Our recent posts about the Lance Armstrong situation including some before the final blows fell:
- 10-22-12 Lance Armstrong Final Shoes falling: Is government next?
- 10-17-12 Quick Ending to Armstrong Ordeal? Or is there more fallout ahead?
- 10-14-12 What will Lance Armstrong’s legacy be?
I wrote about this issue several times in my “From the Bench” Sports Law Blog and I included the federal investigation into Armstrong’s activities as one of the Top 11 stories to watch for 2011. Several other entries looked at his ongoing defiance:
- January 13, 2011–Armstrong questions whether cycling has doping problem
- January 21, 2011–Armstrong remains defiant, wants vindication
- April 16, 2011–Armstrong met with banned doping doctor
- May 11, 2011–Federal investigators seeks help from France
Here are some documents relating to the Lance Armstrong situation that will be of interest if you want to research the situation further:
- USADA Report on Allegations Against Lance Armstrong
- Affidavits of other riders (includes George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Christian Vande Velde, Jonathan Vaughters, David Zabriskie
- USADA Press release re riders who testified
Here are other articles of interest during this window:
- 10-28 Business News: Lance Armstrong: The ugliest American
- 10-25 Spin Sucks: The Lance Armstrong PR Crisis
- 10-24 Sporting News (Lisa Olson) Armstrong’s once sterling legacy is unraveling myth by myth, lie by lie
- 10-24 Armstrong report vindicates those who raised doping alert
- 10-24 News Tribe: Armstrong facing big financial hit
- 10-24 Business Insider: Why Lance Armstrong is Still a Winner
- 10-23 ESPN: WADA chief blasts UCI leadership
- 10-23 ESPN: Bonnie Ford: UCI upholds USADA’s ruling but can’t escape the blame
- 10-23 Time: Can it get any worse for Lance Armstrong
- 10-23 Postal Times: Does Lance Armstrong owe the USPS a couple million dollars?
- 10-23 CSMonitor: SCA wants money it paid Armstrong back
- 10-23 Bloomberg: Armstrong Faces $200 Million loss of Earnings with Reputation Ruined
- 10-23 National Post: Bruce Arthur: The apology Lance Armstrong will never give.
- 10-23 National Post: Why Lance Armstrong should not be forgotten
- 10-22 Chicago Tribune: Phil Hersh: In cycling’s grand fraud, Armstrong not alone
- 10-22 ESPN: Oakley drops Armstrong
- 10-22 ESPN coverage of UCI Statement: Armstrong has no place in cycling
- 10-22 USADA Statement after UCI announcement
- 10-22 Forbes (Shaughnessy) Armstrong says Bye-Bye to Tour Titles But Its Much Bigger Than That
- 10-22 Reuters: Lance Armstrong ban is only the beginning: USADA
- 10-22 LA Times: Some Livestrong Donors want their money back
- 10-22 National Post: Armstrong stripped of titles, banned from cycling
- 10-21 NYDN: Victims of Lance Armstrong’s strong-arm tactics feel relief and vindication in the wake of USADA report
- 10-21 Leading with Trust blog: Its not about the bike, its about the truth
- 10-20 Reuters: Cycling sponsors facing dilemma after doping allegations
- 10-19 Forward: Going Talmudic on Lance Armstrong
- 10-19 Ad Age: Implosion of Armstrong’s Endorsement Empire
- 10-19 National Post: Lance Armstrong’s scandal tarnishes Livestong bracelets
- 10-18 Businessweek: Armstrong Gets Paterno Treatment at Nike HQ
- 10-18 The New Yorker: A Message from Lance Armstrong
- 10-18 Jim Rome Show: Tyler Hamilton: None of Armstrong’s title legitimate
- 10-18 Herald Sun: South Australian Government urged to sue Lance Armstrong
- 10-17 Cycling in the South Bay: The coming confession
- 10-12-12 NYT: Armstrong Aide Talks of Doping and Price Paid (Mary Pilon)
- 10-12-12 Bicycling.com: After the Fire: Assessing the aftermath of the USADA-Armstrong case (Joe Lindsey)
- 10-12-12 Reuters-UK paper says considering legal action against Lance Armstrong
- 10-12-12 Forbes (Risch): Lance Armstrong Beat Cancer, But Now Cancer is Saving Armstrong’s Brand
- 10-11-12 NYT: Report Describes How Lance Armstrong and his team Eluded Cycling’s Drug Tests (Ian Austen)
- 10-11-12 WSJ: The Women Behind Team Armstrong: As the Cyclists Allegedly Conspired to Cheat, their Wives and Girlfriends Did Battle on Both Sides
- 10-11-12 USA Today: USADA: Armstrong’s Doping “Sophisticated, Professional”
- 10-11-12 NYT: For Christian Vande Velde, Passion for Cycling Gave Way to Corruption
- 10-11-12 National Post: Cole: Lance Armstrong’s dirty little secrets finally out in open
- 10-10-12 Forbes (Burke): Despite the Fresh Evidence of Doping, Lance Armstrong Will Ride on with the Esteem of Many
- 10-10-12 National Post: Bruce Arthur: No reason to believe Armstrong anymore
- 8-24-12 ESPN LA: A cancer survivor reflects on Armstrong’s Legacy