Lance Armstrong ends fight against doping charges part deux

[Stat Brother]

A fabulous article by the Orlando Sentinel.

Where you see baseball and MLB swap for cycling and UCI (eventually)
Where you see basketball and NBA swap for football and FIFA.

It works brilliantly:-

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com...nba-players-nba-drug-testing-policy-nba-stars

 

[Stat Brother]

Four-year doping bans for athletes to be reintroduced by the IAAF

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/23621134

Perhaps 5 years would make more sense as it would guarantee missing at least 1 Olympics.
But hey 4 years is twice as good as 2.

 

[Stat Brother]

Oh and thanks to 1066 for the heads up. Radio 4 tonight:-

Why can't we catch the athletes who dope?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037vb4b

 

[Stat Brother]

Oh and thanks to 1066 for the heads up. Radio 4 tonight:-

Why can't we catch the athletes who dope?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037vb4b

Well that was depressing, I'm off to watch Science Club.

 

[Stat Brother]

Potentially not the most creditable witness but he knows a PED when he sees one:-

http://tracking.si.com/2013/08/14/victor-conte-half-of-baseball-still-uses-peds/

 

[Stat Brother]

The current program—while improved—makes a mockery of Jamaica's posturing and flames suspicion more than it douses it. Between the time the current board was appointed, in February 2012, and the start of the London Olympics late last July, out-of-date testing kits and limited staffing resources resulted in a total of one out-of-competition test.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mo...ng-in-jamaican-track-and-field/#ixzz2cV0DMa5u


On a slightly more positive note, no pun intended.

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[teaboy]

Thought this one should be mentioned: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23764532

 

[Stat Brother]

Nine times blood-doping in Bundesliga?

http://fussballdoping.derwesten-recherche.org/en/2013/08/nine-times-blood-doping-in-bundesliga/


Doesn't help you kick a ball straight.

 

[teaboy]

It's only fair that Theo gets a mention. Not conclusive, but flagged anyway.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bos-pulled-from-vuelta-a-espana-due-to-low-cortisol-levels

 

[Stat Brother]

Andy Murray’s words on doping important:-

Murray, now one of the leading tennis voices in the area of anti-doping, described tennis’s attempts to catch the doping cheats as “pretty useless”. He thinks it is better of late, but up until now it has has been hopeless, he said

http://www.scotsman.com/news/tom-english-andy-murray-s-words-on-doping-important-1-3081915

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

New film about Lance

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/11/lance-armstrong-alex-gibney-armstrong-lie-review-toronto

 

[Stat Brother]

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[Stat Brother]

Nothing new, I just wanted to pull this thread closer too:-

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?287767-First-sub-2-hour-marathon

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Tell you what, I'm half way through The Secret Race by Tyler Hamilton and it really is an absolute belter.
Must read for anyone with even the remotest passing interest in any of the above posts.

 

[Stat Brother]

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lets face it the god lord hasn't invented enough 's.

 

[Acker79]

First look at Ben Foster as Lance Armstrong in upcoming film

 

[Stat Brother]

GO F**K YOURSELF 'RESPECTED' JOURNALIST JIM WHITE.

While answering the innocuous question on Fight Talk 'what are the endangered species in Sport', he replied 'a creditable TdF winner'.

Once again go f**k yourself.

For a start I can point to the last 3 winners of Le Tour as being creditable and that's because they have tested creditable.

Why don't you and your ilk, do your f**kin job properly and actually ask the questions that need answering:-

* Who's blood is in the other 200 bags.
* Why don't the FA UEFA FIFA ATP PGA and on and on, do creditable testing.
* Since when was a random one off URINE test creditable.
* Why do team x y & z always manage to win games in the last 10 mins.
* How come players can have 6 hour 'battles' and play the final the next day.
* Why don't people in sports worth 100's of millions to the best cheat, but cyclist do.
* How can sports that are reluctant to test be deemed clean.

Oh no sorry I forgot Jim, the one thing you can't do is bite the hand that feeds you.
You're far to busy with your head in the trough to look around at who your gorging with.

Hey Jim, do you know why Lance got away with 'it' for so long?
It's because all bar 2 journo's were suckling on his teet, riding the gravy train, just asking for more bitty.

Does that sound familiar Jim?

How's your new book Jim, what's it called?
The History of the Premier League blah blah blah.
God forbid you ever lose your press pass, by asking even 1 question that might ruffle a few feathers.

GO F**K YOURSELF JIM.
and while your at it, practise saying:-

'well I knew something was up all along, I just couldn't prove it'.

Do one.



and relax.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

GO F**K YOURSELF 'RESPECTED' JOURNALIST JIM WHITE.

While answering the innocuous question on Fight Talk 'what are the endangered species in Sport', he replied 'a creditable TdF winner'.

Once again go f**k yourself.

For a start I can point to the last 3 winners of Le Tour as being creditable and that's because they have tested creditable.

Why don't you and your ilk, do your f**kin job properly and actually ask the questions that need answering:-

* Who's blood is in the other 200 bags.
* Why don't the FA UEFA FIFA ATP PGA and on and on, do creditable testing.
* Since when was a random one off URINE test creditable.
* Why do team x y & z always manage to win games in the last 10 mins.
* How come players can have 6 hour 'battles' and play the final the next day.
* Why don't people in sports worth 100's of millions to the best cheat, but cyclist do.
* How can sports that are reluctant to test be deemed clean.

Oh no sorry I forgot Jim, the one thing you can't do is bite the hand that feeds you.
You're far to busy with your head in the trough to look around at who your gorging with.

Hey Jim, do you know why Lance got away with 'it' for so long?
It's because all bar 2 journo's were suckling on his teet, riding the gravy train, just asking for more bitty.

Does that sound familiar Jim?

How's your new book Jim, what's it called?
The History of the Premier League blah blah blah.
God forbid you ever lose your press pass, by asking even 1 question that might ruffle a few feathers.

GO F**K YOURSELF JIM.
and while your at it, practise saying:-

'well I knew something was up all along, I just couldn't prove it'.

Do one.



and relax.

With you all the way on this (except I think you mean credible, not creditable). PLEASE send this to his email address - should be easy to find - or a cleaned up version. And Radio 5 Live while you're at it. And the BBC.

I want to see you talking about this on Points of View.

 

[Stat Brother]

With you all the way on this (except I think you mean credible, not creditable). PLEASE send this to his email address - should be easy to find - or a cleaned up version. And Radio 5 Live while you're at it. And the BBC.

I want to see you talking about this on Points of View.

That is the clean version.

If Bozza wasn't going to reveal his sources he'd be looking at a 5-7 stretch on my behalf

 

[Pogue Mahone]

That is the clean version.

If Bozza wasn't going to reveal his sources he'd be looking at a 5-7 stretch on my behalf

Well send that then. The guy needs to know that he is a ****.