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Lance Armstrong

Saturday, August 25, 2012

7-Time Tour de France Winner Stripped of His Titles - Fair or Not?

Do you agree with the USADA's decision to strip seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong of his titles and institute a lifetime ban on future competitions?

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has fought years of accusations of doping, but he has finally given up the fight. According to Reuters, on Friday the United States Anti-Doping Agency handed down a lifetime ban on Armstrong and stripped him of all his wins. Although the USADA has ruled, should the International Cycling Union challenge the ruling it is up to a Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland, to make the final decision. Fellow competitors have leveled accusations of doping at Armstrong over the years, however he has never tested positive. Still, he said he was tired of fighting the accusations and was moving on, leaving it in the hands of the USADA. His decision to give up the fight prompted Friday's…

Bill Berndt

12:43 pm on Monday, August 27, 2012

The man has never proven positive for drugs in all his testing. I think the USADA is trying to make a statement of "If we can't get you one way, we will get you another!" Relying on hear say from team mates[?] because they have been cought is no way to run a testing facility. Presure from the French is another thing.....Sore loosers, the whole country is MY opinion.   more ›

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Roger Clemens Not Guilty, but Should Case Have Even Gone to Trial?

After first a mistrial, in a second attempt to convict him, famed pitcher Roger Clemens was found not guilty of perjury Monday.

On Monday, after months of testimony and who knows at what cost, famed baseball pitcher Roger Clemens was found not guilty of lying to Congress. CNN News reported Clemens was found not guilty on all six of the charges he faced. The alleged perjury reportedly happened when he was testifying during an investigation of steroid use among Major League Baseball players. Last week, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced that it was, again, going after cyclist Lance Armstrong for allegedly using performance enhancing drugs during his 16-year career. This also comes after previous attempts to prosecute him and strip him of his seven world Tour de France titles proved unsuccessful. Our question here is, are these cases something the American people …

Karsten Torch

12:04 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

One, no, our government has no business spending money on this. This is sports. The governing body should be pursuing and spending the money, our government has no business in this. Not only that, but what is Congress doing calling anybody to testify in front of them for anything? Last I heard, that's what our courts are for. It's not Congress' job to enforce laws, but to make them. Unless I …   more ›

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