Olympics Round-Up — And More

by Rant March 1, 2010

With the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games completed, and the torch passed (so to speak) to the 2014 host city, Sochi, Russia, it’s time to check in with what happened in the world of doping at the Winter Olympics. Short answer: Not much. Well, at least so far. Remember that it’s early days yet, and that a […]

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Jugement par chiens

by Rant February 24, 2010

… or Trial By Dogs by “Liggett Junkie” [Note from Rant: This originally appeared in a comment to the previous post. While those readers who’ve followed that discussion may well have read this story, we can all use a bit of levity every once in a while. So, I asked Liggett Junkie if she would […]

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Landis Comes Out Swinging

by Rant February 18, 2010

  If you saw the note on Neil Browne’s Browne Eye Blog yesterday, rumor was that Floyd Landis would be on Larry King Live tonight. Given the rather humorous nature of the post that Browne’s update was attached to, I wasn’t sure if he was kidding, or if it was for real. So I emailed […]

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Some Guys Have All the Luck

by Rant February 15, 2010

… but not necessarily good luck In this day and age, I’m thankful to have a steady job. The way the economy has been going, that’s no small accomplishment. But there are the occasional days when I wish I had more time to go for a ride, or to spend writing up the latest and […]

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The Settlement — and More

by Rant February 3, 2010

I think I’m going to have to start posting more often, just to keep up with everything that’s been going on. Three weeks since my last post (give or take a day)? There’s almost too much to catch up on. But I’ll dig deep and give it the ol’ college try. Trek v. LeMond: The […]

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Thursday Short Takes

by Rant January 14, 2010

Piti Poor Alejandro? Perhaps CyclingNews.com has some sources inside the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Or perhaps they were reading more into the workings of the panel hearing the case involving Alejandro Valverde vs. CONI (and potentially the UCI and WADA). Regular reader Jeff provided an interesting link yesterday, to a story about the hearings […]

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