's body was found by a friend in a Los Angeles motel last Thursday; toxicology results were pending. "His friend told me that [he was] fine," Bowman's mother, Joyce, told the Detroit Free Press. "He just went to bed and didn't wake up." Known as Bowman the Showman for his outsized personality, he won U.S. men's figure skating titles in 1989 and '92. Bowman also battled cocaine and alcohol addiction, undergoing treatment before he went to the 1988 Olympics and after his fourth-place finish at the Albertville Games in '92.

Fired
By Hawaii , athletics director Herman Frazier , a day after football coach June Jones resigned to take the same job at SMU. Jones stepped down on Jan. 7; in an e-mail to Frazier that was published by The Honolulu Advertiser , he explained that his departure was spurred by his frustration with Hawaii 's small budget and poor facilities. In addition to his failure to re-sign Jones , Frazier had been criticized for not accepting a full allotment of tickets to this year's Sugar Bowl , creating a shortage for Warriors supporters, and for weakening the team's schedule with two Division I-AA opponents this season. Associate AD Carl Clapp was named acting AD until a replacement for Frazier is hired.

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