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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 ...
Former USADA chief says Armstrong rep made offer
The former chief of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says a representative of Lance Armstrong's offered the agency a donation in the range of $200,000 to ...
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 ...
J.J. Abrams to produce Lance Armstrong biopic
He's already gotten the Oprah treatment. Now Lance Armstrong is headed for the silver screen. Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams' production company, ...
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 ...
Ex-UCI chief 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 ...
Hamilton: Armstrong must tell everything he knows
Tyler Hamilton recognized what he saw during Lance Armstrong's televised confession to doping. "He's broken. He's broken," Hamilton said in an ...
UCI: Armstrong confession repairs damage to sport
Former world cycling leader Hein Verbruggen says he's vindicated after years of "conspiracy theories" that he helped cover up doping by Lance ...
Armstrong admits doping: 'I'm a flawed character'
He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped. He was light on the details and didn't name names. He mused that he might not have been ...
Djokovic wins 17th straight match at Aussie Open
Novak Djokovic repelled a challenge from Radek Stepanek to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open and still had plenty left over to ...
Column: Armstrong tears down his "big lie
"One big lie." There. Lance Armstrong said it. No ifs, buts or maybes. No letting his fans — does he have any left? — down gently. Just wham! Take ...
Lance Armstrong stripped of Olympic bronze medal
On the day he went public with an admission of doping after years of denials, Olympic officials disclosed one more embarrassment for Lance Armstrong: ...
Lance Armstrong left it 'all on table' with Oprah
All the speculation is about to end. In a matter of hours, viewers can judge for themselves whether Lance Armstrong told the truth this time.
AP sources: IOC strips Armstrong of Olympic medal
The IOC has stripped Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping, officials familiar with ...