Posts Tagged ‘Floyd Landis’
Floyd Landis: Out of This World
By Mike Luckovich/Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Lawyer Up
Now that he’s back in California, Floyd Landis has hired attorney Howard Jacobs, who has represented several athletes — including Tyler Hamilton — in cases involving performance-enhancing drugs. And Jacobs didn’t waste much time criticizing the International Cycling Union for leaking the results of the Tour de France winner’s positive “A” sample drug test, saying [...]
Plausible Deniability
I’ve often heard the phrase above used in the context with high ranking officials, both military and political, who chose not to maintain full knowledge of certain circumscribed events, therefore, making their statements of “well I really have no knowledge of that matter,” seem believable. Afterall, how can you lay full responsibility on an individual [...]
The Evidence Is Mounting
I don’t like the news today.Obviously, Tooth hasn’t liked it for quite some time (DO read his wonderful post below).Here’s the latest as reported by the New York Time’s Juliet Macur:– New Finding Challenges Tour Champ’s ClaimHere’s a good opinion piece by Bloomberg’s Scott Soshnick.– Floyd Landis Tests Fans’ Faith in Sports HeroesHere’s the gist:Tests [...]
Leaks And The Test
Just in case you needed more information on Floyd Landis’ predicament, found both of these on Cyclingnews.com. L’Equipe reports exogenous testosterone in Landis’ A sampleBy Hedwig Kröner “The tests performed on Landis’ A sample included an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) procedure, used to determine whether the testosterone is exogenous (contained within, but originating from [...]
Some Good Stuff
In the International Herald Tribune:Samuel Abt: Hard to make sense of the Landis caseThe Guardian:William Fotheringham: Landis case erodes all trust in Tour In the New York Times:Selena Roberts: Whiskey Defense: Seems Like Another Whopper Ian Austen: An Accusation of Duplicity, a Reputation for Honesty In the Times of London:Paul Kimmage: Landis turned the race [...]
NPR Interview With Floyd
Floyd Landis was interviewed by Michele Norris on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Here’s a transcript of the interview. The entire package, with audio, is worth a look as well. QUESTION: Cyclist Floyd Landis joins us now from Madrid. And, Mr. Landis, let’s just get right to it. Were you doping in the Tour de France?LANDIS: [...]
Who Dresses Floyd?
Geez, Floyd, you have nice hair. Lose the hat, eh? Especially on public stages such as internationally televised press conferences. Or at least wear the hat straight; Phonak would probably appreciate it (oh yeah, they suspended you). Note how much nicer Floyd looked Friday night on “Larry King Live.” Landis said on Friday that he [...]
Floyd On “Larry King Live” Friday Night
Floyd Landis has chosen the Larry King route (as Our Boy Lance has in the past) to talk to the world (since the program is carried on CNN International).From the program’s website: Friday’s showFloyd LandisPrimetime exclusive: The Tour de France racing champ, Floyd Landis speaks out about testing positive. Tune in Friday at 9 p.m. [...]
Floyd’s Bonfire Of The Vanities
Floyd Landis leaving the testing facility after the last stage of the Tour de France. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)Floyd Landis being checked out in Strasbourg, France, two days before the Tour began. (Friedemann Vogel/Bongarts/Getty Images) I guess this is the face of cycling now: Floyd Landis all plugged in, tested, scrutinized, doubted, chastised, defensive, shamed.It all reminds [...]
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