FLandis letter, links

[Colm.Murphy]

Hamilton "giving them what they need"

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=5399613

But still, nothing to see here, still sleeping like a baby, we like our word, the crashes are not due to the distractions of a US Federal investigation, Landis is a drunk with no credibility who has changed his story more times than Max Armstrong has his diaper changed, I was just an employee same as everyone else, all the bikes were sold after the season, we can't wait for the truth to come out.

 

[Colm.Murphy]

Here is a take on LA worth spending the 6 minutes it takes to read.

http://jay-mariotti.fanhouse.com/2010/07/22/armstrong-would-be-biggest-fraud-of-all/

Ouch.

 

[editedbymod]

Landis to appear on TV: http://blogs.abcnews.com/pressroom/2010/07/did-lance-cheat.html

Meanwhile

Lance not worried one bit: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/22072010/58/tour-de-france-armstrong-relaxed-investigation.html

 

[Colm.Murphy]

Chasing Lance Armstrong: Has the Drug Probe Gone Too Far?

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2005820,00.html

Comment: Interesting views from Don Catlin. Also, the myth that "if Govt monies were used to buy drugs, then fraud could be included" perpetuates. Where the money came from does not matter. It is the act of doping, not informing the govt, and representing the team as clean, thus getting US Govt monies. That is the fraud.

 

[Benotti69]

Here is a take on LA worth spending the 6 minutes it takes to read.

http://jay-mariotti.fanhouse.com/2010/07/22/armstrong-would-be-biggest-fraud-of-all/

Ouch.

lovely dig at the fansboys;

"It would be a wonderful story for humankind if, somehow, he turns out to be innocent and all of his anti-cancer work holds up in the wash.

But I'm highly doubtful. And if you are a savvy American, your antenna are as high as mine today."

 

[alberto.legstrong]

sf gate

sorry if it's already linked - the comments(below the article) are hilarious

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/21/sports/s205940D11.DTL&tsp=1

 

[grimsbychris]

sorry if it's already linked - the comments(below the article) are hilarious

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/21/sports/s205940D11.DTL&tsp=1

yovinnie
11:09 AM on July 22, 2010



Lance's remaining testicle is actually a clandestinely installed prosthetic steroid pump. When he sat down too hard he crushed the circuit board and his performance took a dive. He is said to be using scrotal meth dermal patches now.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...10&plckSort=TimeStampDescending#ixzz0uVS8pRzQ

 

[Colm.Murphy]

ABC has preview of the Nightline interview, and write-up with some further Atty Herman entertainment. Quite rich.

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/floyd-landis-nightline-interview/story?id=11226456

Quite rich, indeed.

 

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[this_is_edie]

Hamilton subpoena confirmed - from Bonnie Ford @ESPN

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=5405602

The attorney for Lance Armstrong's former teammate Tyler Hamilton confirmed Friday that Hamilton has received a subpoena to appear before a federal grand jury hearing testimony in what knowledgeable sources have characterized as a potential doping and fraud case against Armstrong and other figures in cycling.

 

[Cozy Beehive]

ABC posted 8 minutes of their Nightline interview : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyfbcVn4qJ8

 

[theswordsman]

New York Daily News article

Investigators thinking of turning to RICO, a statue for mob prosecutions, in Lance Armstrong case

Imagine a group of self-selected men who fraudulently rake in millions of dollars. They bribe officials to suppress evidence of their crimes and use secret bank accounts to evade taxes. Their leader promises to destroy anyone who breaks their code of silence.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2010/07/25/2010-07-25_moblike_detour.html

 

[theswordsman]

NY Times blog

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/cycling-fans-root-for-dopers-to-get-caught/

 

[callac]

Huffington Post:
Lance Armstrong: A pariah on hold

talking about GQ:
Lie Strong.

Lie to me. I promise I'll believe. —Sheryl Crow, "Strong Enough"
(...)
If you're reading this, Mr. Armstrong, it should be clear that "you" in this instance doesn't actually mean you; as anyone from your hometown of Austin will gladly confirm for you, you've always been an arrogant *** out for no one but number one. How else to explain the odd fact that your glory and fame have always been separated from the sport of cycling, and that the vast majority of your admirers can't name another pro bike racer? Oh, wait—they probably know who Floyd Landis is now.

