Tour de France

Armstrong's turn on Oprah's couch

2013-01-16 14:21:00

When Lance Armstrong met last month with his own personal Javert, Travis Tygart of the anti-doping agency, he said after the frustrating meeting, "You don't hold the keys to my redemption. "Only one person holds the keys to my redemption, and that's me,...

Note to Lance: Winning isn't everything

2013-01-29 11:52:00

Lance Armstrong has been rightly condemned for cheating. It takes skill, raw talent and extreme drive just to complete the Tour de France. However, to use unlawful measures to win it takes a complete unraveling of one's moral compass and a breakdown in...

Lance Armstrong and Oprah an unbeatable ratings team?

2013-01-15 09:52:00

The question now is: who’s getting more out of Lance Armstrong’s doping confession, the disgraced cyclist himself or Oprah? I say that because Oprah Winfrey -- the Doyenne of Drama, the High Priestess of Pathos -- was busy Tuesday flacking...

What was the No. 1 sports story of 2012?

2012-12-30 21:39:00

Look toward London Iliana Lim�n Romero Orlando Sentinel The London Olympics delivered the most compelling storylines of 2012. Gabby Douglas was not considered a contender for the women's gymnastics all-around gold medal at the beginning of the year,...

Fans crave what cheating provides

2013-01-24 09:36:00

As a longtime fan of bicycle racing — I was on the finish line in Paris in 1986 when Greg LeMond became the first American to win the Tour de France — I followed Lance Armstrong's career with intense excitement as he took cycling from the...

Lance Armstrong an argument for book burning

2013-01-17 05:08:00

Lance Armstrong's well-orchestrated apology tour has brought back a bad memory: all the wasted hours I spent reading his book, "It's Not About the Bike." I was one of many readers captivated by his dramatic tale: hot-headed young rider gets felled by...

Leonard Pitts: Better to lose with grace than to win with deceit

2012-10-28 04:00:00

One guy was among the greatest losers in the history of politics, the other, one of the biggest winners in all of sports. They were unalike men who shared little except recent headlines. But there was, in that brief juxtaposition, an object lesson for...

On vacation with Lance Armstrong

2012-10-24 12:14:00

For a while there, we vacationed with Lance Armstrong every summer. And Tyler Hamilton and George Hincapie and Levi Leipheimer and Floyd Landis. All the boys. They'd be in France, of course, while we were at the shore in Delaware. But the nasal...

Lance Armstrong: Not a lost cause

2012-10-29 03:00:00

Earlier this month, Lance Armstrong participated in a triathlon in Columbia, benefiting the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. Despite some poor weather, the event was an overwhelming success. People turned out in droves to watch Mr. Armstrong compete...

An icon smashed

2012-10-22 13:11:00

The International Cycling Union's announcement today that it was stripping superstar athlete Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles over charges of illegal doping effectively ended one of the most celebrated sports careers in recent memory....

Lance Armstrong dropped by Nike; where's my refund?

2012-10-17 13:08:00

News that Nike is dropping its sponsorship of tainted cyclist Lance Armstrong brought me back to one of the most poignant sections of his first book, "It's Not About the Bike." Armstrong described the aftermath of his testicular cancer diagnosis in 1996,...

Ulman Cancer Fund will continue to work with Armstrong's foundation

2012-10-17 18:05:29

With the announcement Wednesday that Lance Armstrong would leave his role as chairman of his foundation, a local organization with strong ties to Armstrong and his work said it would continue to work with they beleaguered cyclist. Brock Yetso,...

A man walks past a stencil graffiti depicting cyclist Lance Armstrong in a yellow jersey, the traditional garb of the seven-time Tour De France winner, attached to an IV drip in Los Angeles, Calif.

2013-01-23 00:00:00

Lance Armstrong celebrates after winning a stage of the Tour de France in 2003. Robert Feldman, a leading researcher on the psychology of lying, says that in the case of Armstrong's deception, "he was pretty confident he could get away with it."

2013-01-18 20:48:31

Lance Armstrong celebrates after winning a stage of the Tour de France in 2003. Robert Feldman, a leading researcher on the psychology of lying, says that in the case of Armstrong's deception, "he was pretty confident he could get away with it."

2013-01-18 20:48:31