The French can’t quit Lance Armstrong. Their obsession to prove he’s a drug cheat has reached Detective John Kavanaugh proportions. They haven’t shown a thirst for vengeance like this since ever. If they had showed this much determination during WWII…
The French anti-doping authority has thrown down a challenge to the seven-time Tour de France champion, proposing he agree to retesting of his 1999 urine samples to see whether a French newspaper was right when it reported they contained traces of EPO, a banned blood-boosting hormone that enhances endurance.
Authority head Pierre Bordry insists that Armstrong “prove his good faith” and put the rumors to rest by agreeing to let them retest the 1999 samples. Of course, Bordry’s not bringing up the fact that the French are the ones keeping the rumors alive.
In drug testing, urine is divided into “A” and “B” samples, and both must show traces of a banned substance for the test to be declared positive.
Only remains from six “B” samples have been kept from Armstrong’s 1999 Tour, the French agency said. So even if the “B” samples came back positive in new testing, there are no “A” samples left against which to compare results.
Armstrong responded by claiming the samples were “compromised”.
…The conclusions of the investigation were that the 1998 and 1999 Tour de France samples have not been maintained properly, have been compromised in many ways, and even three years ago could not be tested to provide any meaningful results. There is simply nothing that I can agree to that would provide any relevant evidence about 1999.”
Who knows whether Lance did or didn’t dope during his cycling career. Far be it for us to defend or crucify him without knowing the facts. However, it does seem as though the French are out to get him. They haven’t been able to prove their case despite claiming evidence of EPO in his 2005 samples. It’s simple. Put up or shut up. The same goes for Tour de France president Jean-Etienne Amaury and Greg LeMond.
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You know you love Rock and Roll (Part 2). You sing along with it at every sporting event. I was always partial to the obscene Maryland basketball version which I can’t find. This will have to do.
Check it. We have great news for you. The pedophile you love to rock with is close to being released from the Hanoi Hilton and is looking to make a musical comeback. Maybe he and R Kelly can do a benefit record for the kids.
One would think being Mexican would give Mexican goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez an advantage over the Chicago police in a Mexican standoff. One would be wrong.
Sanchez was arrested at the Mexican team hotel in Chicago following Mexico’s match against Peru at Soldier Field last Sunday. The police were called to the hotel following several noise complaints from hotel guests about music blasting from a player’s room.
“As usually happens after the games, we couldn’t sleep,” he said.
Hotel security twice asked the players to turn the volume down but the noise continued and, on the third occasion, the police were called, Sanchez said.
“I went into the corridor to try to calm down the situation and ask them not to take any of my mates, but they grabbed me, sprayed tear gas at me and took me to the police station,” Sanchez said.
“I went into the corridor to try to calm down the situation and ask them not to take any of my mates, but they grabbed me, sprayed tear gas at me and took me to the police station,” Sanchez said.
Sanchez was released after two hours. He’s required to show up for court on July 11. It’s unlikely The Sanchez Chronicles will come close to The Kelly Chronicles unless someone videotaped him pissing on a cop.
Either something was lost in translation or the Chicago police don’t play when it comes to noise complaints. Showing up in riot gear and throwing tear gas canisters in a closed space like a hotel hallway would definitely kill any noise.
