This came out today (5/15/08) in cyclingnews.com Reminiscent of what Rassmussen is accused of: Balco head reveals methods, offers anti-doping advice After masterminding a designer steroids ring which allowed athletes to cheat without detection, former BALCO head Victor Conte is now offering up detailed accounts of the doping regime used by top track and field [...]

This just came out today in cyclingnews.com Just a heads up for anyone using these products: Neben, others sue Hammer Nutrition over contamination Mark Zalewski, North American Editor American cyclist Amber Neben, along with professional triathletes Rebekah Keat and Mike Vine, filed a lawsuit in a California district court last December against Hammer Nutrition, maker [...]

This link comes from my man DMC in Belfast. www.buscatube.cl/….bjarne-riis-admits-the-use-of-scunk-crack-opium–ecstasy Ok, its a bit extreme, but if you read Willy Voet’s “Breaking the Chain” it ain’t too far off.

This is why Dick Pound was not invited to the premiere of the latest Stallone movie: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22728530/ news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080126/ap_on_en_mo/people_stallone_hgh By the way, HGH is not simply an amino acid, it is composed of 191 amino acids. All proteins are composed of amino acids and if all you were looking for was amino acids, you can get [...]

Did anyone catch the report, which I think is a book now, on the data compiled that Bush has lied 950+ times given ~580 opportunities in public speeches? I briefly caught some of it on NPR yesterday. It seems the occurrence of lies spikes with political timing. Not really news, but now, with the internet [...]

This is from Sports Illustrated, Jan. 15, 2008. Full story here: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/magazine/01/15/sins.of.a.father012… Sins of a Father Corey Gahan was a champion in-line skater at 13. Then his dad put him on a regimen of steroids and HgH Corey suspected that he was “doing something wrong,” but he trusted his dad and his trainer. The kid [...]

Ok, I know perhaps some of you thought that last post about Expedia was a bit whiney. But if you check out the customer service representative video.yahoo.com/video/play?… you’ll understand.

Just a heads up for anyone wishing to book travel arrangements through Expedia during the holidays…read every line in booking process.  In reserving a room in the “Rate Details” page, please read section 3 “Review the rules and restrictions “, because the last sentence here is the non-refundable sentence. It is obviously above section 4 where [...]

Got this www.pbs.org/…society_on_steroids from Lofty Goat. This illustrates how damaging the public’s general lack of reflective thought can be, and how this has allowed not only the corruption of our National baby (baseball) but of matters far more reaching. You can also check out a video from the link above. Expert here: In our drugged [...]

Vino retired after receiving a 1 yr. ban by his federation. Read about it here. Wonder if this played into the decision? Research it here. Didn’t seem to for these guys Hope things can change for this. But this guy thinks you can’t do without.

Long time road and mountain bike racer Mike Janelle died the morning after Thanksgiving of a heart attack. He was a roommate of mine back in the early 90′s in Tempe and a hilarious guy. At the time he was working swing shift (I think) way out on West Broadway in some plant anodizing aluminum [...]

Thought I would drop a quick post on “JR” Michael Grabinger and his results at the weekend’s U.S. Professional Championships where he went 11th in the TT and 16th in the RR. Not bad considering the TT winner was Dave Z. who went 2nd in the 2006 World TT Champs. and the RR winner was [...]