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Lance Armstrong has made few public comments in the three months since a massive file of doping evidence came out against him. After years of vehement denials about doping, such prolonged silence practically qualifies as... more »
Lance Armstrong owes so many apologies, he could be paying off the debt longer than he ruled the sport of cycling. They’ll need to be delivered individually to all of the people he tried to silence -- former teammates,... more »
The thing is, climbing up from the depths of chemotherapy to the point you could get back in a peloton racing up the Alps is a heck of a story. But Armstrong could never leave it at that, and that's why this has to be more than... more »
Lance Armstrong, who this fall was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping and barred for life from competing in all Olympic sports, has told associates and antidoping officials that he is considering publicly... more »
If you wrote a novel or screenplay about all of these changes -- the greatest home run hitter, greatest pitcher, greatest bicycle rider and greatest college football coach all stripped of their accomplishments in a single year... more »
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