Usain Bolt won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics, securing the amazing “triple triple,” but now he’s lost it and it’s not even his fault.
UFC: Jon Jones Suspended One-Year by USADA After Taking Contaminated Sexual Enhancement Pill
The UFC interim light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones seemed optimistic about his doping case, but he was hit with the full suspension, a one-year ban by the USADA.
UFC: Jon Jones “B” Sample Confirms Banned Substance Present
Drug testing for athletic events are usually split into two samples A & B. In this case, A tested positive, so B was available for re-testing. Jones and his manager Malki Kawa apparently requested his “B” sample tested to verify that an illegal substance was in fact present. It was.
MLB: Lawsuit Against Ryan Braun Alleges He’s Been Doping Since College
A longtime friend of Ryan Braun’s filed a lawsuit against the suspended slugger last month, charging that Braun defamed him after the friend provided help in his successful appeal of Braun’s positive steroid test in 2011. Read more after the jump.
Sports: Lance Armstrong Tears Up When He Had to Tell His Son to Stop Defending Him
Most people found Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah to be lacking empathy and remorse for lying about doping and all the people he hurt and falsely accused in the process. He didn’t shed tears nor did he hand out sincere apologies. One topic that did seem to invoke some emotion was when he mentioned his son who stood up for him when the world was accusing him of doping. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
Sports: Highlights of the Oprah Interview With Lance Armstrong
So unless you been living under a rock for the past week, then you know Lance Armstrong decided to finally tell the truth about his past in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. The man who seemed untouchable once again seems mortal. For years he has appeared to beat any and all drug testing during his career, even though former teammates and opponents told anyone who would listen that Armstrong himself was the main reason most of his teammates were taking performance enhancing drugs. All those “Tour De France” wins, 7 in all had been stripped away from Armstrong by the World of Cycling and Tour De France officials. The U.S. anti doping agency stripped him of more accolades and banned him from the sport for life. When that happened I actually defended Armstrong. Not so much the man himself, but the fact that we live in a country where it is supposed to be innocent till proven guilty. Even though everyone had certain suspicions that Armstrong did indeed use performance enhancers in the past, he never failed a drug test, so I felt his penalties were harsh. But now suddenly he wants to confess to everything. I am very skeptical as to why now? Why all of a sudden does he feel the need to tell the truth, knowing it is going to lead to all types of lawsuits against him from past foes who already tried to take Armstrong down, or people who actually LOST lawsuits against Lance and had…
