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Danish cyclist Rasmussen admits to doping
Danish rider Michael Rasmussen admitted Thursday that he took performance-enhancing drugs for more than a decade, the latest cyclist to acknowledge ...
Danish cyclist Rasmussen admits to doping, quits
Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen has admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs from 1998 to 2010 in the latest doping scandal to hit the sport ...
Frank Schleck given 1-year doping sentence
Cyclist Frank Schleck was suspended for a year Wednesday and will miss the Tour de France for using a banned substance on last year's Tour.
Armstrong: Truth & reconciliation is 'only way'
A truth and reconciliation program is the "only way" to rid cycling of performance-enhancing drugs, and the sport's governing body should have no role ...
WADA calls UCI 'deceitful' in doping probe
The World Anti-Doping Agency called the UCI "deceitful" Tuesday for shutting down its independent doping panel and said it won't participate in an ...
Doctor says not only cyclists used his doping
The doctor at the center of Spain's long-awaited Operation Puerto trial testified Tuesday that athletes from sports other than cycling used his ...
Armstrong meeting with USADA appears unlikely
Lance Armstrong's lawyers say the cyclist will talk more about drug use in the sport, just likely not to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that led the ...
Cycling agrees to truth and reconciliation process
Cycling's governing body agreed Friday to introduce a "truth and reconciliation" commission with the World Anti-Doping Agency, effectively undermining ...
5 great movies about deception
When scandalous tales of fraud involving superstar athletes Lance Armstrong and Manti Te'o were exposed in the last week, connections to films were ...
Reader sue Armstrong over drug-use denial in books
An aide to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was so taken by Lance Armstrong's first memoir of battling back from cancer to win the Tour de ...
WADA disputes ex-UCI chief claim on doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency disputes a claim by former cycling federation leader Hein Verbruggen that discussing suspicious doping samples with ...
Cycling's doping world exposed at trial
Just days after Lance Armstrong's doping admission, cycling is set for more damaging revelations when the long-delayed Operation Puerto case finally ...
WADA disputes Verbruggen claim on doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency disputes a claim by former cycling federation leader Hein Verbruggen that discussing suspicious doping samples with ...
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, and said it ...
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 ...
Column: Armstrong and Te'o, and lies and liars
The verdict is finally in on Lance Armstrong, and it's worse than anyone thought. His appearance with Oprah was a disaster in so many ways that you ...
Armstrong emotional when recalling talk with son
Lance Armstrong finally cracked. Not while expressing deep remorse or regrets, though there was plenty of that in Friday night's second part of ...
Winfrey mixes technical, personal in interview
The most effective part of Oprah Winfrey's interview with Lance Armstrong came right at the beginning: five questions, five one-word answers — each ...
Winfrey's Armstrong interview seen by 3.2 million
Oprah Winfrey's interview with Lance Armstrong is more than an illustration of a hero athlete tumbling from the heights. It's also a pivotal moment ...
Armstrong interview draws 3.2 million viewers
Oprah Winfrey's much-anticipated interview with Lance Armstrong was seen by a total of 4.3 million viewers in back-to-back airings Thursday night on ...
Anti-doping officials say Armstrong must say more
For anti-doping officials, Lance Armstrong's admission of cheating was only a start. Now they want him to give details — lots of them — to clean up ...
Confession may lead to legal woes for Armstrong
By admitting to Oprah Winfrey that he doped during his professional cycling career, Lance Armstrong potentially opened himself up to a stream of ...