Tattoo results in player ban

BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro — Serbian basketball player Milan Gurovic was banned from entering Croatia for a game because of a nationalist tattoo on his arm that authorities said was inflammatory.

The tattoo is of Draza Mihajlovic, whose troops during World War II were allied with fascists in Croatia and are blamed for slaying hundreds of Croats. Serb nationalists had declared Mihajlovic their hero.

– Associated Press