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American sprinter Collins reinstated after serving drug suspension
American sprinter Michelle Collins was reinstated yesterday by track and field's governing body, the IAAF, after serving 3-plus years of a BALCO-related suspension.
Her ban for using performance-enhancing drugs was to expire in July, but it was reduced because Collins cooperated with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and federal investigators. Collins, 37, is eligible to try to qualify for the U.S. Olympic trials, which start next month.
"All I want to do now is return to the sport I love," Collins said in a statement released by the Valparaiso Sports Law Clinic, which represented her. "I look forward to competing again."
Collins, a 2000 Olympian, was a disciple of track coach Trevor Graham, who also worked with Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin.
Collins was stripped of her 2003 world indoor and U.S. championships at 200 meters after an arbitration panel found she used banned substances provided by the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative. She never tested positive, but the panel concluded she used the drugs for several years.
She later admitted using the substances.
Colleges
* Quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, kicked off LSU's national championship team after repeated off-the-field problems, signed with Jacksonville State. Perrilloux will be able to transfer and start immediately.
* Southern California has signed a new 25-year lease that will keep the Trojans' football team in the Los Angeles Coliseum and include improvements in the stadium. USC has played in the 85-year-old facility since it was built in 1923.
* Penn State assistant men's basketball coach Kurt Kanaskie said he's withdrawn his name as a candidate for the head coaching vacancy at St. Francis, Pa. Kanaskie played collegiately at La Salle.
Philly File
* The Wings' Athan Iannucci, who set the National Lacrosse League season scoring record, was named first-team All-Pro. Iannucci had 71 goals and is among the three finalists for the MVP award, which will be announced today. Wings transition player Geoff Snider was named second-team All-Pro.
Sport Stops
* Maria Sharapova overcame some erratic moments before beating Dominika Cibulkova, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, in the second round of the Italian Open . . . Top-ranked Roger Federer, No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 3 Novak Djokovic each advanced into the third round of the Hamburg (Germany) Masters.
* The United States plans to play its home games in the semifinals of World Cup soccer qualifying in Washington and suburban Chicago and Denver. *
