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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.

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Related Topix: Golf, Golfers, Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods, Discovery Channel, Cycling, Opinion

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.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Levi Leipheimer, Gerolsteiner, Cycling, Discovery Channel, Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Rafael Nadal, Tennis, Roger Federer, French Open

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.

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Related Topix: Levi Leipheimer, Gerolsteiner, Cycling, Quickstep, Discovery Channel

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.

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Related Topix: Tour de France, Cycling, Discovery Channel, Health

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Cricket, India, Discovery Channel, Cycling

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.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling

Sun May 19, 2013

Marin Independent Journal

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.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling

Globe and Mail

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.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling

Sat May 18, 2013

The Age

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.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling

Inside Bay Area

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.

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Related Topix: Tour de France, Cycling, Discovery Channel

The Journal Newspaper Online

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.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling, Tour de France

Instapundit.com

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.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling

Globe and Mail

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)

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling

Contra Costa Times

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.

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Related Topix: Cycling, Michael Rogers, Quickstep, Floyd Landis, Discovery Channel, Phonak Hearing Systems, Tour de France

RTE.ie

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.

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Related Topix: Tour de France, Cycling, Discovery Channel, Sports, Olympics

Fri May 17, 2013

Globe and Mail

In Pictures: The city on two wheels

If you don't want to do that just use Show me the gallery please to go right to the gallery.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling

The Age

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.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling, Tour de France, Phonak Hearing Systems, Floyd Landis

Thu May 16, 2013

The Age

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.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling

BBC News

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.

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Related Topix: Discovery Channel, Cycling, Sports, Horse Racing

Velonews

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.

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Related Topix: Tour de France, Cycling, Discovery Channel