Doping figure wants off probation to practice law

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tammy Thomas was a bit player in the infamous Bay Area-based sports doping scandal that ensnared Barry Bonds and a host of other big-name athletes.

An elite competitor in the obscure sport of short-track cycle racing, Thomas denied under oath in 2003 that she used performance-enhancing drugs even though the one-time Olympic hopeful was suspended for life from amateur athletics in 2002 after testing positive for steroid use. For the second time.