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Lance Armstrong: Soccer Dad & Superstar Yet another (recent) interview with Lance...
posted on September 18, 2003 - Go to the detail view for this result
Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before. A joint task force of law enforcement officials from Albany County, New York and Orlando, Florida raided a Florida pharmacy that they say may be the key to a massive, internet-based illegal steroids trade. Gary Matthews, Jr.'s name has been specifically mentioned, as well as a Pittsburgh Steelers team doctor who purchased $150,000 worth of human growth hormone just last year. More than two dozen doctors, pharmacists and business owners have been, or will be, arrested in the coming days in Alabama, Texas, Florida and New York on sealed indictments charging them with various felonies for unlawfully distributing steroids and other controlled substances.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:35 AM on February 28
Living up to my name Sports evoke many emotions in us whether we are watching or participating in them. The most common for me is hatred for the players opposing my team. Here is a list of the 10 athletes I would punch in the face upon meeting. A column by sportsfilter member Hater 187.
posted by justgary at 12:55 AM on February 27
I don't hate many people (well, that's not actually true...) but I do HATE Chipper Jones with a passion that sometimes frightens me. First off, what the hell kinda name is Chipper!? Your name is LARRY for cryin' out loud! I also hate him because he's a big stupid head who I hate. There, I feel a bit better. Thanks for the thread.
posted at 11:24 AM on February 27
Ullrich hangs up his cleats. After failing to find a team for the new season, and persistent doping allegations that refuse to go away, 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich announces his retirement. Ullrich was caught up in the Operacion Puerto doping case last year, and despite numerous other cyclists being given the all-clear, Der Kaiser has chosen to call it a day.
posted by afx237vi at 10:30 AM on February 26
I agree that Jan was unlucky to peak at the same time Lance did. Having been beaten so many times by Lance, I think Jan simply resigned himself to being forever second on the podium. This may have led him to train and stay fit a bit less during the offseason. Perhaps because he was always second, Jan came across as a bit less robotic than Lance to me. Maybe Jan didn't train hard enough, have the same level of coaches and the "methods" they brought (see Michele Ferrari) as USPS/Disco did or maybe he just wasn't as good. Pro cycling is hurting in a bad way. It appears as if the Puerto investigation will be swept under the rug just as the Festina scandal was in the 90's. Now the major UCI/Pro Tour rift is adding to the chaos. Hopefully out of all of this will come a new generation of riders who rely a little less on doping and can bring some integrity back to the sport. Regardless, I remain a fan and anxiously await this weekend's Het Volk race and the rest of the spring classics.
posted at 03:33 PM on February 26
A new way to watch How you can follow the Tour of California on Google Earth. (Thanks CSC)
posted by apoch at 10:23 AM on February 20
I think the system still has a few kinks in it as it had a few riders waaaay off course during yesterday's stage from Sausalito up to Santa Rosa. Nonetheless this is cool stuff and agreed that cycling is embracing technology in a great way. I really enjoy (and am awed) when a rider's live telemetry (of heart rate, watts produced, cadence, etc.) is provided - doped or not, those guys can ride...
posted at 10:37 AM on February 20
Barry Bonds Throws Teammate Under "Speeding" Bus. Ubiquitous San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, already under investigation for, well, just about everything he does, failed a drug test in 2006. Major League Baseball won't identify the drug, but "sources" classsify it as a "serious stimulant." Bonds blames the test result on teammate Mark Sweeney, saying he got the substance from Sweeney's locker.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 06:23 AM on January 11
I heard Paris Hilton's new album totally sucks...
posted at 04:03 PM on January 11
Is cancer performance enhacing? Robin Parisotto, a former Australian Institute of Sport researcher, takes issue with claims that Lance Armstrong's testicular cancer actually helped him during the Tour de France
posted by Fence at 05:38 AM on December 15
Cancer didn't directly help Armstrong win the TdF, but rather what it did to his body. Prior to the cancer Lance had the build of a sprinter or a one-day Classics-type cyclist, after (and because of) the cancer he lost quite a bit of weight (especially upper body mass) and became much more of a climber and stage race general classification contender.
posted at 10:22 AM on December 15
Bonds not offered Arbitration Who is Barry going to play for next year? My guess is an American league contender, possibly the Yankees
posted by texasred at 06:18 AM on December 04
My crystal ball says he'll be back as a Giant for around $10 million. Magowan et al know that Barry fills seats but dont wanna blow their wad on him - hence the Manny rumors, arbitration, etc.
