Even as Buzz Bissinger retracts a Newsweek cover story, Armsgtrong still has his defenders. Did they still buy his lies? Or did they just enable the man they're now calling a "sleazeball"? Here's a look, in their own words, as the pre-Oprah debate heats up
Despite a looming mountain of legal obstacles, Lance Armstrong is considering admitting he doped during his professional cycling career in an effort to restart his career as a triathlete, according to a New York Times report.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is going big with its charges against embattled cyclist Lance Armstrong: Not only did Armstrong dope, the agency says, he "ran the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen."
In an essay for Outside, Mike Anderson, Lance Armstrong's personal assistant from 2002-2004, tells us just how hard it is to go up against the man, but mostly the myth, of Lance Armstrong.
The mystifying satchel of muscles that is Jose Canseco (or his ghostwriter or team of comedy writers?) has taken to his Vice column to defend Lance Armstrong, which, well, we're sure Armstrong appreciates.
Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from cycling for life by the USADA on Thursday night, but not because of new incriminating evidence, or a scandalous confession. He was banned because he's retired and wants to stop fighting their charges.
Now that a federal judge has thrown out Lance Armstrong's lawsuit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the cyclist is going to have to think fast about his next move, as the deadline looms for him to challenge doping allegations.
The federal judge who dismissed Lance Armstrong's lawsuit seeking an injunction against a USADA investigation into doping allegations against the champion cyclist didn't actually use the word "troll" but he might as well have.
Lance Armstrong escaped prosecution on the doping charges that have dogged him for years, but he may still lose his seven Tour de France titles thanks to a new investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
Cyclist Alberto Contador has been banned from competition for two years and stripped of his 2010 Tour de France victory after being found guilty of using a banned substance during the 2010 race.
Italian newspaper says investigators have found a link between doctor and cyclist
Cartoonist Nick Anderson makes light of the Roger Clemens trial
The news magazine pushed back hard today at the cyclist's lawsuit threat
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