Zinedine Zidane will perform community service as penance for his infamous head-butt on Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final. The French midfielder, voted the best player in the championships, also was fined $6,000 by FIFA and agreed to work with children in lieu of a three-game suspension.
Nash’s hair is all the buzz
Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash showed up at a basketball camp Wednesday in Vancouver with his trademark mop-top gone, replaced by a freshly coiffed buzz cut. “I just cut it,” Nash said. “I don’t really have a rhyme or reason. I felt like taking it off.”
Landis back in Tour hunt
In a stunning turnaround a day after he was all but written off, American rider Floyd Landis moved back into contention at the Tour de France on Thursday, winning the final Alpine stage in a solo finish to jump from 11th to third.
Hot ‘Chick?
New England coach Bill Belichick has been named in a New Jersey divorce case as “the other man.” The Boston Herald, quoting court documents, said a former receptionist with the New York Giants, Sharon Shenocca, “has had a relationship with Bill Belichick for several years” and would not end it despite her husband’s pleas. It said Belichick has bought Shenocca gifts and even flew her out to Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston.
