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Should the Olympics suspend cycling?
No, but UCI must go Philip Hersh Chicago Tribune Cycling gets to stay in the Olympics on one condition: the International Cycling Union leaders who turned a blind eye to doping (best case) or enabled it (more likely) must go. Ex-UCI President Hein...Tags: Cycling, Oprah Winfrey, Philip Hersh, Los Angeles Times, Swimming
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Cycling union wants Lance Armstrong to testify before commission
In the wake of reports that Lance Armstrong admitted to Oprah Winfrey that he used doping techniques to win his seven Tour de France titles, the International Cycling Union (known as the UCI) is urging Armstrong to testify before its independent...
Tags: Lance Armstrong, U.S. Postal Service, Cycling, Oprah Winfrey, Sports
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Lance Armstrong scandal: Should cycling be dropped from Olympics?
Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong, a bronze medalist in the 2000 Games, is said to have admitted doping to Oprah Winfrey in an interview that will air later this week. Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss whether the International Olympic Committee...Tags: Tribune Company, Cycling, Oprah Winfrey, Swimming, Weightlifting
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Panel investigating Lance Armstrong postponed because of snow
When it rains, it pours. Or snows. The panel investigating links between the International Cycling Union and Lance Armstrong has postponed its first hearing in London because of snow. The panel will now hold its procedural hearing on Friday instead of...
Tags: Lance Armstrong, Shannon Sharpe, Cycling, Sports, Tour de France
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Will Lance Armstrong Attempt Daunting Climb From Disgrace?
Give disgraced bicyclist Lance Armstrong this much credit: Last week, when TV host Oprah Winfrey asked him, point-blank, "In all seven of your Tour de France victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope?" he answered, with a nod, "yes."...
Tags: Livestrong Foundation, Testicular Cancer, Lance Armstrong, Cycling, Oprah Winfrey
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Live updates: Lance Armstrong says he wishes he hadn't fought USADA
Lance Armstrong said in his interview broadcast Thursday night with Oprah Winfrey that he did not do anything to try to influence the U.S. Atty.’s office in Los Angeles to drop its grand-jury probe of him last February. “No, none, that&...Tags: Testicular Cancer, Livestrong Foundation, Cycling, Oprah Winfrey, Floyd Landis
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The L words that define Lance Armstrong
Ten observations on the Lance Armstrong saga, which took on a new dimension once the Big O got involved and apparently got the defrocked 7-time Tour de France winner to tell the truth, or some of it, about his doping: 1. It would be a lot easier to...
Tags: The New York Times, Lance Armstrong, USA Today, Buzz Bissinger, Cycling
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IOC releases statement on stripping Lance Armstrong of Olympic medal
The International Olympic Committee released the following statement Thursday regarding its decision to strip Lance Armstrong of the bronze medal he received in 2000: "Following the recent decisions of [the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency] and the...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Cycling, Cycling Trial, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong
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Oprah: Lance Armstrong admitted doping
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong has finally come clean. Armstrong confessed to doping during an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday, just a couple of hours after a wrenching apology to staff at the Livestrong charity he founded and...
Tags: Livestrong Foundation, Testicular Cancer, Mail Order Industry, CBS Corp., Cycling
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Report: Lance Armstrong offered USADA large donation in 2004
The head of the U.S. Anti Doping Agency claims in a “60 Minutes Sports” segment to air Wednesday that a representative of banned cyclist Lance Armstrong once offered to make a donation estimated around $250,000 to the agency. USADA Chief...Tags: The New York Times, Lance Armstrong, U.S. Postal Service, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Cycling
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Medals stripped from Athens Olympians
Associated PressEight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests. Lance Armstrong, meanwhile, can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000...Tags: Cycling, Awards and Prizes, Cycling Trial, Tyler Hamilton, Tour de France
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If Armstrong loses Olympic medal, why not East Germans?
The International Olympic Committee has a tendency to make up rules that suit its purposes. To wit: the attempt to impose a 2012 Olympic Games ban on any athlete who received a two-year doping suspension, even if that suspension expired before the...
Tags: Cycling, Awards and Prizes, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), 2012 Summer Olympics, Cycling Trial
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Dec 11, 2012
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