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2B Daily News – Saturday, August 18, 2012 Agent: Phelps OK with IOC Michael Phelps retired from swimming with more medals than any other Olympian. Don't expect him to lose any of them because of ad campaign for Louis Vuitton. Phelps' longtime agent, Peter Carlisle, dismissed any sugges- tion Friday that the retired swim- mer may have violated Interna- tional Olympic Committee rules when provocative pictures for the campaign were leaked on the Internet during the London Games. known as Rule 40, prohibits ath- letes from promoting non-offi- cial sponsors during a nearly monthlong period around the games. Among the possible sanc- tions: stripplng medals won by an offending athlete. The IOC, under a provision and images during any Olympics. ''He didn't violate Rule 40, it's as simple as that,'' Carlisle said in a telephone interview. ''All that matters is whether the athlete permitted that use. That's all he can control. In this case, Michael did not authorize that use. The images hadn't even been reviewed, much less approved. It's as simple as that. An athlete can't control unautho- rized uses any more than you can guarantee someone isn't going to break into your house.'' Carlisle told The Associated Press there's no issue with the IOC because Phelps did not authorize use of the pictures, which were leaked by a source that still isn't known and appeared on several Web sites. In fact, the agent added, there are dozens of similar, unapproved uses of most top athletes' names revolves around pictures taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, officially began on Thursday — the day after the IOC ban ended. Among the pic- tures: one that shows Phelps in a bathtub, wearing only goggles and a skimpy brief, another that depicts him sitting on a sofa, wearing a three-piece suit and chatting with former Soviet gym- nast Larisa Latynina, whose record for most overall medals he broke at the London Games. ''I can't count on every hand in this office the number of The ad campaign, which unauthorized uses that happen during the games period,'' Carlisle said. ''We uncover them by the dozens. Some are by com- panies we don't even know. It happens constantly.'' Phelps won four golds and two silvers at what he insisted was his final Olympics, raising his career totals to 18 golds, two silvers and two bronzes. The 27- year-old American retired as soon as he finished his final race in Britain. Carlisle expects his client to still be a force in the world of marketing. Look no further, he said, that the Louis Vuitton cam- paign, in which Phelps is follow- ing other iconic figures such as Sean Connery, Bono and Mikhail Gorbachev. ''In many ways, this is one of the greatest illustrations of how Michael has transcended swim- ming, and arguably even sports,'' Carlisle said. ''Only global icons are even included in that cam- paign. If you go through the list of celebrities who've been part of it, it's pretty remarkable.'' Armstrong, USADA argue over jurisdiction NEW YORK (AP) — The American governing body for cycling says it must accept the jurisdic- tion of the sport's international federation, which is fighting against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in a court battle to determine which has group has jurisdiction over the Lance Armstrong doping case. Meanwhile, in new papers filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Austin, Texas, USADA claims federal courts have no basis to intervene in its case against the seven-time Tour de France winner, who is charged by the agency with repeated use of per- formance-enhancing drugs. The charges filed by the agency in June have set off a multi-continent, multiagency fight among various cycling and anti-doping bodies over just who should handle the Armstrong matter. Armstrong filed a lawsuit trying to block express its interpretation of WADA's anti-doping code,'' Hess wrote. Also attached was a letter from UCI President Pat McQuaid to USAC Chief Executive Officer Steve Johnson on Thursday, stating ''USADA has no jurisdiction for testing in international races.'' Sparks held a hearing on Aug. 10 and is expect- ed to rule as soon as next week. ''The World Anti-Doping Agency, the organiza- USADA's case him, arguing the agency's rules vio- late athletes' constitutional right to a fair trial. The International Cycling Union (UCI) then asserted it has jurisdiction in the matter, saying USADA had no basis to get involved. USADA says its authority stems from the World Anti-Doping Agency, the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act. Armstrong's