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Grimsley: Palmeiro, Dykstra did steroids - Yahoo! News

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Grimsley: Palmeiro, Dykstra did steroids - Yahoo! News
And so the outing of baseball’s dopers picks up steam.  I wonder if the baseball doping scandal is going to make cycling’s doping scandal look like a bunch of 13 year-olds sneaking behind the school to try a cigarette for the first time.
Is their a pro sport out [...]

Mitchell report may name All-Stars, MVPs - Yahoo! News

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Mitchell report may name All-Stars, MVPs - Yahoo! News
And people thought cycling was bad.  I tell you what, at least cycling has been outing the cheaters and punishing them.  Baseball’s current punishments are a joke.   I suppose if the cyclists had a super strong union or if they made millions it might be different.

Yoga

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

OK, I admit it. I practice Yoga. If you asked me 10 years ago if I thought Yoga was a good workout, I probably would have laughed at you being a weight lifting, running and hockey playing kind of guy. No more. I first tried it out about a year ago [...]

Kudos to Cary Drivers Tonight

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Wow.  What an unbelievable bike ride tonight.  There must have been some good karma flowing tonight, because there must have been 5 or 6 separate incidents where cars patiently waited behind me in tricky spots on the road, waited till I passed before pulling out or gave me extra wide berth when passing.  It was [...]

Rasmussen leaves stain on Tour de France - Yahoo! News

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Rasmussen leaves stain on Tour de France - Yahoo! News
Here’s an interesting thought:  maybe we should be applauding the Tour de France and cycling.  Everyone is harping on them about doping, etc. but you know what, they are actually doing something about it.  All the other sports, Baseball included are just thankful it is not [...]

Tour de France cyclist fails doping test - Yahoo! News

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Tour de France cyclist fails doping test - Yahoo! News
I wonder what it would take to test every rider, every single day of the Tour?

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