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CBS News: Government rejects Armstrong's $5M restitution offer
CBS News(CBS News) Lance Armstrong has offered to pay more than $5 million to the federal government to compensate for the fraud he allegedly committed against the U.S. Postal Service, CBS News has learned. The Postal Service paid Armstrong's team more than $30...Tags: International Cycling Union, CBS Corp., Oprah Winfrey, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Tyler Hamilton
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Armstrong won't fight USADA charges: AP Exclusive
AP Sports WriterAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong says he will no longer fight charges from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his unprecedented cycling career, a decision that could put his string of seven Tour de France...Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Lance Armstrong, Sports, Cycling
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'60 Minutes' report: Armstrong encouraged doping
Lance Armstrong 's former teammate, Tyler Hamilton, says Armstrong and other team leaders encouraged, promoted and took part in a doping program in an effort to win the Tour de France in 1999 and beyond, according to a report aired Sunday night on "60...Tags: Testosterone, Emergency Health Procedures, Blood Transfusion, Tyler Hamilton, Lance Armstrong
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Cycling-Costa retains Tour of Switzerland crown
ReutersJune 16 (Reuters) - Portugal's Rui Costa claimed the Tour of Switzerland for a second successive year after winning the final time trial stage in Flumserberg on Sunday. The Movistar rider, who trailed Swiss yellow jersey wearer Mathias Frank by 13...Tags: Bauke Mollema, Rui Costa, Portugal, Swiss Confederation
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Baseball players say they want to clean up the game
SEATTLE — When cyclist Lance Armstrong was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs last fall, he was publicly disgraced, stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from the sport for life. When outfielder Melky Cabrera tested...
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MLB drug scandal: Baseball still can't clean up its drug act
Bud Selig, baseball's commissioner, declared the game's steroid era "clearly a thing of the past" and the use of banned performance-enhancing substances "virtually nonexistent." It was January 2010, and former home run champion Mark McGwire had just...Tags: Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGwire
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Cycling-Froome eyes Tour success for years to come
ReutersLONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Briton Chris Froome made clear on Wednesday that he has no intention of ever again playing second fiddle to compatriot and Sky team mate Bradley Wiggins on the Tour de France. The 28-year-old, winner of the Criterium du...Tags: France, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome
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Tour of Washington County bike race slated for this weekend
holly.shok@herald-mail.comAt least 140 competitors are slated to take to the streets for this weekend’s Tour of Washington County bike races, which will begin in Hagerstown’s Arts and Entertainment District Friday night. On Saturday, the racers will move to...Tags: Road Race Cycling, State Farm Insurance, The Herald-Mail, Align Technology, Inc., Sports
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Froome warms up for Tour with Dauphine success
ReutersRISOUL, France (Reuters) - Briton Chris Froome's chances of going one better than his second place finish in the 2012 Tour de France could not look stronger as the Team Sky rider triumphed in the Criterium du Dauphine on Sunday. Second on the final stage...Tags: France, Road Race Cycling, Alberto Contador, United Kingdom, Bradley Wiggins
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Cycling-Briton Froome wins Criterium du Dauphine
ReutersRISOUL, France, June 9 (Reuters) - Britain's Chris Froome will head to the Tour de France in great heart after winning the Criterium du Dauphine on Sunday. Team Sky team mate Richie Porte of Australia finished second overall following the final...Tags: Richie Porte, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Bradley Wiggins
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Cycling-Cancellara opts out of Tour to prepare for worlds
ReutersPARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - Swiss Fabian Cancellara will not take part in this year's Tour de France so he can prepare for the world championships, the RadioShack-Leopard rider was quoted as saying on Friday. "The Tour has given me beautiful things...Tags: Road Race Cycling, Fabian Cancellara, Sports, Cycling, Cycling Trial
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