lawyers wrote a letter Friday to U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks, attaching a letter from Stephen Hess, a lawyer from USA Cycling. ''USAC believes that UCI has the power to MASON, Ohio (AP) — Only one of the Williams sisters is head- ing to a semifinal, and it's not the one with the long winning streak. Ser- ena Williams lost that — and her cool — at the Western & Southern Open. Williams had her 19- match streak snapped by Germany's Angelique Kerber on Friday, a 6-4, REFS (Continued from page 1B) Anderson said, "At this point, it's very likely" replacement officials will start the regular season. (One Falcon said he was told to expect three games with replacements.) "By the time the season starts, this will be a very credible group of offi- cials," Anderson said. "We're frankly very com- fortable." She flung her racket at the ground, picked it up and slammed it on the court again as the second set slipped away. ''I probably need a break,'' she said. This is beyond silly. It's irresponsible. It damages the product. Officials mis- takes can determine game outcomes. Outcomes MELKY (Continued from page 1B) playoffs. That's unfair. kee's Ryan Braun went 9- for-18 with a home run and four doubles in the first-round playoff series with Arizona. He was a one-man wrecking crew, hitting .500 with an off- the-charts OPS of 1.46. The Brewers won the series and moved on. After the season _ and after Braun had been awarded the league's MVP trophy _ it was announced A year ago, Milwau- determine standings, play- off teams and seeding. We haven't even addressed the potential of safety issues related to a poorly officiat- ed game (rules are meant to protect players). These replacement offi- cials aren't even as good as the ones who worked in 20o1. At least those were from BCS conferences. Most of these are from smaller conferences and the Arena League. Referee Craig Ochoa worked in the Lingerie Football League. Shannon Eastin, the first woman official, is from the MEAC. The NFL is a $9.3 bil- lion industry. It's disin- genuous enough when that Braun had tested pos- itive. Now as things turned out, challenging the man- ner in which the positive sample was collected and delivered by MLB, Braun skated on a technicality. But if you're the Dia- mondbacks, you have rea- son to believe you were eliminated by a cheater last year and are being prevented from repeating as N.L. West champs by a cheater this year. wins away from Milwau- kee last year or the Giants this season. MLB really can't even prevent a sus- pended Cabrera from win- ning a batting title which As I said, we can't take 6-4 defeat that marked the first time she'd even lost a set since her title at Wimbledon. The third- longest winning streak of her career didn't end qui- etly. tion charged with monitoring international compli- ance with the code, has determined USADA has results management authority in this case because USADA discovered the alleged anti-doping rule violations,'' the agency's lawyer, William Bock III, wrote to Sparks on Friday. USADA said that if Armstrong disputes the process, he cannot go to court but could bring a case in an American Arbitration Association process and then potentially appeal an arbitration decision before the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Said USADA CEO Travis Tygart: ''UCI's attempt to control the outcome through pressuring USA Cycling is tellingly sad and is further evi- dence why USADA as an independent national anti-doping agency that exists solely to protect clean athletes and the integrity of sport is the prop- er body to handle the case.'' Serena loses cool, is ousted at tournament; Venus heads to semifinal While Serena fumed over missed shots, older sister Venus had another jump-for-joy day. She reached the semifinals of a tournament for the first time this season by beat- ing Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4. Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro won in straight sets, set- ting up a rematch of their On the men's side, owners plead poverty and cut the pay of office staff during CBA talks, when network paychecks are hanging in the balance. But the difference between the two sides in these negotiations is rela- tive change between the couch cushions. The sides are roughly $2.2 million apart for the 2012 season and $16.5 million over five years. That's a lot for us peas- ants. But let's break it down. The $2.2 million equates to $65,750 per team. The $16.5 million over five years equates to $103,124 per team per year — or $6,445.31 per game. That's roughly the may happen. But MLB could stop Cabrera – or any All-Star who tests positive in the future – from having an impact on where a World Series opens. For decades and decades, baseball operated on an "it's your turn" basis. The World Series opened in the A.L. in odd years, N.L. in even. It was that way in 1935 and it stayed that way for nearly 60 years until there was no World Series in 1994. That merely switched the schedule. But a decade ago, Selig tried to revive interest in the All-Star Game with After all of her sum- mer success on Wimble- don's grass, Serena Williams is having a tough time getting read- justed to hard surfaces. One of the best stretches of her career included single and doubles gold medals at the Olympics in London. bronze medal match at the Olympics. Del Potro won that one. cost of 60 game tickets, or the low end of a Georgia Dome suite for one game ($6,200-$14,000). "So all we have to do is ask Arthur Blank to put another $100,000 in the pot with the other teams because he can afford it?" Anderson said. "Owners don't do business that way. Owners will pay employees commensurate to their value." The mes- sage being: The NFL isn't placing a high value on the officials. They had better hope the right parties are pro- viding the entertainment when the season starts. the illogical attachment of World Series advantage. Now there's at least a certain amount of embar- rassment that a player who has run afoul of the game's drug policy helped pro- vide the National League with this year's Series edge. nowhere near the World Series come Oct. 24, you think the name Melky Cabrera won't get tossed around for a few days? Even if the Giants are Owen Kelly: Please Kyle, don't come to Montreal Owen Kelly might just have the most agonizing job this week in the NASCAR Nationwide garage. For the second straight year, he was scheduled to qualify a car and then watch the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. ''It's a funny feeling. MONTREAL (AP) — It's really weird,'' Kelly said after posting the fourth fastest time in Fri- day's first practice for the NAPA 200 in Kyle Busch's No. 54 Toyota. ''You've got to act like you're racing the car, think like you're racing the car. If he doesn't get here for some reason, then you are racing the car.'' and everything,'' Kelly said. ''Right at the end of that, they said, 'He's here.' I walked up to him and said, 'I can't say I'm that happy to see you.' " Kelly took a seat and Busch, coming off an agonizing seventh-place finish in the Sprint Cup race at oil-spattered Watkins Glen Interna- tional last Sunday — he was spun out by Brad Keselowski while leading on the final lap and Mar- cos Ambrose won it — is concentrating on the Cup race at Michigan this weekend but is flying to Montreal on Saturday to hopefully drive the 54 from the back of the field to Victory Lane. ''I was kidding with him the other day and said, 'If you wake up Sat- urday morning and you feel like just hanging out in the motor home, I'll handle it up here,' " Kelly said, smiling. ''He laughed, thought it was pretty funny. I think he's keen on being here and trying to win this race.'' For what it's worth, Kelly qualified fifth and will give Busch all the feedback he can — if and when Busch arrives. Kelly did the same thing last year, but for Ambrose, his fellow Tas- manian and a good friend. then watched his fellow Aussie drive from the back of the field, get caught up in an accident with pole-sitter Jacques Villeneuve, and then rally to win the race. Kelly, 35, is the son of road rally racer Chas Kelly. He started his rac- ing career in Formula Ford, then went to V8 Supercars in 2000. He's known Ambrose since they were 9 years old rac- ing go-karts against one another. ''We grew up about an Last year, Ambrose, Carl Edwards, and Trevor Bayne made it to the Montreal race about 25 minutes before the start from the Sprint Cup event in Michigan. They arrived on Edwards' jet — a two-hour flight — helicoptered to the track and took a boat along the Olympic rowing basin that abuts the track to the garage area. ''I did the parade lap MLB West Division Texas A's American League WL Pct GB 68 50 .576 — 62 55 .530 5.5 Angels 62 57 .521 6.5 Seattle 55 64 .462 13.5 East Division WL Pct GB New York 71 48 .597 — Tampa Bay 64 54 .542 6.5 Baltimore 64 55 .538 7 Boston 58 62 .483 13.5 Toronto 56 63 .471 15 Central Division WL Pct GB Chicago 65 53 .551 — Detroit 64 55 .538 1.5 Cleveland 54 64 .458 11 Kansas City52 66 .441 13 Minnesota 50 67 .427 14.5 ------------------------------------------------------- Friday's results Detroit 