I recently review “The Loyal Lieutenant” for Diane Lees’ radio show/podcast “The Outspoken Cyclist.” You can hear this week’s show with her interview with pro ...
Tag Archives: Lance Armstrong
The Wiggins Dilemma
Bradley Wiggins has taken to the media to lament his omission from Sky’s Tour de France squad. Not yet mid-June and we have our first Tour de France drama. Oh thank heaven! So Wiggins gave ...
Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong
On its own, cycling isn’t very interesting to the mainstream media; at least, not in the U.S. In civilized nations, cycling occupies its rightful place alongside football (you know, the one ...
Dear Johan,
It’s clear from your recent blog post on your site that you’re not happy with your 10-year ban from cycling. Big surprise. I’m going to let you in on a little secret: The rest ...
Lance Fixes a Flat
Outside Magazine produced this video and they way it’s written, it’s damn funny. That’s not the question. The question is: too soon?
RKP End of Year Awards
With another year coming to an end, this is our annual excuse to look back and recognize those moments from this year that are worthy of further acknowledgment and/or memorialization, even in ...
Book Review: Wheelmen
Our species likes stories to be relatively straightforward and with a minimum of characters. Just think of how many movies you’ve seen with half a dozen or so speaking parts. Off the top ...
Review: The Armstrong Lie
The Who album “Who’s Next” was meant to be a concept album, called “Lifehouse,” the follow-up to “Tommy.” It was meant to resonate with Eastern mysticism ...
Resolution
With the release of the book “Wheelmen” by Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O’Connell of the Wall Street Journal, Lance Armstrong, the US Postal Service, EPO and Greg LeMond are all ...
Tying Off the Past
Now that Pat McQuaid has been voted out of the UCI presidency and the troubled institution is being led by Brian Cookson, there is some reasonable hope that a Truth and Reconciliation Commission ...