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Lance Armstrong Stories

A list of the most recent stories about Lance Armstrong.

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Tour De France Director Christian Prudhomme gestures as he speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Issy les Moulineaux outside Paris, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The road map of the 100th edition of the Tour de France 2013 is in the background. The Tour de France starts June 29 on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

AP Interview: Wiggins will be strong in 2014

The director of the Tour de France expects Bradley Wiggins to come roaring back in 2014 after not defending his crown in this year's race that starts in just over a week. "I think he'll have his motivation back and be back," Christian Prudhomme said in an interview Tuesday in ...

  • Updated: 3:39 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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 ...

  • Updated: 5:28 a.m. Friday, June 7, 2013
British Cycling president Brian Cookson poses for photographs during a media briefing session in London, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Cookson will challenge Pat McQuaid for the presidency of the International Cycling Union in a bid to restore the sport's reputation. Cookson, who had previously backed McQuaid's re-election bid, said in a statement provided by British Cycling that the "widespread absence of confidence in the integrity of the organization" led him to challenge the incumbent. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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 ...

  • Updated: 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2013
FILE - In this July 6, 2010 file photo, Lance Armstrong of the United States, arrives prior to the start of the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Wanze, Belgium. Nike Inc. is cutting ties with the Livestrong cancer charity. The move by the sports company ends a nine-year relationship that helped the foundation raise more than $100 million and made the charity's signature yellow wristband an international symbol for cancer survivors. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, FIle)

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 ...

  • Updated: 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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 ...

  • Updated: 8:58 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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 ...

  • Updated: 11:22 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2013

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 ...

  • Updated: 6:42 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2013

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 ...

  • Updated: 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, 2013

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 ...

  • Updated: 11:58 a.m. Friday, May 24, 2013

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 ...

  • Updated: 11:21 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013

'Do not use' water warning lifted, boil advisory issued in Armstrong County

Pennsylvania American Water has lifted its "do not use" warning and issued a precautionary boil water advisory for its approximately 2,100 Kittanning customers. PAW said the water treatment issues have been resolved, and the pH of the water is within normal ranges throughout Kittanning and nearby impacted areas.    Before ...

  • Updated: 6:47 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
Samuel Douglas, 11, from Rome, Ga., runs alongside five time Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong during an uphill climb during time trials of the Tour de Georgia in 2004.

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 ...

  • 9:19 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012

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 ...

  • 4:25 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, 2012

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 ...

  • 4:25 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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