Olympics

Lance Armstrong: Cheater or Hero?

August 23, 2012

The Associated Press announced Lance Armstrong dropped his lawsuit against U.S. Anti Doping Agency, and in turn the USADA has banned Lance Armstrong from the cycling for life and strips him of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles. Armstrong has denied use of performance enhancing drugs throughout his entire professional cycling career. Armstrong had been credited with winning the Tour de France bike race from 1999-2005, an unprecedented accomplishment. Miguel Indurian of Spain won five consecutive Tour de France titles in the mid...

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2012 Olympics Update: London Games Appear to be on Track

February 12, 2012
2012 Olympics Update: London Games Appear to be on Track

It’s hard to believe the 2012 Olympics are a mere five months away. There hasn’t been a lot of Olympic news in U.S. media of late, so here’s an update on the latest Olympic notes out of London, which hosts The Summer Games July 27-Aug. 12: The London 2012 Organizing Committee has unveiled plans for the lighting of the Olympic Flame. The flame will be lit in Greece on May 10 and travel on a special gold-liveried aircraft to Cornwall. The flame will arrive...

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Tied in the West, Tied in the East

August 14, 2008
Tied in the West, Tied in the East

Another day another exciting 9th inning at the Ravine. Powered by jacks from some guy named Manny and Andre Ethier, plus a clutch two-out, two-run double by Jeff Kent the Dodgers erased an early deficit and set the stage for Nomar’s walk-off number. Apparently the Mets aren’t the only NL East club with Exploding Bullpen Syndrome. And again (I swear this will be the last time I bring this up), can we all just agree to play Andre Ethier every day? I’m pretty sure...

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2 Years of Bliss

August 13, 2008
2 Years of Bliss

Last night was me and the girlfriend’s two-year anniversary (which is really meaningless if you’re not married but that’s beside the point). We celebrated with a nice dinner at Opal (easily the best restaurant in town) and followed that up an exciting Dodger victory. Or, at least I followed it up with a Dodger victory; Marsh took an early exit to the showers and bed. As I danced around the living room after Russ Mart skidded across home just ahead of Taguchi’s strong throw...

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Olympic Hype Could be Fool’s Gold

July 22, 2008
Olympic Hype Could be Fool’s Gold

If you’ve read anything about Team USA’s training camp in Las Vegas this week, you’d think it’s a forgone conclusion the Americans will win gold at the Beijing Olympics (see screenshot from today’s ESPN.com).But as I mentioned earlier, there are plenty of holes in this year’s U.S. squad – particularly its lack of size (Dwight Howard is the lone center) and health (not only is Dwyane Wade coming off injury, but LeBron James went down in Tuesday’s practice).While this is a pretty darn good...

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