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Tour de France winner's case near end
Published on Sunday, Mar 16, 2008
From Beacon Journal wire services
The final step in the Floyd Landis doping case will take place in New York, America's most expensive city, and once again, American taxpayers will foot part of the bill.
The 2006 Tour de France winner, who was stripped of his victory last year, seeks to have his title restored by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. It's the final step in a series of appeals that have cost upward of $2 million, a good portion of which has been paid for with federal funds.
Landis is banned from cycling by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency until the end of January 2009.
The hearing starts Wednesday at a Manhattan law office. Unlike the explosive arbitration hearing Landis lost last May, this one will be closed to the public and is scheduled to last five days — less than half the time of last year's hearing in Malibu, Calif.
But it will still be costly, and a good chunk of the cost will be footed by USADA, which gets about 70 percent of its $12 million annual budget from the federal government, and the rest from the U.S. Olympic Committee.
When all of USADA's expenses are added up, it's possible prosecuting the Landis case from start to finish could eat up between 5 percent and 10 percent of the agency's annual budget.
Football: Pryor to decide in next week
• Terrelle Pryor, the talented Jeannette High School senior quarterback, said he will decide within a week where he will go to college and play football. ''Next week, I'm going to say the school I'm going to, sign it and get it over with,'' Pryor said after getting 23 points and eight rebounds to lead his team to a 76-72 overtime win over Strawberry Mansion in the Class AA title basketball game. The game contest was played before 6,000-plus fans at the Bryce Jordan Center on the campus of Penn State University, one of the finalists for Pryor's considerable services. He has said that Ohio State, Michigan and Oregon were also in the mix. On Saturday, he said he was down to two schools, but declined to name them. ''I can't tell you that,'' said Pryor, the only Pennsylvania player to rush for more than 4,000 yards and pass for 4,000 in his career. He's rated the nation's No. 1 player by a couple of recruiting services.
Skiing: Miller's staff, U.S. coach quit
• Bode Miller's breakaway ski squad was in pieces when practically his entire staff resigned for family reasons. Miller split from the U.S. Ski Team before this season to train and race on his own, and he clinched his second overall World Cup title Thursday in Bormio, Italy. ''It's obviously a concern of mine for next season if I continue to race, which is still up in the air on its own,'' Miller said. ''But with the right program in place, I think it would be a great opportunity for me to race further.'' Phil McNichol, the U.S. team's coach for men, also resigned Saturday after American skiers wrapped up their best season. He, too, wanted more family time.
• Manfred Moelgg of Italy won the World Cup slalom title in the final race of the season in Bormio, Italy. Moelgg led after the first run and finished in a tie for sixth place, good enough for the title after pre-race standings leader Jean-Baptiste Grange of France slipped in the second run and finished at the bottom of the field. Reinfried Herbst of Austria won the race, clocking 1 minute, 51.31 seconds for his second victory of the season.
• Elisabeth Goergl of Austria won the final giant slalom World Cup race of the season, edging Manuela Moelgg of Italy in Bormio, Italy. Goergl finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 24.96 seconds on the Stelvio course.
Horse racing: War Pass finishes last
• War Pass is unbeaten no longer. Restless in the gate and bumped at the start, the usually front-running War Pass finished last in the Tampa Bay Derby, with Big Truck edging Atoned at the wire to move into Kentucky Derby contention in Oldsmar, Fla. Winning trainer Barclay Tagg said his colt would likely go straight to the Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 3. Big Truck returned $16.40, $5.80 and $25.20, while Atoned paid $6.60 and $27.80. Dynamic Wayne paid $76.40 to show.
• Sierra Sunset won the $300,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park by three lengths, holding King's Silver Son at bay down the stretch in the 48th running of the Kentucky Derby prep in Hot Springs, Ark. Pre-race favorite Z Fortune, off at 4-5, never threatened and finished a disappointing fifth. Sierra Sunset, trained by Jeff Bonde and ridden by Christopher Emigh, finished in 1:43.88 and paid $10.40, $4.80 and $3.80.
Other: Nadal and others advance
• Defending champion Rafael Nadal, Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic and women's top seed Ana Ivanovic all advanced to the third round of the Pacific Life Open with straight set wins in Indian Wells, Calif. On the women's side, No. 3 seed Jelena Jankovic, No. 6 Marion Bartoli and two-time event winner Lindsay Davenport joined Ivanovic in the third round.
• Tim Welsh was fired as Providence's basketball coach after his third losing season in four years.
• Former welterweight champions Sugar Shane Mosley and Zab Judah will meet May 31 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions confirmed.
From Beacon Journal wire services
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