On the sidelines

Michigan in the dog house\nMichigan punished its men's basketball program Thursday, imposing a postseason ban for 2003 and forfeiting all victories from six seasons because of a scandal involving a former booster.\nMichigan also will remove four banners from Crisler Arena: for the 1992 and 1993 Final Fours, the 1997 National Invitation Tournament title and the 1998 Big Ten tournament title.\nThe school announced the penalties in a letter to the NCAA on Thursday. By imposing the sanctions, Michigan hopes to head off more severe action by the NCAA.\nThe Wolverines won't be able to participate in the NCAA tournament or the NIT after the upcoming season. The team went 11-18 last season.\nRoyals coach accepts apology of teen attacker\nKansas City Royals coach Tom Gamboa said he accepts the apology of a 15-year-old fan who attacked him on the field during a game and hopes the boy learns from his "tragic mistake."\nGamboa said Thursday he would like to see the boy receive probation and community service because he was already held for a month in juvenile detention after the September attack at Comiskey Park.\nThe boy apologized to Gamboa during the start of the hearing in juvenile court. The hearing is scheduled to resume Friday.\nThe boy was released to his family last month after pleading guilty Oct. 21 to one count of aggravated battery and two counts of mob action in the Sept. 19 attack during a game against the Chicago White Sox. Gamboa was coaching at first base when it occurred.\nZito edges Martinez for AL Cy Young Award\nNow Barry Zito can stare at a Cy Young Award every day.\nAfter winning the American League honor for the first time Thursday, he thought back to his youth, when his parents paid former major leaguer Randy Jones $50 a lesson and he went to his teacher's house after workouts.\nZito, 23-5 with a 2.75 ERA as Oakland won the AL West, received 17 first-place votes, nine seconds and two thirds for 114 points from a panel of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.\nBoston's Pedro Martinez, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, got 11 firsts, 12 seconds and five thirds for 96 points after going 20-4 with a 2.26 ERA. Red Sox teammate Derek Lowe, 21-8 with a 2.58 ERA, was third with 41 points, and Anaheim's Jarrod Washburn (18-6, 3.15) got one point.\nZito, a 24-year-old left-hander, grew up in the San Diego area. When he was 12 years old, his parents saw an ad in a newspaper placed by Jones, who won the NL Cy Young Award in 1976.