European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 16 2007 stars and stripes Page 29 police Nevada coach abusive after loss the associated press Las Cruces no Nevada coach Mark Fox yelled profanities and appeared ready to use Force toward a police officer and game officials after the Wolf pack lost in the Western athletic con Ference tournament according to a police report released tuesday the report from new Mexico state University police details a confrontation inside the pan american Center after Nevada lost 7977 to Utah state in the wac semifinals on Friday night Umsu officer quent Pirtie said in the report he was escorting officials Bill Gracey Winston Stith and Larry Spaulding to their dressing room when he heard Fox using loud boisterous and profane language toward the officials Fox was not arrested and no charges were filed but wac commissioner Karl Benson said the league will investigate it was a very emotional end ing to the wac semifinal game Gary Groth nevadas director of athletics said tuesday we were in very confined quarters and in the heat of the moment coach Fox made inappropriate comments to the game officials when leaving the floor he knows he  have made those comments and by doing so violated the was sportsman ship policy Groth said Fox had apologized to the officials the conference his team and the University and both he and the University have cooperated fully with the Confer ence Groth said the school has instructed Fox not to comment until after the Mcaa tournament the Day after the incident Fox told the Reno Gazette journal that he and Gracey encountered each other after the game we got stuck in the same Hall Way i said something to the offi Cial that i regret i apologize to him and the conference Ive got to realize when the game ends it ends Fox told the newspaper Nevada 284 plays Creighton 2210 in the first round of the Mcaa tournament Friday in new Orleans Benson said the incident would not prevent Fox from coaching the Wolf pack during the tournament South Carolina recruit works to avoid prosecution Columbia so South Carolina recruit Stephen Garcia applied wednesday to enter a counselling and Community ser vice program rather than face prosecution for two Misdemeanour charges Garcia a highly touted Quarter Back was arrested feb 17 on charges of drunkenness and fail ure to Stop for a police officer Dur ing an incident outside a club two weeks later he turned him self in on charges of malicious in jury to personal property arrest warrants said Garcia scratched professor Adam Biggs car with a key and caused More than in damage Biggs wanted Garcia 19 to express remorse before the judge Al Lowed him to apply for a pretrial intervention program i apolo Gize Garcia told Biggs in the courtroom following his latest arrest Gar Cia was suspended from Spring practice and All team activities this semester Mackey wins id Tarod Nome Alaska sitting with two of his dogs on the winners platform on front Street in Nome Lance Mackey Savoured his first id Tarod Trail sled dog race Victory his win tuesday in the 1100mile id Tarod came just Days after using a majority of the same dogs in winning the 1000mile Yukon quest International sled dog race this is a Damn dream that Ive been living you know dreaming about since i was a Little Little boy when my dad won this race said Lance Mackey 36 Mackey got his dream Early tuesday evening crossing under the burled Arch in downtown Nome Early completing the Idi Tarod in 9 Days 5 hours 8 min utes Paul Gebhardt 50 who was third last year finished second Matthews denies taking High Tempe Ariz Gary mat thews or ended More than two weeks of silence on wednesday after being linked to a steroids investigation denying for the first time that he took human growth hormone Matthews allegedly was sent High in 2004 from a pharmacy Jake Nevada coach Mark Fox complains to an official late in the second half of a wac tournament semifinal against Utah state Utah state won 7977 that part of a widespread Ste roid investigation los Angeles Angels owner arte Moreno and commissioner Bud Selig had been pushing Matthews to address the Issue and he finally did 16 Days after the first stories came out i have never taken High during the 2004 season or any other time Matthews said in a statement nobody has accused me of doing so and no Law enforcement authority has said i am a target of any investigation for doing so High was not banned by base Ball for players with major league contracts until 2005 Mancuso loses ground Miller ousted in Chase Lenzer Heide Switzerland Julia Mancuso lost her nerve wednesday and with it valuable ground in her bid to become the first us woman to win the Over All world cup title in almost a Quarter Century Bode Miller lost any Hope of re gaining the Large Crystal Globe he won on this Mountain two years ago Mancuso finished fifth failing to reach the podium for Only the second time in the last seven downhill races the result dropped her further behind mar lies Schild in the race for the Over All Crown she also trails two other austrians Renate Goetschl and Goetschl who had already locked up the downhill and super titles kept alive a slim Chance of adding the Large Crystal Globe by winning in 1 minute 2273 seconds Schild who has won seven of eight slalom this year finished second for her Best downhill re sult Frances Marie March Andar vier was third Mancuso seeking to join Tamara Mckinney As the Only us woman to win the Overall was 105 off the winning Pace with Hosp behind her in sixth Schild leads the Overall with 1382 Points 55 More than Hosp Goetschl overtook Mancuso and is third with 1300 Points Mancuso is another four Points Back on the mens Side no ways Aksel Lund Svindal overcame a half hour interruption before his run to win in olympic combined Champion Ted Ligety who had never before posted a top30 finish in the Down Hill finished a surprising fourth behind runner up Daniel Albrecht of Switzerland and Christoph Gruber of Austria in the race marred by two accidents Bucks fire Stotts Milwaukee Terry Stotts Jas fired wednesday As coach of the Milwaukee Bucks who Are struggling this season after injuries to key players an interim coach was not announced for thursday nights against san Antonio general Man Ager Larry Harris said Terry has done the Best he could in a difficult situation especially with All of our injuries Harris said of his coach for less than two seasons i Felt it was in the Best interest of Pur Organiza Tion to make the decision now and move Forward rather than wait until the end of the regular sea son the Bucks have dealt with a spate of injuries including the loss of Michael Redd for 20 games As the team went 317 with out him the team is 2341 last in the Central division t Stotts was hired As the teams ninth coach in history in june 2005 after Harris let Terry Porter go Stotts was a favorite of owner Herb Kohl the us senator got to know the 13year Aba Veteran coach while Stotts was an Assis Tant under the Bucks coach George Karl Stotts and Harris made Good on their Promise to return to the play offs in 200506 but the Bucks stumbled badly Down the stretch and finished 4042 with the eighth seed in the Eastern conference predators lose Erat for up to four weeks Nashville Tenn Nash Ville Forward Martin Erat will miss up to four weeks with a sprained left knee after colliding with teammate Jason Arnott Erat and Arnott slammed into each other in the third period of tuesdays 52 loss to Detroit and had to be helped from the ice the predators Are scheduled to play the red wings on wednes Day night the 25yearold czech had been playing on the predators top line with Paul Kariya and he scored a goal tuesday to increase his career High in Points to 57 Arizona Reserve guard suspended after dui arrest Tucson Ariz Arizona re serve guard Daniel Dillon was suspended from Competition wednesday a Day after his arrest 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