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Lance Armstrong on sponsors leaving: A $75-million day in losses
A night after Lance Armstrong admitted to doping throughout the course of his athletic career, the disgraced cyclist spent the second half of his much-hyped television interview with Oprah Winfrey talking about fallout from the scandal. Armstrong, who...
Tags: Psychology, Breach of Contract, Tour de France, Livestrong Foundation, Oprah Winfrey
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Lance Armstrong scandal: Head of UCI resigns from IOC committee
Pat McQuaid, the head of the International Cycling Union, has stepped down from a key International Olympic Committee panel as he deals with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. McQuaid is on the committee that is evaluating bids for the...
Tags: Tom Brady, Lance Armstrong, Summer Olympics, Sports Organizations, National Football League
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Lance Armstrong interview with Oprah Winfrey in less than 2 hours
Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which he is expected to deliver a confession to using performance-enhancing methods to win the Tour de France seven times, is less than two hours away. Armstrong, 41, sat down with Winfrey for 2...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Olympic Games, Tyler Hamilton, Justice System, Livestrong Foundation
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Lance Armstrong scandal: Should cycling be dropped from Olympics?
Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong, a bronze medalist in the 2000 Games, is said to have admitted doping to Oprah Winfrey in an interview that will air later this week. Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss whether the International Olympic Committee...
Tags: Track and Field, Cross Country Skiing, Swimming, Lance Armstrong, Tribune Company
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Review: Muse goes big -- as always -- at Staples Center
The English band Muse does everything on a grand scale: giant prog-rock riffs, elaborate laser-light displays, songs with titles such as “Supremacy” and “Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 (Cross-Pollination).” When the International...
Tags: Music, Lady Gaga, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Staples Center, Radiohead (music group)
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Maurice Herzog dies at 93; French mountaineer
Maurice Herzog, a French mountaineer who became a hero to his country in 1950 when he and a fellow climber became the first men to successfully scale a peak of more than 26,000 feet, has died. He was 93. Herzog, who wrote a best-selling account of his...
Tags: Everest, France, Frostbite, Human Interest, Mountaineering
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IOC releases statement on stripping Lance Armstrong of Olympic medal
The International Olympic Committee released the following statement Thursday regarding its decision to strip Lance Armstrong of the bronze medal he received in 2000: "Following the recent decisions of [the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency] and the...
Tags: Olympic Games, Road Race Cycling, Road Cycling Time Trial, Lance Armstrong, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
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Lance Armstrong admits doping to Oprah, but not after 2005
In a sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday night on Winfrey's OWN channel, Lance Armstrong admitted to using banned substances, including the hormone EPO and testosterone, to win his seven straight Tour De France races in the late...
Tags: Olympic Games, Satellite and Cable Service, OWN (tv network), Tour de France, Oprah Winfrey
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Indian Olympic officials defy IOC, pick corruption suspect as leader
NEW DELHI -- India elected an official facing corruption charges as head of its Olympics association Wednesday in defiance of the International Olympic Committee, which had suspended India’s membership in the global sports body a day earlier for...
Tags: Commonwealth Games, Beijing Games, Politics, Sports Organizations, Elections
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IOC seems concerned over Rio's status for 2016 Summer Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — With concern mounting about the pace of progress for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, the IOC warned Brazilian organizers Tuesday that “time is ticking” and they must attack the project “with all vigor&...
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, 2016 Olympic Games, Bob Costas, Dilma Rousseff
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London calling for Olympian Angela Ruggiero
Valley native and four-time ice hockey Olympic medalist Angela Ruggiero — one gold, two silvers, one bronze — was elected in 2010 by her fellow Olympians to the Athletes Commission of the International Olympic Committee. She's one of 12...
Tags: Soccer, Boston Bruins, 2016 Olympic Games, Los Angeles Kings, Stanley Cup Playoffs
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Olympics: Iran news renews flap about not facing Israeli athletes
World NowAfter an Iranian official said that Iranian athletes would play “every country” at the Olympics, it seemed the London Games would put a halt to Iranians boycotting games to avoid facing off against Israelis. But the question is up in the air...
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