
AP Interview: Wiggins will be strong in 2014
The director of the Tour de France expects Bradley Wiggins to come roaring back in 2014 after not defending his crown in this year's race that starts ...

Paris Jackson now in all-too-familiar spotlight
Michael Jackson's family is saying little about the hospitalization of his 15-year-old daughter while pleading for privacy and saying nothing about ...

Charice comes out as lesbian, apologizes to family
Charice Pempengco, a Filipino singer who played an exchange student in "Glee," says she's a lesbian and has apologized to her family in an emotional ...

Di Luca tests positive for EPO, risks life ban
Cycling's first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday. Former Giro ...

USADA chief: Armstrong has evidence against UCI
The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency wants Lance Armstrong to come forward with information detailing the alleged complicity of cycling's governing ...
Armstrong manager hails cycling's 'new era'
Lance Armstrong's former team manager believes cycling has entered a new era after months of controversy, much of it provoked by the disgraced former ...

Lance Armstrong could lose Legion of Honor medal
Lance Armstrong faces the prospect of losing his Legion of Honor medal after French officials announced Monday that an inquiry will be opened ...
WADA: Cloud over Spanish sport until stars named
A "monumental cloud" will hang over Spanish sport until all the athletes involved in the Operation Puerto case are identified, according to the head ...
Armstrong: Truth & reconciliation is 'only way'
Lance Armstrong believes a truth and reconciliation program is the "only way" to deal with cycling's doping crisis and the sport's governing body ...

Bruyneel won't appear at Belgian doping hearing
Lance Armstrong's former team leader, Johan Bruyneel, will not appear at a hearing Tuesday to discuss his role in the doping scandal, a Belgian ...

Cycling agrees to amnesty for doping confessions
Cyclists will be offered a chance to confess to past doping offenses without fear of retribution in an attempt to uncover the full scale of the Lance ...

Wiggins convinced Armstrong doped in 2009
Bradley Wiggins is convinced Lance Armstrong doped when the American returned to cycling in 2009, claiming he was robbed of being feted on the podium ...

7 years later, Puerto doping case comes to trial
Just days after Lance Armstrong's doping admission, cycling is set for more damaging revelations when the long-delayed Operation Puerto case finally ...
Ferrari: Armstrong didn't need to dope
Lance Armstrong's former doctor Michele Ferrari says the disgraced American cyclist could have been just as successful without doping. Armstrong said ...

APNewsBreak: UCI's McQuaid replaced on IOC panel
The head of cycling's governing body has been replaced on a key International Olympic Committee panel as he deals with the fallout from the Lance ...
Verbruggen defends UCI warnings to 'doping' riders
Former International Cycling Union president Hein Verbruggen defended the governing body's doping policy during the Lance Armstrong era, saying ...

Armstrong's enemies find vindication, sadness
First shunned, then vilified by Lance Armstrong, Mike Anderson had to move to the other side of the world to get his life back. Now running a bike ...

A look at Armstrong's confession to doping
Lance Armstrong confessed. He choked up. He apologized. After 13 years of fierce denials, the disgraced cyclist admitted to Oprah Winfrey during a 2 ...
Ex-teammates, foes split over Armstrong confession
Some of Lance Armstrong's former teammates view his doping confession as an important step in helping cycling restore its damaged credibility, while ...

Armstrong interview provokes little sympathy
Now that Lance Armstrong has confessed to what most people already knew, sports officials want to know more. Many believe Armstrong's televised ...

Old Armstrong foe Simeoni unmoved by admission
Few cyclists were more bullied by Lance Armstrong than Filippo Simeoni. The now-retired Italian rider was completely marginalized from the sport after ...

IOC VP: Armstrong must tell 'whole truth'
Lance Armstrong's doping confession to Oprah Winfrey was "too little, too late" and failed to provide any new information that will help clean up the ...

Verbruggen feels vindicated; Not so, says WADA
Former world cycling federation president Hein Verbruggen feels vindicated after years of "conspiracy theories" that he helped cover up doping by ...

Paper: Armstrong lawsuit strengthened by admission
The British newspaper Sunday Times said its lawsuit against Lance Armstrong has been strengthened by the cyclist's doping confession. The Sunday Times ...