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Lance Armstrong admits doping to Oprah, but not after 2005
In a sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday night on Winfrey's OWN channel, Lance Armstrong admitted to using banned substances, including the hormone EPO and testosterone, to win his seven straight Tour De France races in the late...Tags: Cycling, Sports, Testicular Cancer, CBS Corp., OWN (tv network)
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NHL, players settle labor dispute
NEW YORK (AP) — They walked into a Manhattan hotel, knowing they were running out of time to save their season. After 16 hours of tense talks, the NHL and its players finally achieved their elusive deal early Sunday morning, finding a way to...
Tags: 2011 NFL Lockout, Pension and Welfare, Major League Soccer, Baseball, Phoenix Coyotes
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Lance Armstrong interview with Oprah Winfrey in less than 2 hours
Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which he is expected to deliver a confession to using performance-enhancing methods to win the Tour de France seven times, is less than two hours away. Armstrong, 41, sat down with Winfrey for 2...
Tags: The New York Times, Cycling, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Levi Leipheimer
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Review: Muse goes big -- as always -- at Staples Center
The English band Muse does everything on a grand scale: giant prog-rock riffs, elaborate laser-light displays, songs with titles such as “Supremacy” and “Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 (Cross-Pollination).” When the International...
Tags: BBC, Muse (music group), Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Radiohead (music group)
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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: Cycling, Sports Organizations, International Cycling Union, Weightlifting, Swimming
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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: Cycling, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Sports, Health Treatments, Testicular Cancer
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Can you dig it?
LONDON — In basically the backyard of austere 10 Downing Street where British Prime Minister David Cameron officially resides in a stately, executive manor, a raucous block party rocked his neighborhood Saturday night. Queen Elizabeth celebrates...
Tags: Beach Volleyball, Religion and Belief, David Cameron, Westminster Abbey, Christianity
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Olympic softball field is just the stuff of dreamers
LONDON — It was a cool evening. The setting sun found a tiny hole in the clouds. The occasional sprinkle fell on Regent's Park, and tall grasses that looked as if they belonged on a Midwest prairie began to sway. Then you looked at the grass,...
Tags: Softball, 2012 Summer Olympics, Sports Organizations, Sports, Baseball
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Hate for Heat has transformed to loathing for Lakers
Running off at the typewriter. … If you've read this column for any length of time, you know that when LeBron James joined the Miami Heat, I became the founding father and CEO of an organization known as HATE (Heat Are The Enemy). The purpose...
Tags: Radio, Bob Costas, Gun Control, Rose Bowl Game, Pat Riley
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IOC rejects worldwide calls for opening ceremony memorial to murdered Israelis
LONDON – As worldwide pressure grows for a memorial to the 11 Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre during Friday’s opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Games, the International Olympic Committee continues to be resolutely...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Television Networks, Sports Organizations, National Government, Judaism
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For South Sudanese marathoner, Olympics would be the ultimate refuge
If the ideals of the Olympics as expressed in its charter still ring true in any way, the most resonant moment of the last Summer Games was the sight of Lopez Lomong, a refugee from civil war in the Sudan, carrying the U.S. flag into the opening...
Tags: Sports Organizations, Running, Salva Kiir Mayardit, National Government, Iowa State University
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Urlacher should address treatment issues frankly
Back to being a Pro Bowl grump Wednesday at Halas Hall, Brian Urlacher refused to clarify the mysterious circumstances surrounding treatment of his injured left knee. Urlacher's reaction provided the least surprising aspect of a story that cannot go away...
Tags: Lovie Smith, Sports, Steroids, Food and Drug Administration, Brian Urlacher
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