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IU to host summer tennis tournament\nThe 2003 Intercollegiate Tennis Association will host its National Summer Championships at IU for the third straight year starting Saturday. The five-day event will feature amateur players from around the country and consists of 64-player men's and women's singles draws as well as doubles and mixed doubles.\nThe ITA Collegiate Summer Circuit is in its 10th year of operation and it consists of five regional circuits culminating in this event. IU women's tennis coach Lin Loring is the creator of the yearly event that has brought more than 14,000 men and women into competition since its inception in 1993.\n"It is a great honor for (IU) to host such a prestigious event," Azcui said in a news release. "Some of the most talented collegiate athletes are able to display their talents and work on their game during the months of the summer circuit all the way up to the highlighted national championships." \nThis weekend's event will feature current IU players and IU recruits. The tournament is at Varsity Tennis Courts and admission is free. \nBaseball attacker receives probation\nCHICAGO -- A man who ran onto the field with his son during a major league baseball game and attacked the visiting team's first-base coach was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years on probation.\nWilliam Ligue Jr. also was ordered to perform community service and remain in a substance abuse program.\nLigue pleaded guilty in May to two counts of aggravated battery for leading his teenage son onto the field at a Chicago White Sox game last September and beating coach Tom Gamboa of the Kansas City Royals.\nLigue's son was sentenced earlier to five years' probation and 30 hours of community service, but a judge recommended he be sent to a prison boot camp because of a probation violation.\nSpanish cyclist fails drug test\nMADRID, Spain -- Spanish cyclist Javier Pascual Llorente tested positive for the banned hormone EPO during the Tour of France, the only rider to fail a drug test during the showcase race.\nThe Spanish cycling federation said Wednesday it had received confirmation from the International Cycling Union that Pascual Llorente tested positive after the 12th-stage time trial won by Jan Ullrich on July 18. The B-sample days later confirmed the result.\nThe cycling union, the sport's governing body, previously had said that only one unidentified rider had tested positive, and the Tour de France director had said it was not one of the leaders.\nThe cycling union had no immediate comment from its Swiss headquarters Wednesday.\nPascual Llorente finished in 27th place, 57 minutes behind five-time winner Lance Armstrong.\nThe Spanish federation said no measures will be taken against the rider until an investigation is completed. Punishment could be a suspension of up to two years.\nPascual Llorente told the news agency Efe he was innocent.\n"I'm very calm but I don't trust anything the French do. There is a clear persecution against Spanish cycling," he told Efe.\nThe Tour was nearly wiped out by a drug scandal in 1998. The French Festina team was disqualified, and many cyclists rode slowly to protest police raids at hotels.\nEPO, or erythropoietin, is a hormone naturally produced by the body but now available as a genetically engineered product. EPO artificially increases the level of red blood cells and therefore enhances endurance.\nAn overly high red blood cell count is often a sign of EPO use. A rider who gives a reading above 50 percent receives an automatic two-week suspension on health grounds.