News From The Doping Front

by Rant April 9, 2012

Getting a bit rusty on this whole blogging thing. Which means it must be time for an update. Two curious stories have come to my attention in the past week. One, involving Michael Ashenden and the other involving Floyd Landis. Oh No, Not You Again First, the Landis story (props to Show Me The Money […]

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And Now It’s Jan Ullrich’s Turn

by Rant February 9, 2012

What a week for cycling scandals, eh? First, the Lance Armstrong investigation gets dropped on a late Friday afternoon with barely 30 minutes notice to the people doing the actual investigating. Then, on Monday Alberto Contador received a two-year (but effectively only six month) ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport for his positive […]

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CAS Rules: Alberto Contador Suspended!

by Rant February 6, 2012

As promised, the Court of Arbitration for Sport revealed their decision in the Alberto Contador case a few hours ago. According to the press release announcing the decision: [T]he CAS has partially upheld the appeals filed by WADA (Ed: the World Anti-Doping Agency) and the UCI (Ed: the International Cycling Union) and has found Alberto […]

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Closure for Contador?

by Rant January 29, 2012

In the next few days Alberto Contador should learn his fate. [Update: The CAS has postponed announcing the Contador decision until February 6th according to CyclingNews.com.] Will the Court of Arbitration for Sport exonerate him of charges he used clenbuterol during the 2010 Tour de France or will they find him guilty and impose a […]

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Bonds and Braun

by Rant December 19, 2011

Tonight, we look at baseball. Truth be told, I don’t follow the sport much anymore. Haven’t done so since about 1994. Why? Well, that’s a story for another day. Two stories have come up in the last week or so that tie into the topic of doping in “America’s Pastime” and one of the stories […]

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Here We Go Again

by Rant November 21, 2011

Here we go again. Today was the first day that the Court of Arbitration for Sport actually heard the Alberto Contador case. And, faithful readers of this blog will already know that Contador’s case will be heard over the next three days. Then, the waiting for a judgement begins. Will Contador be cleared of any […]

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