Yes, this will be more of an evening thing from now on. The week’s headlines: – Jose Aldo defended his UFC featherweight title as Frankie Edgar suffered yet another close decision loss. The rest of the UFC 156 card scrambled…
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Lance Armstrong and the truth-tellers … well, sort of
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The NYT has a curious piece hailing the independent media as the sole source of truth in the years before Lance Armstrong was buried under 1,000 pages of U.S. Anti-Doping Agency evidence. Nice shoutout to NYVelocity.com, home of the ever-classic…
Tuesday’s links: Pot in MMA, skeleton comeback, soccer launch, Armstrong albatross
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The day got away from me, but I did some interesting reading in between trips tending to sick cars and family members who need oil changes. Wait, I’ve got that backwards. Anyway … MMA: Matt Riddle, “Chipper” from his TUF days,…
Lance Armstrong’s legacy falling like Berlin Wall
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At what point does Lance Armstrong go from a being an inspirational figure to a sympathetic one? Six months ago, Armstrong was comfortably in the USA’s firmament of sports heroes. He had parlayed his Tour de France championships and triumph…
Livestrong’s legacy and Lance Armstrong
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A thoughtful espnW roundtable on Lance Armstrong raised a good question: How valuable is Livestrong, anyway? (One question needs to be addressed: One participant says people might see Livestrong Park and wonder where the funds are going. But unless the…
Lance Armstrong case: Random things you should know
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Questions and answers about the massive Lance Armstrong case file the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released yesterday: 1. Is the case over? Technically, no. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says the International Cycling Federation has 21 days to consider case, and…
Lance Armstrong case: Because you have no plans this evening
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The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has a long release about the Lance Armstrong investigation at its site. But wait, there’s more. The evidence of the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team-run scheme is overwhelming and is in excess of 1000 pages,…
Cycling vs. Floyd Landis: Can Swiss court really tell him what to say?
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Guess which of the following Floyd Landis is explicitly forbidden to say about the UCI (cycling’s international federation), Pat McQuaid and Hein Verbruggen, according to a Swiss court ruling (pardon the profanity): They’ve taken bribes. They delayed publication of a…