Shades of Festina

by Rant May 22, 2008

Or … The Little Blue Pill Strikes Again Hard to believe that it’s been almost ten years since the Festina scandal rocked the 1998 Tour de France, as well as the whole world of professional cycling. Even at this great distance, sports in general (and cycling in particular) are still being affected by the fallout. […]

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On A Roll …

by Rant May 22, 2008

Imagine, you’ve just won a major decision overturning a doping conviction. What do you do next? Well, if you’re Jeff Adams, you start training in earnest in order to qualify for the 2008 Paralympic Games that will be held in Beijing starting in early September. In a press conference Tuesday in Toronto, Adams announced his […]

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Split Decision

by Rant May 19, 2008

This morning, while linking to the Pistorius decision as part of a response to a comment on the previous post, I noticed something on the CAS’ web site. Just above the panel’s decision allowing Pistorius to compete on his Cheetahs was another decision that had not been publicly announced yet. But there it was, a […]

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Can You Say Oops?

by Rant May 17, 2008

For those of you who don’t know, The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune are sister publications, owned by the same company. So, when I saw a link over at Trust But Verify to a column by George Vescey on the IHT’s web site, I figured it must have been published over at […]

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It Takes A Thief

by Rant May 15, 2008

There’s an old saying that the differences between cops and criminals is very subtle, because in order to catch a thief you need to think like one. Victor Conte, in an interview with the BBC (pointed out in a comment by Jean C on the previous post), dishes out some of what he knows about […]

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WADA Load Of Nonsense

by Rant May 13, 2008

Back in my youth, my friends and I would play pinball at a joint called The Roost, which was not too far from the Purdue University campus. The Roost was in a ramshackle old Victorian-style building, a converted farmhouse, about three blocks from my home and within easy walking distance for many of my friends. […]

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