posted at 06:47 PM on December 04
EUROPEAN FIELDS The landscape of Lower League Football. by Hans Van Der Meer. 85 photographs in colour of amateur-football in twenty-two different European countries. From Amazon: "At the beginning of the 1995 soccer season, Hans van der Meer set out to take photographs of the game that dodged the cliched traditions of modern sports photography. In an attempt to record the sport in its original form--a field, two goals and 22 players--he sought matches at the bottom end of the amateur leagues. He avoided tight telescopic details and the hyperbole of action photography, pulled back from the central subject of the pitch, and set the playing field and its unfolding action in the context of local elements. Over the last 10 years, Van der Meer has continued this project across the playing fields of Europe, traveling to every country with a significant history of the game. ... Van der Meer's understated observations of the poetry and absurdity of human behavior on the field use soccer to consider--and provoke a laugh at--the human condition." Published in hardcover and paperback. (via kottke)
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:48 AM on December 01
yeah these are some wonderful photos, though the interface is a bit clunky...
posted at 01:41 PM on December 01
Dick Pounded Again Over Lab's Leaky Security and Procedures WADA Chairman Dick Pound is once again standing by the French laboratory that tested Tour de France Champion Floyd Landis' urine sample, even though their computers have been hacked into and they've admitted a clerical error in the labeling of Landis' "B" sample.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 08:07 AM on November 16
You think I'm joking, don't you? Heh. Unfortunately I know you're not. Also, rumor has it they're signing Tyler "I'm innocent I tell ya" Hamilton. Innocent is the new guilty!
posted at 05:46 PM on November 16
Dick Pounded Again Over Lab's Leaky Security and Procedures WADA Chairman Dick Pound is once again standing by the French laboratory that tested Tour de France Champion Floyd Landis' urine sample, even though their computers have been hacked into and they've admitted a clerical error in the labeling of Landis' "B" sample.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 08:07 AM on November 16
The entire world of pro cycling's become a farce. From the riders who never come forward to the mistake-making labs to the organizing bodies who somehow grant a license to Manolo Saiz, the one guy who was caught red handed... Nonetheless I eagerly await the Spring Classics :)
posted at 02:52 PM on November 16
'The Game' Means More Then Usual For the first time in the 103 year history of this rivalry Ohio State and Michigan are ranked #1 and #2 going into 'The Game'.
posted by commander cody at 12:21 AM on November 15
Muck Fichigan!
posted at 10:21 AM on November 15
Lance Armstrong runs NYC Marathon in less than three hours Impressive, considering. Says Armstrong, ""For the level of condition that I have now, that was without a doubt the hardest physical thing I have ever done, I never felt a point where I hit the wall, it was really a gradual progression of fatigue and soreness."
posted by psmealey at 05:12 AM on November 06
2:59:36? That kinda time, given Lance's goal of a sub 3 hr, smells fishy. I wonder if Nike made the timing chip inside his shoes? ;) Also, I gotta think he's pretty pissed at not beating Jalabert's (a Frenchie!) time...
posted at 10:47 AM on November 06
IOC Shuffles 2008 Competition Schedule to Suit NBC The American network, which paid $2.6B for the North American broadcast rights for 2008, wants to screen the most popular events live in (US) prime time. The Herald Sun reports that swimming, diving, and gymnastics finals have been moved from the evening to the early afternoon.
There has not yet been any official announcement from the IOC.
[via Timed Finals]
posted by Amateur at 11:16 AM on September 26
I for one excitedly await the slo-mo, black&white montage/backstory pieces which will pepper the prime time coverage!
posted at 05:05 PM on September 26
A former cyclist come clean (NY Times link) Two of Lance Armstrong's former teammates come clean.
posted by sic at 09:30 AM on September 14
I blame Paris Hilton which, essentially, is like blaming the French since her name is Paris and all...
posted at 10:52 AM on September 14
A former cyclist come clean (NY Times link) Two of Lance Armstrong's former teammates come clean.
posted by sic at 09:30 AM on September 13
This is nothing more than a disgruntled former employee and his wife trying to tear down their former employer. Why? What do they stand to gain from tearing Lance down?
posted at 12:46 PM on September 13
Ellis, D. That is all.