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Friday, September 19th, 2008The Lance Armstrong comeback news has been official for about a week (see Vanity Fair article). Since then, Lance has asked José Luís “Chechu” Rubiera to delay his retirement for one more season, so that he can ride with Lance next season. Chechu is a strong climber on the Astana team, where he is helping Alberto Contador […]
Et Tu, Ullrich?
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Now that Lance Armstrong has confirmed that he is coming out of retirement, the natural follow-up question is - What about Jan Ullrich? The greatest challenger to Lance had been Ulrich and it would only be fitting to see these two in competition again. What are are the Yankees without the Red Sox, Ali without Frazier, and […]
Lance Armstrong Will Come Out Of Retirement
Monday, September 8th, 2008Rumors have been circulating that Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement to join team Astana for five races next year including the 2009 Tour De France. He has done a few mountain bike races this past year including the Leadville Trail 100 in August. The strongest indication that Armstrong will return to racing is that he […]
Olympians Need To Take A Deep Breath
Sunday, September 7th, 2008Four American cyclists on the Olympic team arrived in Beijing last month wearing filter masks to avoid some of the air pollution. The athletes later apologized for wearing the masks, under pressure from the USOC. However, they are now requesting an apology from the USOC. They claim that the incident - being forced to apologize in […]
Tired of Michael Phelps Coverage
Monday, August 18th, 2008I’m tired of the Michael Phelps coverage at the Olympics. There is no question that Michael Phelps is a great athlete and his achievement of winning 8 gold medals at the Olympics is amazing. However there is so much media coverage focused on him that other sports and athletes are being neglected. In particular, Bob […]
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