Enjoy the most honest, and I would argue, the best take on the whole Lance-Armstrong-Oprah debacle. Bill Burr is right. Everyone made money, everyone cheated, lots of money was raised to fight cancer, and as far as Armstrong: “The guy was a sociopath on a bicycle, alright? As far as I’m concerned, we got off easy. If that guy was working for a corporation he probably would have been pouring stuff in the water supply, doing god knows what, just keep him on the bike.”

Ned Overend, who might be the most respected mountain biker in the history of the sport, is calling for stricter punishment of cyclists who are busted for doping, saying that they should be treated as criminals. “My opinion is, it needs to be a crime to cheat in sports, to take drugs in sports. Unless [ more... ]

I will not be watching the human garbage known as Lance Armstrong on Oprah today, but I will take great joy in reading about his downfall in all the newspapers shortly after the interview airs. (Though it is stretched over two days, so we’ll it’ll be a drawn out joy). One good bit of news [ more... ]

Professional cyclist Nicole Cooke announced her retirement from the sport yesterday in a well-used press conference. She blasted Tyler Hamilton and Lance Armstrong as well as female cyclist Geneviève Jeanson who finished ahead of her in races while admittedly doping. She makes a good case: “While I earned $80,000 in my best years at the [ more... ]

After leaks that he’s “kind of” thinking about confessing to doping and orchestrating a massive doping ring over the course of his entire career, Lance Armstrong has turned to Oprah. The Oprah Winfrey show sent a press release saying he’ll sit down for “his first no-holds-barred interview” and will address the accusations of cheating and [ more... ]

The New York Times put together an excellent interactive graphic that shows every rider who’s been implicated in doping and finished in the top 10 slots over the past 15 years. These guys have tested positive, admitted doping, or been sanctioned. The year 2003 is especially good for clean riders:  the 5th spot would move [ more... ]

If you’re trying to juice, one tried and true M.O. is testosterone injections, which aid recovery. Ask Floyd Landis, who used the male hormone in the Tour de France. To catch testosterone dopers, authorities look for an unusual ratio of testosterone to a hormone called epitestosterone. Now researchers have found that compounds called catechins, found [ more... ]