European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 26 2007 stars and stripes Page 51 of issues lifetime b the associated press Beijing six austrian ath letes were banned for life from the olympics on wednesday for their involvement in a doping scandal at the 2006 Winter games in Turin the decision the toughest levied by the International olym Pic committee came after an investigation into alleged blood doping violations by the austrian Cross country and biathlon teams the austrian athletes also had their Competition results from Turin annulled none won med als if s the first time the Ioc has punished athletes without positive or missed doping tests and the first time athletes have received lifetime olympic bans the Austri ans were found guilty of possess ing prohibited substances and Tak ing Partin a doping conspiracy based on materials seized by ital Ian police during a raid on the ath letes living quarters this shows the docs Clear de termination to fight doping with Zero tolerance said Ioc vice president Thomas Bach a Ger Man lawyer who led the investigation the Ioc identified the banned austrians As Biath letes Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann and Cross country skiers Martin Tauber Juergen Pinter Johannes Eder and Roland Diethart a seventh athlete Cross coun try skier Christian Hoffmann had his Case referred to the inter National ski federation Forfar ther investigation Bach said the Ioc investigation will continue with hearings next month the six punished wednesday Are banned from involvement in any capacity at the olympics including As athletes coaches or officials the severity of the sanctions is motivated by the fact that these cases go further than straightforward Possession of prohibited substances and methods and Are Clear instances where a network including athletes colluded to manipulate blood and to engage into doping practices the Ioc said the athletes face possible punishment from the International ski federation the Ioc action applies Only to olympic Competition acting on a Tipoff italian police raided the austrian lodgings outside Turin on feb 18 2006 the raid was triggered by the presence of former austrian coach Walter Mayer who was implicated in a blood doping Case at sports briefs the 2002 Salt Lake City games and banned by the Ioc from the Turin olympics Mayer fled after the italian raid he crashed his car into a police Roadblock after crossing into Austria ending up briefly in a psychiatric Hospital charges against celtics guard Allen dismissed Boston charges of aggravated Battery against Boston celtics guard Tony Allen were Dis missed tuesday in a Chicago court the development came on the second Day of a trial stemming from a fight in August 2005 out Side a restaurant near downtown Chicago he was pretty Happy about the outcome Michael Higgins Allens agent said i think this has been dragged out for too Long if s been a Long time coming the charges resulted from the fight in which one Man was shot and another had his Eye socket fractured the incident was re corded on a Security camera at the restaurant the White Palace Grill Allen was accused of break ing the mans Eye socket police said he was not a suspect in the shooting of a Man in the left Arm and left Side Telfair dropped after arrest with loaded gun Boston celtics have severed ties with troubled guard Sebastian Telfair just Days after he was arrested in new York with a loaded gun in Bis car team managing partner Wye Grousbeck said Telfair who was the 13th pick in the draft in 2004 and was traded to the celtics last year from Portland was no longer with the team the facts and circumstances of his Case have not been deter mined but he does not have a celtics locker and we do not anticipate that he will Grousbeck said in an email to Boston newspapers Tel fairs attorney de Hayes told the associated press the celtics Are Rushing to judgment it always bothers me when you punish a Guy so severely be fore theres been a finding of fact i think that s wrong whether it happens in Durham no or in Boston Hayes said referring to the Duke Lacrosse rape Case Hayes said Telfair is a Nice Nice Guy who has no drug prob lems has never Hurt anybody and supports 17 relatives on his Aba salary since being drafted out of High school Teddy bears a fast worldwide shipping Hove for mothers Day big Luscom styles of giant stuffed animals Hes come so far and done so Well i dont think you have to throw him overboard he said Telfair 21 of Brooklyn was arrested Early Friday after police in Yonkers by stopped him for speeding and found a loaded handgun under a seat in his Sun Telfair did not have a valid License and police said he and his passenger told them they knew nothing of the gun Telfair pleaded not guilty to charges including felony second degree Possession of a weapon and bail was set at at the time Grousbeck said players had been explicitly warned to obey the team and league gun prohibition As Well As state Laws and that the team would act accordingly once the facts had been determined charges dropped after coach apologizes Farmville a Morgan state basketball coach Todd Boze Man who faced Misdemeanour As Sault and cursing charges follow ing a tirade against a restaurant employee for making the wrong kind of sandwiches had the charges dropped tuesday after he apologized court records show Bozeman also agreed to a monetary pay ment to the employee involved in the feb 3 tirade that followed a loss by Morgan state at Long Wood judge Robert Spencer then agreed to drop the charges i want to apologize to Mulli Gans and the Community Boze Man said in Prince Edward county general District court Bozeman had been released on a unsecured Bond and faced up to a Fine and a year in jail for the assault charge and a Fine for cursing the employee the charges were brought when Bozeman brought his team to mulligans sports Grille after the loss and became unhappy that the restaurant packed Ham and Turkey sandwiches for the team instead