Report: Armstrong weighs doping admission
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The New York Times reported Friday that Lance Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
The report cited anonymous sources and said Armstrong was considering a confession to help restore his athletic career in triathlons and running events at age 41. Armstrong was been banned for life from cycling and cannot compete in athletic events sanctioned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Yet Armstrong attorney Tim Herman denied that Armstrong has reached out to USADA chief executive Travis Tygart and David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Herman told The Associated Press he had no knowledge of Armstrong considering a confession and said: "When, and if, Lance has something to say, there won't be any secret about it."
Armstrong, who recovered from testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain, won the Tour de France from 1999-2005. Although he has vehemently denied doping, Armstrong's athletic career crumbled under the weight of a massive report by USADA detailing allegations of drug use by Armstrong and his teammates on his U.S. Postal Service teams.
The report caused Armstrong to lose most of his personal corporate sponsors and he recently stepped down from the board of Livestrong, the cancer-fighting charity he founded in 1997.
Armstrong is facing other legal hurdles.
The U.S. Department of Justice is considering whether to join a federal whistle-blower lawsuit filed by former Armstrong teammate Floyd Landis. A Dallas-based promotions company has also said it wants to recover several million dollars paid to Armstrong in bonuses for winning the Tour de France. The British newspaper The Sunday Times has sued Armstrong to recover $500,000 paid to him to settle a libel lawsuit.
The report cited anonymous sources and said Armstrong was considering a confession to help restore his athletic career in triathlons and running events at age 41. Armstrong was been banned for life from cycling and cannot compete in athletic events sanctioned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Yet Armstrong attorney Tim Herman denied that Armstrong has reached out to USADA chief executive Travis Tygart and David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Herman told The Associated Press he had no knowledge of Armstrong considering a confession and said: "When, and if, Lance has something to say, there won't be any secret about it."
Armstrong, who recovered from testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain, won the Tour de France from 1999-2005. Although he has vehemently denied doping, Armstrong's athletic career crumbled under the weight of a massive report by USADA detailing allegations of drug use by Armstrong and his teammates on his U.S. Postal Service teams.
The report caused Armstrong to lose most of his personal corporate sponsors and he recently stepped down from the board of Livestrong, the cancer-fighting charity he founded in 1997.
Armstrong is facing other legal hurdles.
The U.S. Department of Justice is considering whether to join a federal whistle-blower lawsuit filed by former Armstrong teammate Floyd Landis. A Dallas-based promotions company has also said it wants to recover several million dollars paid to Armstrong in bonuses for winning the Tour de France. The British newspaper The Sunday Times has sued Armstrong to recover $500,000 paid to him to settle a libel lawsuit.
Until he comes out and says he lied, I won't be taking this article as any indication of anything. It's so sad that so many people want to see a fellow human being fall so hard. Can any of us survive what he went through physically and then to be crushed in the media? Whatever this man's fault are, he is a remarkable human being who raised money to help other cancer survivors.
The fact that they ban him from other sports like Tri's and marathons is just idiocy.Â
@yeahguy I think he should try unlimited hydroplane racing - the sport is just begging for some juicy publicity...
I've noticed none of the TDF runners-up have come out of the woodwork to claim that Lance's vacated titles are now theirs. That speaks volumes to me.Â
 @anon4444 What, that they were all doping, too? If so, I can believe that!
 @DMT That's kind of my impression, yes.
Can't for the life of me remember quite as big of a fall from grace... It'll come to me.
"I lied and lied and lied and lied and lied and lied and lied and lied, but now that I've been caught and everyone knows that I lied and lied and lied, I'm here to say that I did in fact lie."
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This guy is a descrace plain and simple. He (and us)Â has lived with his lies for a long time and I am sick of people like this. He needs to go far far away and stay away. He has set an example for the kids to not live by,What a bum
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 @signboy Is Americanized English a second language to you?
Wow...so it may be true after all. I am not surprised anymore, man. This definitely takes away the last bit of hope you were being dogged for nothing.
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So you're thinking of admitting all so you can be made eligible to compete again. If that is the main reason you want to speak up now (after all those denials even I used to believe in), then sorry, LA...I don't care about you anymore. Shoot, even if you were to claim you want to clean up the sport, how can I or anyone else believe in you now?
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My husband and I cheered for you. You were the main reason I started watching the Tour de France back around 2004. We spoke of your greatness on the mountains and the vicious attacks on the climbs. We would put down the naysayers as jealous and spiteful because they didn't have seven TDF titles. This latest bit proves even more to the world what a selfish, pompous jerk you have been...and sadly, still are. You have no real wish to clean up the sport; you don't even care about cycling anymore. You only care about yourself and trying to save your stupid face.
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I have only seven more words to say:Â **** you. Go away. You've disappointed me.
Lance your 15 minutes is over please quietly go away and climb back into your hole...
Where are all of the Nay Say'rs and Witch Hunt folks? Â It is/was only a matter of time for him to come clean (pun sort of intended). Â Sad really. Â The mounds of documentation; testimony of friends and teammates are too significant for him to be railroaded. Â Give it up Lance! Â Both you and Tiger Woods are the premiere losers in the Hall of Shame. Â (albeit... Tiger didn't cheat the game)
 @d_2 His best move now is to finally acknowledge the possible link between his steroids and his testicular cancer, and, like Lyle Alzado, go on tour educating young athletes about the dangers known and unknown.Â
There's nobody to be honest with but himself. His character has been revealed via his denials. If you catch your partner with their genitals in someone's mouth and they adamantly deny their involvement or call your perception into question, the facts remain.Â
It seemed Armstrong had it all just a few short years ago. He lost all his titles, his testicles, and his woman. That's a rough way to fall.
 @Dredd57 Doesn't he have one left? Physically, that is...?
 @DMT I thought he had cancer twice and lost them both?
 @DMT That is a good point, I do know he had cancer twice, but it must have been the same testicle or different cancers.
 @IslandAtheist  @DMT Or there is a god and he was punished for being a d*uche. LOL, jk.
 @IslandAtheist  @Dredd57 Haha! Funny! You do realize, however, that saying this is not proof alone he lost both...? ;) He can say this while still having one!
 @Dredd57  @DMT "If there was a God, I'd still have both nuts." Lance Armstrong
 @Dredd57 P.S. And remember, he was able to have a couple of kids later (after he left his wife).
 @Dredd57 Far as I know he lost the one back in '96...
 @Dredd57 With the exception of his testicles the other wounds were self inflicted so I have little sympathy.
 @Petwlkr  @Dredd57 The testicular damage may also be self-inflicted; longterm steroids  use isn't exactly a recipe for prime health.Â
I guess the simple fact he's supposedly weighing it at all kinda supports his lyin' sack ways....
Sorry, which test came up bad?
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So what happens now if he competes in triathlons and wins while testing clean?
Enough of this cheater!
I don't care if he did any doping...it is just not that important. Â What is important is that he raised a half a billion dollars for cancer research.
 @cyclops I don't the Livestrong foundation donates to cancer research, it just supports programs for cancer awareness and the support of survivors.
 @enso Well not all of that money has gone to research but anyone who raises that much money for a worthy cause should be be commended not condemned.