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Games RYAN SCHNEIDER SPORTS EDITOR ERIN WILEY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR MICHAEL PHILLIPS MEN'S BASKETBALL REPORTER MARK DENT BIG 12 BASKETBALL REPORTER JONATHAN KEALING DESIGN CHIEF DREW DAVISON SPORTS COLUMNIST Kansas vs. Missouri 2:30 P.M. SATURDAY, ABC Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State 3 P.M. SATURDAY, ESPN2 Texas A&M vs. Nebraska 7 P.M. SATURDAY, FSN Florida vs. Kentucky 8 P.M. SATURDAY, ESPN Duke vs. Maryland 5 P.M. SUNDAY, FSN
CEVCLING
Tour champ to skip season
Landis won't race as part of anti-doping agreement
Tina Fineberg/Associated Press
BY JEROME PUGMIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amy Bolger, of the Brooklyn borough of New York, stands by as American cyclist Floyd Landis, right winner of the 2006 Tour de France, autographs an item for her at a fundraiser for the Floyd Fairness Fund, Wednesday in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
PARIS — Floyd Landis will skip the Tour de France — and all races in France this year — as part of an agreement with French doping authorities in a case that could strip him of cycling's most prestigious title.
Last year's Tour champion had hip-replacement surgery 4 1/2 months ago and was unlikely to have competed in this year's Tour. He agreed Thursday not to race again in France until 2008, and in return the French anti-doping agency postponed its decision on whether to suspend him from competing in France for a maximum of two years because of a positive doping test.
"Floyd is pleased that the AFLD has agreed with his counsel's request that they suspend this proceeding," spokesman Michael Henson said.
Earlier, AFLD president Pierre Bordryd said Landis "understood perfectly that if he didn't act today, we would start the procedure immediately"
Landis will go before the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on May 14 and, following that, the AFLD will deliver its verdict in June.
"We will let Landis defend him as he wishes." Bordryd said.
The American, who has denied wrongdoing, did not appear at Thursday's meeting of the AFLD's nine-member panel, but sent a lawyer who read his request for a delay.
In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, Landis said the parallel cases in France and the United States were complicating matters. He asked the French agency to hold off until after the U.S. agency rules. The USADA will hold its hearings May 14.
"In this case, and in order to
avoid any misunderstanding, 1 agree to voluntarily not participate in any professional or amateur cycling event in France until December 31, 2007, and in particular the Tour de France 2007." Landis said in the letter.
Bordryd said Landis deserves to be heard by the USADA. However, Bordryd echoed Tour de France president Christian Prudhomme's sentiment that the American agency was dragging out its process.
Landis spokesman Michael Henson said Landis was happy with the AFLD's decision.
NBA
A.I. could miss All-Star game
DENVER — Allen Iverson's swollen right ankle doesn't have any structural damage, but he still stayed home while the Denver Nuggets left for a two-game trip to the Midwest.
BY ARNIE STAPLETON ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iverson aggravated his sprained
Herman juggles ankle during overtime in the Nuggets' loss to New Orleans on Wednesday night. He had 22 points, nine assists and four rebounds in his return from a four-game absence but wasn't his usual self as he had
can't be me, then I don't think I am helping them"
Iverson realized he shouldn't have rushed back to help his struggling team, which has lost seven of eight.
"This is a game I love to play, but even more than that, I want to be there to help, given that we are
"I wanted to go out and give us a little lift,but the way my ankle was in the second half, I can't help that way."
ALLEN IVERSON Denver Nuggets guard
struggling the way we are," Iverson said. "I wanted to go out and give us a lift, but the way my ankle was in the second half, I can't help that way."
to settle for jumpers. An MRI on Thursday didn't show any structural damage.
"I think it is one of those things where I just came back too soon," Iverson said. "I couldn't be me on the basketball court. I am more effective being aggressive and going to the basket and making things happen."
I verson will miss the Nuggets' games
Asked if he felt he was hurting his team rather than helping, Iverson said: "I feel like I'm hurting me, first. That's my main concern. ... Obviously, I am worried about my team, but if I am out there and
He acknowledged, however, that he might be sidelined through the All-Star game Feb. 18 in Las Vegas.
at Indiana on Friday night and Milwaukee on Saturday night but hopes to play again Monday night against Golden State.
"This (team) means more to me than the All-Star game. I have been there and done that in my career. If I have to (skip it), if that's the right thing for me to do, then that is exactly what I will do," lverson said.
"That is something that I haven't thought about because I don't care about that right now. I care about
Coach George Karl, who has spent the last two months juggling his lineup because of trades, injuries and suspensions, kept up a brave front in the face of his latest setback regarding iverson.
"We are good enough to win without him," Karl said, "and it will be special if we can get everyone on the court."
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If Iverson backs out of his eight All-Star appearance, that would give teammate Carmelo Anthony another crack at making his first All-Team team as one of commissioner David Stern's injury replacement picks. Stern has said he won't hold Anthony's 15-game suspension for fighting against him when choosing replacements.
this team right here."
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