Lance Armstrong’s name is cleared

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Last August, I wrote about how Lance Armstrong was accused of doping in the 1999 Tour de France. French newspaper L’Equipe accused Lance Armstrong of using EPO, an illegal steroid. A Dutch anti-doping agency has exhonerated Lance Armstrong and claims that not...

Lance Armstrong will run the New York City Marathon

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Lance Armstrong is going to run the New York City Marathon this November. He has no plans to start running marathons professionally. I have about a week to decide if I want to run it as well. I have an automatic qualifying time, but need to register by the end of the...

Bad Bans by the USADA

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Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines have just been handed two year bans from the US Anti-Doping Agency for alleged use of drugs provided by Balco. I completely disagree with these bans, and with stripping their medals and records from them. First, the disclaimers: I...