 

[tubularglue]

the tide has truly turned, holy crapoli

http://www.gq.com/images/sports/2010/08/lance-armstrong/lance-armstrong_628x434.jpg

 

[Apolitical]

Feds seek records from '04 Armstrong doping case

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../2080.ap.cyc.armstrong.doping.0117/index.html

 

[Colm.Murphy]

New York Magazine

http://nymag.com/daily/sports/2010/07/reviewing_the_ever-widening_in.html


Excerpt:

"The larger question, though, seems to be who, exactly, benefits from this probe playing out? Armstrong certainly comes out on the losing end, regardless of the result — at some point, even if his name is completely cleared, the damage in perception will have been done. If the investigation proves true, then who wins, besides those who hate Armstrong on a personal level, riders who rode clean at the time but won't ever get a rematch, and Novitzky, who gets another notch on his belt? A guilty outcome means Armstrong was doing the same thing everybody in the sport was doing at the time — a practice that anti-doping regulators insist has almost been eradicated in the past few years thanks to regulations stemming from the French team Festina's 1998 scandal. And if that's the case, then how does a probe into past doping, among riders who have since retired, using techniques that supposedly are impossible to pull off now, make the sport cleaner in the future? There's also the ethical dilemma a wise person posed to me: If Armstrong used artificially enhanced athletic prowess both for personal wealth and to prompt unprecedented fund-raising for cancer research and cancer-patient support, can all of those gains be considered ill-gotten? And what will happen to American cycling if we so thoroughly destroy our greatest hero? Perhaps the best hope is that this investigation will be an atom bomb to the sport of bicycle racing, flattening everything that has come before so that someday another set of mutants can rise from the ash and build anew."

 

[Colm.Murphy]

AP has an extended write-up on the latest:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jKB9kJFPQK1-D9n_HllA_3nhyTMgD9H7JM4G2

This new statement from Atty Daly:

"Truthfully, I don't have any idea how Lance Armstrong fits into this whole thing," Daly said. "Lance Armstrong doesn't want to be stuck in the middle of a celebrity investigation."

 

[powerste]

AP has an extended write-up on the latest:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jKB9kJFPQK1-D9n_HllA_3nhyTMgD9H7JM4G2

This new statement from Atty Daly:

"Truthfully, I don't have any idea how Lance Armstrong fits into this whole thing," Daly said. "Lance Armstrong doesn't want to be stuck in the middle of a celebrity investigation."

But LA certainly does have a penchant for investigating celebrities . . . at least certain ones.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

WSJ under the headline: "Prosecutors Step Up Armstrong Probe".

The Huffington Post under the headline:"Doubleheader: Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong going to trial."

 

[callac]

Velonation: Greg LeMond’s suggestions for a credible future for cycling

 

[Cerberus]

Velonews "The explainer" reviews what is known, and mostly what is not known about the case.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010...igators-charge-against-lance-armstrong_132057

 

[Colm.Murphy]

Some deny and rely on faulty logic and rationalizations, some attack the accusers, and some....well, they simply "hope" he does not get caught.

http://www.bnd.com/2010/07/30/1346831/if-armstrongs-a-cheat-heres-hoping.html

Good luck with that one.

 

[editedbymod]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...ndis.tour.of.catskills.1st.ld.writethru.0428/


Landis rides in Catskills race, gets applause. The tide has turned. Good for him. He must feel so much better about himself. To think he protected Armstrong all these years and for what?

Looking forward to Landis riding in the ProTour by 2012! The UCI won't dare touch him!

 

[oldschoolnik]

The case against/for Lance Armstrong: ESPN Investigative reporter

This is a nice summary of the case so far, where it could go and how things could end up. There is one glaringly stupid line that makes me question whether or not the author has any clue whatsoever, but the rest of the points seem sound. - could be cross posted into the legal thread too.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?page=munson/100729

Ignore this line:
"The testimony of former Postal Service team director Johan Bruyneel. Will he support Landis or Armstrong?" -lol imagine!