From the Associated Press, with statements below from Hamilton, his lawyer and Rock Racing owner Michael Ball …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton received an eight-year ban from cycling Tuesday, all but ending his drug-tainted career after…

Francesco Mancebo of Rock Racing talks with medical personnel after crashing Saturday in the Tour of California. Photo by Vero Image

Rock Racing’s Francesco Mancebo went down hard after hitting a rock on a descent Saturday at the Amgen Tour…

Michael Ball is a relative newcomer to the sport of professional cycling, in his second season as the owner of Rock Racing.

Ed Beamon is a respected veteran of the sport, with 25 years of experience — first as a racer…

got this from Rock Racing. Apparently team owner Michael Ball has been receiving some inquiries about signing Floyd Landis next year after Landis’ two-year suspension ends.

For Immediate Release | Aug. 7, 2008

Response From Michael Ball, Rock Racing Team Owner, To…

The two American-based representatives from the Tour de France — Columbia and Garmin-Chipotle — are among the 15 teams announced Monday as the competitors in the second Tour of Missouri, scheduled for Sept. 8 to 14.

Columbia, of course, is the…

The headline is a shoutout to Bob Seger of Ann Arbor, Mich., and also a setup for anoverdue report on Rock Racing, the U.S. continental cycling team owned by Rock And Republic’s Michael Ball.

Ol’ 10 Speed has been immersed in…

For those who wonder whether Rock Racing is good for cycling, well, here’s a little something for the pro-Rock column.

The release is from Rock, but the sentiment is something everyone involved with the sport at some level should appreciate, particularly in light…

That would be for moi, who just arrived in Savannah after an epic travel day to get here.

Ol’ 10 Speed drove from STL, 900-some miles, 13-some hours. Pretty much a straight shot. Put the PD team car on cruise and…

With apologies to American teams High Road and Slipstream-Chipotle and the boys from U.S.-sponsored CSC, ol’ 10 Speed is thinking that a rider from either Astana or Rock Racing will stand atop the podium at the end of the Tour de…

I asked what the team’s inclusion in the Tour de Georgia would mean for Rock re: the Tour of Missouri.

“It really helps us in our bid to go into anything that Medalist Sports is doing. I think what happened in the Tour of California…