Sound off about Tyler Hamilton’s 8-year ban
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…