5, Baltimore 3 N.Y.Yankees 6, Boston 4 Toronto 3, Texas 2 Kansas City 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Cleveland at Oakland, late Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, late Minnesota at Seattle, late Today's games Texas (Oswalt 4-2) at Toronto (Villanueva 6-2), 10:07 a.m. Boston (Lester 6-10) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-3), 1:05 p.m. Baltimore (S.Johnson 1-0) at Detroit (Por- cello 9-7), 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Peavy 9-8) at Kansas City (B.Chen 8-10), 4:10 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 0-1) at Oakland (B.Colon 9-9), 6:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 7-8) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 9-9), 6:05 p.m. Minnesota (Diamond 10-5) at Seattle (Vargas 13-8), 6:10 p.m. Sunday's games It will be another humiliating moment for Major League Baseball. In addition, it will be a com- pletely unnecessary one. Baltimore at Detroit, 10:05 a.m. Texas at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 11:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 12:35 p.m. Cleveland at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. Boston at N.Y.Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Monday's games Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Baltimore at Texas, 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. hour away from each other, so we were going to the same go-kart tracks racing,'' Kelly said. ''It was really cool to come here last year and win that race with him. It's a really cool thing that we can both share with our kids one day.'' In 2008, Kelly raced an asphalt late model for Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Motormile Speedway in Radford, Va. and dreams of following Ambrose to NASCAR. ''I'd like to be doing what Marcos is doing,'' said Kelly, who made his NASCAR debut in the Nationwide series at Road America in 2010 driving for Baker Curb Racing. He started ninth and finished fifth. ''I'm proud of what he's done. I learn a ton off Marcos all the time because he's a very, very clever guy. ''To get a foreign guy to come over here and start in a truck, an unsponsored truck, and in six years be winning Cup races, find your way through all of that and make it all happen like he's made it all happen, it's pretty phenomenal,'' Kelly said. ''It's definite- ly harder for a guy from another country. He's got himself in a Cup car and he's really part of this thing now, isn't he?'' MLB West Division Dodgers National League WL Pct GB 65 54 .546 — GIANTS 64 54 .542 .5 Arizona 59 59 .500 5.5 San Diego 52 68 .433 13.5 Colorado 45 71 .388 18.5 East Division WL Pct GB Washington 74 45 .622 — Atlanta 69 49 .585 4.5 New York 56 63 .471 18 Phillies Miami Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 72 47 .605 — Pittsburgh 65 53 .551 6.5 St. Louis 64 54 .542 7.5 Milwaukee 53 64 .453 18 Chicago 46 71 .393 25 Houston 39 80 .328 33 ------------------------------------------------------- Friday's results Washington 6, N.Y.Mets 4 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 3 L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, late Arizona at Houston, late Philadelphia at Milwaukee, late Pittsburgh at St. Louis, late Miami at Colorado, late San Francisco at San Diego, late Today's games Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 8-10) at Cincinnati (Cueto 15-6), 10:10 a.m., 1st game Pittsburgh (Bedard 7-12) at St. Louis (Lynn 13-5), 1:05 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 4-4) at Houston (Lyles 2- 9), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 9-6) at Washington (E.Jackson 7-7), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Raley 0-2) at Cincinnati (Redmond 0-0), 4:10 p.m., 2nd game L.A. Dodgers (Harang 8-7) at Atlanta (Sheets 4-2), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 13-6) at Milwaukee (Fiers 6-5), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Eovaldi 3-8) at Colorado (Chat- wood 3-2), 5:10 p.m. San Francisco (Zito 9-8) at San Diego (Stults 3-2), 5:35 p.m. Sunday's games Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 10:35 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 10:35 a.m. Arizona at Houston, 11:05 a.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Miami at Colorado, 12:10 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Monday's games Atlanta at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Miami at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Diego, 7:05 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. 54 64 .458 19.5 53 66 .445 21