7 hrs ago | Northwestern University
Professionals Need the Same Standards as Amateurs
There's an old adage: "If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying." Whoever developed that idea not only lacked a sense of morality, but also lacked respect for sports.
11 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area
Sports digest: Levi Leipheimer retires from cycling after being unable to latch on with new team
Levi Leipheimer of Santa Rosa says he retired from professional cycling when his six-month ban for doping violations ended March 1 and he was unable to sign with a new team.
16 hrs ago | Cycling News
Leipheimer confirms: I'm retired
Levi Leipheimer has confirmed to reporters in California that he is indeed retired after his six month ban for doping violations was completed on March 1. His contract with Omega Pharma-Quickstep was terminated in the fallout of the US Anti-Doping Agency's release of its full dossier of evidence in the case against Lance Armstrong.
20 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle
New fashion cycle: Ditch the spandex for stylish commuter clothes
You can do it without flashing people. A-line or wider styles work best. Equip your bike with a skirt guard or fashion a garter out of a headband and safety pin.
Yesterday | Merinews
IPL spot-fixing: Give them straight life ban says Anshuman Gaekwad
Three Rajasthan Royals players, Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan have been charged with spot fixing in IPL 2013.
Yesterday | Emmy Advanced Media
Happy 8th Birthday YouTube! Here's 100 Hours of Video Per Minute
YouTube turned eight years old on Sunday, reminding each of us in some odd way how young or old we really are.
Marin residents cheer Tour of California cyclists in Point Reyes Station
Thomas De Gendt with Team Vacansoleil-DCM, leads the pack just ahead Jason MCartney with the Bissell Pro Cycling Team of USA as they sprint through Pt.
A bicyclist's guide to Toronto: Where to go and what to avoid
The army of road warriors spawned by Lance Armstrong obscured a more fundamental cycling shift: riding a bicycle is increasingly just another form of commuting in cities across North America.
Goss: report showed less skin, more transparency
Australian sprinter Matt Goss has welcomed the report of an independent review into his Orica-GreenEDGE team's anti-doping processes.
Amgen Tour of California: In San Jose, cycling fans lining route look ...
From left, spectators Mark Gong and Peter Myers encourage cyclist Lucas Sebastian Haedo during the Amgen Tour of California Stage 6 Time Trial, in San Jose, Calif.
Legend Lance Armstrong's words are now fit for the floor
DISGRACED Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has become a permanent fixture on the Newcastle cycling scene after former fans donated hundreds of copies of his autobiography to make into an unusual artwork.
James Taranto: President Asterisk: Why the Obama Irs scandal may be ...
JAMES TARANTO: President Asterisk: Why the Obama IRS scandal may be worse than "a cancer on the presidency." "No one can deny that Lance Armstrong and Mark McGwire were highly skilled athletes.
Why childless people are persecuted
Is it true that the childless don't give a damn for the planet or its future? That's the criticism historian Niall Ferguson recently aimed at the late economist John Maynard Keynes, who was bisexual, married and childless: "Keynes was a homosexual and had no intention of having children," the Harvard historian told a business conference in ... (more)
Tour of California: Van Garderen retains overall lead
The slender Montanan struck decisively on a 19.6-mile individual time trial designed by descendants of the Marquis de Sade and in the process all but won the Amgen Tour of California.
Cycling body slammed at EU meeting over doping
The world's top cycling body has been accused of failing to act since the unmasking of seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong as a drugs cheat.
In Pictures: The city on two wheels
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USADA chief executive Travis Tygart.
ASADA officials have travelled to the United States to pick the brain of the man who drafted the WADA code and helped crack the BALCO and Lance Armstrong doping cases.
Review recommends reinstating Matt White
The report by anti-doping expert Nicki Vance also said they should retain sport director Neil Stephens, who was involved in the infamous 1998 Festina Affair.
Dettori: I feel like Lance Armstrong
Three-time champion jockey Frankie Dettori says he "feels like Lance Armstrong" as he prepares for a return to action after a six-month drugs ban.
French legislature could match 1998 Tour samples with names; Jalabert ...
A commission of inquiry for the senate in France will soon be able to put names on the anti-doping samples taken during the 1998 Tour de France, Senator Jean-Jacques PS Lozach said on Wednesday.