of the Steak sandwiches Bozeman had requested in the Exchange that followed witnesses said Bozeman grabbed a restaurant employee by the shoulders and Shook her used profanity and demanded his Money Back Bozeman has denied assaulting the waitress Tennessee guard Lofton to stay for senior year Knoxville see guard Chris Lofton the South Eastern conference player of the year will stay for his senior sea son Lofton said tuesday he want projected High enough in the up coming Aba draft to warrant leaving school Early i think i knew All along i was coming Back anyway he said during a news conference with coach Bruce Pearl it was just a Little part of me in my mind of waiting to see How everything shakes out in not surprised by this competing against a Large num Ber of draft eligible big men Lof ton was projected to be a Sec Ond round pick Lofton led the Sec in scoring at 208 Points a game and in three pointers per game at 342 Pearl said he envisions Lofton be coming More of a combo guard next season and even sharing some of the Point guard duties marketing agent for Peterson charged with bribery theft Kansas City to a marketing agent representing former Oklahoma sooner running Back Adrian Peterson is facing felony charges of commercial bribery and theft Bill Henkel managing director of 10 sports marketing turned himself in to the Johnson county Kan sheriffs office on Friday Deputy Tom Erickson said Hen Kel posted Bond and was released the same Day the charges Are related to a sports Memorabilia Deal mat Hen Kel the former football Market ing director of International management groups football Divi Sion negotiated involving san Diego chargers Star Ladanian Tomlinson the Johnson county prosecutors office said in August 2005 Henkel allegedly solicited a Kickback for a marketing Deal involving the pro bowl running Back then received a portion of the Kickback without the knowledge of Tomlinson or Imp a complaint issued by the District attorneys office places the value of the theft Between and to make it Clear there Are no charges against Ladanian Tom Linson said Brian Burgess a spokesman for the District attorneys office a message left for Henkel by the associated press on tuesday was not immediately returned his attorney Cheryl Pilate in Kansas City to said the Case will be very vigorously defended Montoya fined for gesture Charlotte no Juan Pablo Montoya was fined by Lascar on wednesday for making an obscene gesture on live television last week Montoya who was also placed on probation through the end of the year waved a Finger at a Cam Era following practice last week at Phoenix International race Way team officials have maintained the gesture was made in fun and he was unaware the Cam Era was providing a live feed i really feel bad that the Inci Dent happened Montoya said it was Only meant As a joke to one of my friends i completely understand Nastars Point of View and their decision if s the first time the former formula one Star has fallen afoul of Lascar policies against such gestures and obscene language two time series Champion Tony Stewart made the same Ges Ture toward Jimmie Johnson Dur ing a March race in Atlanta this season and was not penalized that also was captured on live to but Lascar spokesman Ramsey Piston said he was unaware of stewarts gesture when asked about it this week but Steward s gesture was so obvious that Johnson saw it from his rear View Mirror and complimented Stewart the next week for being Able to wave a Finger while also preventing his car from crashing Stewart also made the same gesture at Carl Edwards last year at Pocono and was not penalized Unser hrs lawyer enters not guilty plea in Dili Case Henderson Nevada a lawyer for Indianapolis 500 win Ner Al Unser or entered a not guilty plea on users behalf wednesday to charges including driving under the influence in a january crash Unser did not appear before Justice of the peace George who set trial for july 11 users lawyer Andrew Leav itt declined to address Circum stances surrounding users Jan 25 arrest the Nevada Highway patrol said Unser was driving a Black Ford excursion when it Side swiped a Mazda Sedan that crashed into a Cement median on the Las vegas Beltway the Driver of the Mazda reported no injuries at the scene the nip said a witness followed in Sers vehicle before police stopped it a Short time later near the Black Mountain country club about 12 Miles Southeast of the Las vegas strip the nip said the 45yearold Unser failed Field sobriety tests before he was charged with driving under the influence Mise Meanor hit and run failure to Ren Der Aid in an Accident and failure to report an Accident Unser is the son of indy 500 Rac ing legend Al Unser and Nephew of three time indy Winner Bobby Unser he won the indy 500 in 1992 and 1994 and won two cart Points tides and two iroc championships in 2002 Unser underwent treat ment for alcohol abuse after his Girlfriend said he hit her in the face while drunk in Indianapolis prosecutors did not file charges against him in that Case pacers fire Carlisle Indianapolis Rick Carl Isle was fired wednesday after four tumultuous years As Indiana pacers coach following a season in which the team did not make the playoffs for the first time in a decade the pacers finished the season 3547 their worst since 198889 Indiana was 2924 shortly after t the Allstar break but lost its next 11 games to fall out of the top eight in the Eastern Confer ence a loss to Detroit on april 3 clinched the pacers first losing season since 199697 Carlisles tenure was less about wins and losses and More about his struggle to manage a cast of talented but volatile characters Carlisle always will be linked with Ron attest and Stephen Jackson the two most prominent players in the 2004 Brawl be tween pacers players and Detroit pistons fans that Brawl started the unravelling of a team that was expected to make several title runs team president Larry Bird said Carlisle has an option to re turn to the team in another capacity