For Some, The 2006 Tour Is “Over” …

by Rant October 15, 2007

For Others, Not So Much In a few short hours, the UCI and the Tour de France organization will present Oscar Pereiro Sio with a yellow jersey to symbolize his “victory” in the 2006 Tour de France. It is a premature celebration, however. Floyd Landis, the cyclist who rode into Paris on July 24, 2006 […]

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Virtual Minyan

by Rant October 13, 2007

Today’s the first anniversary of my father’s passing. It’s weird not having him around. Not being able to call. Not being able to tell him good news. And not being able to talk about things we shared in common. And things we didn’t. When my dad grew up in London and Leeds during World War […]

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Back To Life

by Rant October 12, 2007

Just a quick note of apology to all the faithful Rant-ophiles who’ve been unable to get their daily (or several times a day) dose. A problem with the database on my Internet Service Provider’s servers took Rant Your Head Off off line for about 10 hours today. Fortunately, the technical support people were able to […]

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Bad Attitude

by Rant October 11, 2007

Some comments by the USADA gang yesterday, following news that Floyd Landis would appeal the arbitration decision against him, just stick in my craw. It’s not as much who made the comments as much as it is the attitude that each one clearly represents. First, let’s look at what Matthew Barnett (one of USADA’s hired […]

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Floyd Landis To Appeal

by Rant October 10, 2007

It aint over `til it’s over – Lenny Kravitz And so, we begin again. This afternoon, Floyd Landis issued a statement on the Floyd Fairness Fund website, as well as a letter to donors, saying that he will appeal last month’s 2-1 decision by an arbitration panel that found him guilty of doping during the […]

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Trust and Patience

by Rant October 9, 2007

Trust Something reader Luc said a couple of days in a comment on the post Marion Jones Admits To Doping resonates with me. Here’s what he said: [H]ow do we trust an athlete that says he is clean? With Jones’ admission in a New York courtroom last Friday, an athlete many suspected of doping, but […]

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