Doping in Cycling

"It takes those days and hearing those things to learn and be like: 'OK, what you thought was bad, was way worse.'"As the excitement from The Last Dance - the series documenting NBA star Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls - settles, attention turned to ESPN's latest release which reflects…

June 1, 2020 | 10:23am Any simmering Chicago Bulls feuds have nothing on Lance Armstrong’s animosity towards former cycling teammate Floyd Landis. In ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary about his rise and fall, Armstrong says, “It could be worse. I could be Floyd Landis … waking up a piece of…

Now the Giro d’Italia is worried about no ‘Tiffosi’ on the route – Top Story. News from the other Grand Tours: Vuelta a España and Tour de France, plus the Vuelta a Burgos and the Tour de l’Avenir. Rider news from Mark Cavendish, Primož Roglič, Peter Sagan, Nairo Quintana, Elia…

Lance Armstrong.Elizabeth Kreutz"Lance" director Marina Zenovich told Insider the part of the documentary that Lance Armstrong told her he didn't like.The disgraced cyclist said he didn't like Greg LeMond's section of part 2 (which aired Sunday on ESPN).In part 2, a quote from LeMond is shown saying that, "If Lance…

Seven years on from the collapse of Lance Armstrong's empire, is the 48-year-old disgraced cyclist still relevant? It's the question that starts part two of the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Lance, set to premiere on Monday night. Armstrong is asked point blank by director Marina Zenovich: "Do you feel…

Part 2 of the documentary film “Lance” airs tonight on ESPN and served as a catalyst for this article that employs game theory to understand why athletes dope even when they don’t want to, as well as thoughts on forgiveness and redemption. The article is a follow up to and…

Wicked Games Lance Armstrong, Forgiveness and Redemption, and a Game Theory of Doping by Michael Shermer Toward the end of Marina Zenovich’s riveting documentary film on Lance Armstrong, titled simply Lance and broadcast on ESPN May 24 and May 31, 2020, the former 7-time Tour de France champion grouses about…

ESPN's 30 for 30 "LANCE," directed by Marina ZenovichPart 1: ESPN+Part 2: 9 p.m. ET Sunday, May 31 on ESPNLivestreaming: ESPN+ and ESPN Player (where available)Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France seven consecutive years after being treated for metastatic testicular cancer. He had a army of followers: Americans soaked…

Charter flights to ferry U.S. Open tennis players and limited entourages from Europe, South America and the Middle East to New York. Negative COVID-19 tests before traveling. Centralized housing. Daily temperature checks. No spectators. Fewer on-court officials. No locker-room access on practice days. All are among the scenarios being considered…

Updated / Saturday, 30 May 2020 15:10 The re-testing operation is part of an inquiry into the Aderlass doping affair Samples from the 2017 Tour de France are being re-tested as authorities look for a previously undetectable performance-enhancing substance, according to Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. "On the basis of additional information...…