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06.16.2009 9:51 pm

Sound off about Tyler Hamilton’s 8-year ban

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

What do you think of the USADA suspending Tyler Hamilton for 8 years for doping?

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06.16.2009 9:08 pm

Tyler Hamilton gets 8-year ban

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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04.22.2009 4:39 pm

Tough week for Rock Racing

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

First, Tyler Hamilton announced his retirement, that he’s been struggling with depression and that he tested positive for a banned substance from an over-the-counter antidepressant medication.

Then came word the team released three riders, including  Americans Michael Creed and Chris Baldwin, for…

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04.19.2009 2:42 pm

Thoughts on Tyler Hamilton

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

I have one word to focus on re: Tyler Hamilton, and his admission to having depression and testing positive in a doping control as a result of the over-the-counter medication he was taking to combat it:

Compassion.

Let’s hope and pray he…

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07.28.2008 9:22 pm

Rock ‘n’ Roll Never Forgets

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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04.17.2008 3:18 pm

Tour de Georgia lineups announced

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The lineups have been set and the Tour de Georgia is shaping up to be a fantastic race, a heavyweight bout for bragging rights as America’s team.

You have the remnants of Lance Armstrong’s old Discovery Channel team in the likes…

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04.05.2008 4:08 pm

Rock’s stars are rockin’

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Rock Racing’s Tyler Hamilton, Oscar Sevilla and Santiago Botero were barred from the Tour of California because their names have been implicated in the two-year-old Opercion Puerto scandal, tho none have been charged with a doping violation relating to Puerto.

Yet, they’re…

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03.16.2008 9:10 pm

Rebellin finishes off Paris-Nice in a most sporting fashion

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

 One of the cool things about cycling was on display Sunday at Paris-Nice.

Sportsmanship.

Cycling can be a vicious sports, with the strong men and their teams breaking opponents by attacking on climbs or by ganging up on them ‘en masse like Lance Armstrong…

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