Mark McGwire Comes Clean

by Rant January 11, 2010

Seems like it was bound to happen eventually. Word is that Mark McGwire has finally admitted to using steroids during his baseball career, including during his famous battle with Sammy Sosa for slugging supremacy during the 1998 season. [McGwire] told Costas that studying pitchers and making his swing shorter led to his increase in home […]

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Should Doping Be Criminalized?

by Rant December 22, 2009

Today’s mail brought me the latest  (February 2010) print edition of VeloNews, which contains lots of pretty pictures and a bunch of interesting articles — but for those who follow the trials and travails of doping, perhaps none is more germane that John Wilcockson’s editorial about criminalizing doping. (Wilcockson’s piece carries the headline “The Criminalization […]

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Uno, Dope, Trace

by Rant December 16, 2009

One for the money … Seems like Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde will get to go before the Court of Arbitration for Sport twice in the first three months of 2010, according to this Associated Press report on ESPN.com. Valverde heads before the CAS on January 12th to challenge the ban imposed on him by Italian […]

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Dope Springs Eternal

by Rant November 30, 2009

It’s been a while since last I posted here on the original RYHO.  Over the last week, I’ve been participating in what might best be described as the “Office Cleaning Olympics.”  The OCO is a grueling endurance event, which tests the stamina and determination of even the best. But it’s an equal opportunity sport, too. […]

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Landis Leaves OUCH-Maxxis Cycling Team

by Rant November 17, 2009

A couple of months ago, rumors suggested that at the end of the 2009 season Floyd Landis and his (now former) cycling team, Team OUCH presented by Maxxis, would part ways. One variant of the rumor had it that when Landis departed from the team, so would the title sponsor, OUCH Sports Medical Center. In […]

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LeMond vs. Trek: It Is About The Bikes

by Rant November 16, 2009

According to news reports, tomorrow (or more likely today by the time most folks read this) a judge in Minnesota will issue a ruling that will either keep Greg LeMond’s lawsuit against Trek Bicycles alive, or bring a quick end to the case. It’s all part of what is one of the most contentious of […]

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