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Does Armstrong Have A Good Deed Left In Him?
The Hartford CourantI was in a sports department store last week and saw one of those yellow Livestrong wrist bands on a rack selling for $1. My dad died of pancreatic cancer many years ago. The money for the wristband helps to support cancer survivors. About $500...Tags: Track Cycling, Lance Armstrong, Organized Crime, Testicular Cancer, Cycling
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On trial is Lance Armstrong, the man
The worst part of the Lance Armstrong story isn't the lying, considering more important people have lied more loudly. And it's not the cheating, considering bigger athletes to Americans have cheated. It's certainly not how he sullied the sport of...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong, Cycling
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Proudly confessing
NEW YORK -- To the world-weary, Lance Armstrong's confession to Oprah was just one more in a series. The process of public contrition is by now yawningly familiar: Comfortably seated in front of cameras, the high priestess of the mea culpa faces the...
Tags: Erythropoietin, Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong, Human Interest, James Frey
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Armstrong comes clean in his own words
After nearly 15 years of defiant denials and denunciations of those who said he had doped his way to success, Lance Armstrong put the lie to all that by telling Oprah Winfrey he had used performance-enhancing drugs during all seven of his Tour de France...
Tags: Erythropoietin, Lance Armstrong, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Oprah Winfrey, World Anti-Doping Agency
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Lance, I thought I knew ya'
I don’t know in whom I am more disappointed, me or Lance. In case you missed it, Lance Armstrong, seven-time winner of the Tour de France and all-around superhuman athlete and hero to many, admitted to doping to improve his performance during...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong, Cycling, Sports, Tour de France
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After a fall from grace, time to consider Lance's rise
At long last, we know what we thought we knew is true. Lance Armstrong did it. The disgraced cycling icon came clean to Oprah about being filthy. We now know, for certain, that he juiced and doped largely throughout his record run of seven Tour de...
Tags: Cannibalism, Oprah Winfrey, Human Interest, George W. Bush, Mark Sanford
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2012: A Year For Skepticism In Sports
The Hartford CourantWith varying degrees of failure over a decade and a half, I have used my Half-baked Jake, ellipsis-pocked humor for my year-in-review, year-in-preview column. For example … In the Year 2012, Gabby Douglas showed us that a squirrel could fly. In...Tags: Graham Spanier, Chuck Pagano, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Lance Armstrong, Mark Sanchez
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Reactions to Armstrong not all black and white
A 17-year-old sports fan I know named Evan who survived a rare form of heart cancer still wore his yellow Livestrong bracelet to school Wednesday. To the socially attuned teenager, the rubber wristband always will represent the strength it required to...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Lance Armstrong, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Cycling, Testicular Cancer
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For What it's Worth---on the Shocks, Bryant and pre-teens
KWCH 12 Eyewitness SportsExasperated with her father who was, apparently, pushing her a little too hard on her chores — my ten-year-old daughter blurts out in frustration: “I can’t wait to get my own apartment”. The teenage years promise to be fun....Tags: Jeff Garcia, Oakland Raiders, National Football League, Lance Armstrong, Sports
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Cubs' Anthony Rizzo feels thankful for many reasons
Sure, this is Thanksgiving, but Anthony Rizzo feels privileged every single day. Not just to be a major league ballplayer at age 23, a rising star at first base for the Chicago Cubs. Not just to be completely healthy after a 2008 bout with limited...
Tags: Science and Technology, Anthony Rizzo, Health Treatments, Sports, High School Baseball
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Lance Armstrong decides to quit his own charity
Lance Armstrong has quit the board of his namesake foundation, the latest fallout from allegations of doping that brought about the cycling icon's epic downfall. He chose to resign from the Lance Armstrong Foundation -- known by the name Livestrong --...
Tags: News Agency, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Lance Armstrong, Cycling, Charity
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Keep secret Arizona money out of California politics
SACRAMENTO — Let's see. Maybe: "Money Launderers for Campaign Finance Reform." No, that probably wouldn't sell. Could try: "Tax Exempt Fat Cats Against Higher Taxes for School Kids." Nope. That one doesn't have the right ring, either. There's...
Tags: Finance, Jerry Brown, Political Fundraising, Lance Armstrong, Human Interest
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