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Today is Thursday, June 27, the 178th day of 2013. There are 187 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 27, 1963, President John F. Kennedy spent the first full day of a visit to Ireland, the land of his ancestors, stopping by the County Wexford ...
Russian cyclist Novikov tests positive for doping
Russian rider Nikita Novikov was provisionally suspended on Friday by the International Cycling Union after testing positive for doping. Novikov tested positive for ostarine in an out-of-competition test on May 17. Ostarine potentially helps increase muscle mass and is classed among substances known as Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMS). It's ...
British Cycling head to run for UCI presidency
The head of British Cycling will challenge Pat McQuaid for the presidency of the International Cycling Union, saying the current leadership has failed to restore the sport's reputation after a series of doping scandals. Brian Cookson had previously backed McQuaid's re-election bid, but said Tuesday he changed his mind after ...
McQuaid calls on Armstrong to tell all to UCI
Cycling federation president Pat McQuaid is waiting for a visit and an apology from Lance Armstrong. McQuaid said Armstrong should travel to UCI headquarters in Switzerland to tell all about his doping history and offer to help clean up the sport. "He should jump on his private plane, come to ...
Nike cuts ties with Livestrong
Nike, which helped build Lance Armstrong's Livestrong cancer charity into a global brand and introduced its familiar yellow wristband, is cutting ties with the foundation in the latest fallout from the former cyclist's doping scandal. The move by the sports shoe and clothing company ends a relationship that began in ...
NIKE WILL SEVER ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH LIVESTRONG
c.2013 New York Times News Service Nike stuck by Tiger Woods in the wake of his infidelity and gave Michael Vick an endorsement deal after Vick had served time in prison for his role in a dogfighting ring, which included killing dogs that underperformed. But this week, the company emphasized ...
Nike cutting ties to Livestrong charity
With Nike's help, Lance Armstrong's Livestrong cancer charity turned a little yellow wristband into a global symbol for cancer survivors. But Livestrong announced Tuesday the shoe and apparel company is cutting ties with the charity in the latest fallout from the former cyclist's doping scandal. Nike said it will stop ...
Nike cutting ties to Livestrong
With Nike's help, Lance Armstrong's Livestrong cancer charity turned a little yellow wristband into a global symbol for cancer survivors. Celebrities and rock stars sported them on stage. Politicians wore them on the campaign trail and in the White House. And with Armstrong dominating the Tour de France, the trendy ...
Cyclist tests positive for EPO, risks life ban
Cycling's first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday. Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise check at his home before this year's race, organizers said. If confirmed in a backup ...
McQuaid: Panel to study UCI-Armstrong 'collusion'
An independent panel will examine allegations that cycling's governing body was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping, UCI President Pat McQuaid said Thursday. Senior UCI and World Anti-Doping Agency officials will meet in Russia next week to discuss potential appointments to a three-member expert panel, McQuaid told The Associated Press. Long-standing ...
Levi Leipheimer announces retirement from cycling
American Levi Leipheimer 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. Leipheimer told The Press Democrat (http://bit.ly/17S3JVL ) of Santa Rosa of his decision Sunday. His comments came after watching the final ...
AP source: Armstrong tells Oprah he doped
Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The admission Monday came hours after an emotional apology by Armstrong to the Livestrong charity that he ...
Disgraced Armstrong stripped of Tour de France titles
Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body Monday following a report from the US Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams. International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid announced that the federation ...
Disgraced Armstrong resigns from Livestrong Foundation
Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity while Nike and Anheuser-Busch each said they were cutting ties with him as fallout from the doping scandal that has swirled around the famed cyclist escalated Wednesday. Armstrong announced his move at the charity in an early-morning statement. Within ...
Armstrong scandal drains meaning from sentimental photo
My moral dilemma of the week was a prized photo that has followed me around for a number of years. In the picture, a desperate 11-year-old boy, wrapped in an American flag, urges cycling hero Lance Armstrong through an uphill pull during a Rome time trial, part of the 2004 Tour ...
No winner for past Tours if UCI strips Armstrong
The Tour de France will have no official winner for the seven races from 1999-2005 if Lance Armstrong is stripped of his victories by the International Cycling Union. In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Tour director Christian Prudhomme called the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's report on Armstrong "damning." ...
Teammates testified in case against Armstrong
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says 11 of Lance Armstrong's former teammates testified against him in its investigation of the cyclist, revealing "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen." USADA will deliver its reasoned decision against Armstrong later Wednesday, a summary of the facts it ...
U.S. Anti Doping Agency files official charges against Lance Armstrong
The U.S. Anti Doping Agency has filed official charges against Lance Armstrong, putting his seven Tour de France titles in jeopardy and at least temporarily ending his reemergence in triathlons. The Washington Post reported on the existence of the 15-page letter, which was provided to them by a source the ...
U.S. Anti Doping Agency files official charges against Lance Armstrong
The U.S. Anti Doping Agency has filed official charges against Lance Armstrong, putting his seven Tour de France titles in jeopardy and at least temporarily ending his reemergence in triathlons. The Washington Post reported on the existence of the 15-page letter, which was provided to them by a source the ...
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