Go Get `Em

by Rant April 19, 2008

Lest anyone think I forgot, yesterday was the deadline for the lawyers on both sides of the Floyd Landis case to get their written arguments in to the Court of Arbitration for Sport panel who will decide the cyclist’s fate. A ruling isn’t expected until June. At this point it’s all over except for the […]

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Do You Believe?

by Rant April 18, 2008

Danilo Di Luca caught a lucky break a few days ago. Seems that the panel deciding the antidoping case against him in Italy, dating back to last year’s Giro d’Italia, decided that the evidence wasn’t convincing enough to hand him a sanction. The whole case originated with an “anomalous sample” from Stage 17 of the […]

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Brief Update

by Rant April 14, 2008

The rumors of my dropping off the face of the earth are greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain. I’ve been busy proofing the galleys for Dope, which hasn’t left much free time to do a whole lot of ranting over the last few days. Well, the proof reading is now over, and the last of […]

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LeMond vs. Trek

by Rant April 9, 2008

A lot has been written over the past couple of days about the lawsuits between Greg LeMond and Trek. A number of stories have presented the lawsuit filed yesterday by Trek as if it were the opening salvo in the latest confrontation between the three-time Tour winner and the behemoth American cycling manufacturing company. Truth […]

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Perjury: The New Anti-Doping Weapon?

by Rant April 6, 2008

It seems there’s a new weapon in the war against doping in sports — prosecution for perjury. Marion Jones found out the hard way and will do some six months or so of hard time for not being totally honest about her testimony in relation to a check fraud case. In negotiating a plea deal […]

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A Test For The Future, And An Admission From The Past

by Rant April 2, 2008

Got a couple of things to mull over tonight. First is news that a human growth hormone test will be available for use at the Beijing Olympics later this year. According to a New York Times story, test kits are already being manufactured by an unidentified European supplier. According to the Times’ story: A test […]

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