Lance Folds

by Rant August 23, 2012

According to the Associated Press, Lance Armstrong has decided not to go to arbitration over the US Anti-Doping Agency’s charges that he used performance enhancing drugs during his epic 7-year string of Tour de France victories. “There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, “Enough is enough.” For me, that […]

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Choices, Choices

by Rant August 22, 2012

Lance Armstrong faces some tough options, now that Judge Sam Sparks has dismissed Armstrong’s lawsuit against the US Anti-Doping Agency. Should he: File an appeal in the US courts? File an appeal at the CAS regarding the issue of jurisdiction? Go to arbitration over USADA’s charges? Walk away from the fight? While Judge Sparks decision […]

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And The Next Move Is …

by Rant August 16, 2012

So much going on in the last month, it’s hard to know where to begin. Might as well dive right in and see where it all goes. Shortly after I published the last post, Representative James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) sent a letter to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) inquiring about what […]

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Moving at the Speed of Lance

by Rant July 11, 2012

Wow. Things sure are moving fast and furious in the whole Lance Armstrong affair. A quick recap for those who haven’t  been following along. The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) sent Armstrong and five other individuals a letter on June 13th saying that they were being charged with a number of anti-doping-related offenses. Armstrong has been […]

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Moby Lance

by Rant June 13, 2012

Captain Ahab may just have landed his elusive white whale. Almost thirteen years after winning his first Tour de France, Lance Armstrong found out that he’s facing charges in an anti-doping case put together by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). The news, first reported by Amy Shipley of The Washington Post, comes less than three […]

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Game On

by Rant April 27, 2012

So in the last post, I mentioned that CyclingNews.com had run a brief article suggesting that Floyd Landis might be under investigation for fraud related to the creation and fund-raising activities of the Floyd Fairness Fund from way back when. And for several weeks, it appeared that the story was going exactly nowhere. I searched […]

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