Recent content by bigmatt24

I raced against the guy in the first article, David Anthony, at Tour de Tuscaloosa (AL) this year. In fact, I was in the break of the day with him, along with one of my teammates and another guy. He was the weakest of the 4 of us, and he raced like an idiot. And then he got popped for...

Luke is apparently 13 (see the blog post previous to Kik's "confession"). The others are younger. I contend that they will all not understand fully what's going on, including their mother's role in the early days of the doping program, for quite some time. Luke is old enough, though, to start...

And? I don't get what you're saying. I'm talking about Kristin, his ex-wife.

That is not exactly right. The marital communication privilege protects confidential communications made between spouses during the marriage from being testified to in court (in either a civil or criminal case), but nothing else. It continues even if the marriage ends, so the last part of your...

Chill out. She's got some explaining to do, but she also has a kid with the guy, a kid who is now old enough to start to understand just how f***ed up this whole situation is. She has the unenviable job of parenting the kid, and for the kid's sake, I understand why she's not being totally...

I asked about this in an earlier thread, in the context of doping during childhood/formative years and realizing permanent gains. The response I got to my query was that the effects of doping last only as long as the doping, essentially. You are saying that's not true, that one can dope and...

Exactly! There is nothing wrong with CN being an outlet for those whose job it is to be critical of riders, team management, the UCI, AFLD, and whomever else. That is "cycling news" just as much as race results are. I haven't ever understood CN to withhold or suppress such material, though...

So, what you're saying is that this rule is inapplicable to the current situation. It applies when the UCI's testing protocols yield a positive test result, but that's not what happened here.

HAHAHA!!! I love it. I wish I had been playing a couple of weeks ago. I added that last bit to make it clear that I'm not trying to argue against USADA's jurisdiction over the case; I was just pointing out that using that section of code to justify USADA's jurisdiction requires that the UCI...

Thank you. I am not a journalist. My momma did learn me real good how to write, though. ;) I'll credit my AP English teacher and my Latin teachers as well. I think MJM used the word "funny" especially in the "odd" or "curious" sense, or perhaps "ironic" (I think he used that specific word...

Ah, but what about the protasis of that conditional of which you are emphasizing the apodosis? 249. When, following the results management process described in chapter VII, the UCI makes an assertion that a License-Holder committed an anti-doping rule violation, it shall notify the...

It's not that funny at all; in fact, it's totally predictable, given what common experience says about people's response to criticism. Do you really expect any person -- cyclist, journalist, forum-posting basement-dweller, or otherwise -- to prostrate himself at the feet of his critics and cry...

He will now be forced to hold PR rallies at TrogdorCon, where he is still considered a Level 99 Cyclo-Mage.

Clearly not. Lance was the very definition of "too big to fail." He was much more than a disposable gladiator; he was the golden calf. Or, to take your gladiator analogy, he was the gladiator that the emperor liked well enough to put the fix on in favor of and was therefore never going to be...

Not the XFL, but the XC(ycling)L. And Lance's jersey will read, "They Hates Me".