Jumping The Gun

by Rant August 30, 2007

Today or tomorrow, I believe, is one year since Floyd Landis’ lawyers received the lab documentation packages with the “evidence” that “proved” Landis had used artificial testosterone prior to Stage 17 of the 2006 Tour de France. Nothing like having rumors and innuendo splashed all over the sports pages and front pages of newspapers and […]

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Just Because Speech Is Free …

by Rant August 29, 2007

One of the great things about living in a society that values free speech is that it allows for an exchange of ideas. Got something on your mind? You can pretty well say whatever it is, within a few limits. (Yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater will get you in trouble — unless the theater […]

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Changing The Game

by Rant August 26, 2007

It’s not often that I find myself agreeing with what spews forth from Greg LeMond’s mouth. But having read this article in Boulder, Colorado’s Daily Camera newspaper, I find myself agreeing with parts of a couple of points LeMond made. First, I have to agree that the UCI and the ASO, owners of the Tour […]

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Choices, Choices …

by Rant August 25, 2007

In the discussion going on the last couple of days, one of the things that stood out was a comment by Larry, a lawyer, to the post Tick, Toc, Tick, Toc. We all want justice to be both fast and fair. [W]hen it comes to legal process, the sad truth is that faster processes are […]

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Tick, Toc, Tick, Toc

by Rant August 23, 2007

Today, if memory serves me, is three months since the end of the Floyd Landis hearings at Pepperdine University School of Law, in Malibu, California. Still no word on if, or when, a decision will be announced. The masses seem to be getting more and more restless. Certainly, judging by the comments I’ve been noticing […]

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The IAAF Gambit

by Rant August 21, 2007

ESPN reported yesterday that the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will lobby to increase the minimum suspension for a doping violation from two to four years when the World Anti-Doping Agency meets to consider changes to World Anti-Doping Code later this year. It’s an idea that may well be doomed to failure, but the […]

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