And Now, A Little “Suspense”

by Rant October 26, 2011

With Halloween just days away, stories of suspense and strange days are in the air. And these are definitely strange days in the world of sports and doping. Perhaps the strangest of days have to do with a legal case in France. It’s a story of hackers writ large. A story about Arnie Baker, Floyd […]

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The Cleanest Ever

by Rant September 12, 2011

Earlier today, I saw a news article on BBC.com which touches on the subject of doping at the 2012 London Olympics. Of course, with that being about a year away, it’s hard to say how many athletes who get a boost from performance-enhancing drugs will actually get caught during the upcoming Summer Games. And, as […]

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All Quiet on the Doping Front?

by Rant August 16, 2011

Well, not quiet, exactly, but subdued. Now that the Tour is over and the silly (a/k/a transfer) season is underway, let’s see what we’ve got. (Props to readers MikeG, Jeff , Larry and William Schart for providing links to the articles cited in this post.) Contador hearing postponed Color me not surprised that CAS case […]

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Racing To The Finish

by Rant July 21, 2011

There doesn’t seem to be much in the way of overt doping action going on in the 2011 edition of the Grand Boucle (a/k/a the Tour de France). That’s a good thing. Less time spent on scandals and more time on the actual racing is just fine with me. I don’t doubt that someone might […]

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Le Tour de Carnage

by Rant July 10, 2011

Watching the first week of the 2011 edition of the Tour de France leaves me scratching my head. It’s been a long time — if ever — when there was a first week filled with this much carnage. The spectacle so far seems to have had more crashes than a stage race for Category 5 […]

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Pre-Tour Follies

by Rant June 29, 2011

As a fan of cycling, I’ve come to expect that something strange will happen in the week leading up to the annual sufferfest known as the Tour de France. It seems almost to be a part of the sport’s genetic makeup. Two of the biggest scandals to rock professional cycling — the Festina scandal in […]

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