Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Lance Armstrong has made a lot of money in cycling. Now the Justice Department wants some of that money and may sue Armstrong for allegedly profiting. The Justice Department is going after cyclist Lance Armstrong, saying he defrauded the U.S. government by denying years of using performance-enhancing drugs, the Associated Press reports….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com World-renowned cyclist Lance Armstrong faces dope charges that could lead to him losing his seven Tour de Frances titles, the New York Times reports. The 40-year-old athlete, who has been accused of doping for more than a decade, dismissed the charges as “a witch hunt.” If convicted, the United States Anti-Doping Agency…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After a two-year doping investigation that triggered plenty speculation and gossip, fed prosecutors in Los Angeles decided to end their probe into Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong without filing charges, the Los Angeles Times reported. The media relentlessly reported on the probe and the folks who appeared before the grand…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Unless someone leaks it, we won’t know what federal prosecutors said in a sealed motion filed Monday in response to complaints by star cyclist Lance Armstrong’s attorneys, who say the feds leaked info about a grand jury probe into Armstrong and allegations of doping. The Associated Press reported that LA U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has an interest in a French restaurant in Colorado — and not for the the Escargots à la Bourguignonne or “Loch Duart” Scottish Salmon on the menu. The New York Times reports that FBI has requested surveillance video from the Aspen restaurant Cache Cache to look at a Saturday…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The doping case involving Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong — the subject of a federal grand jury in Los Angeles — is heating up. A former teammate of Armstrong’s Tyler Hamilton told 60 Minutes that the international cycling authorities helped the legendary Armstrong cover up a positive test for the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The lawyer for seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has sent off a letter to a Los Angeles federal prosecutor complaining about leaks in a grand jury probe into possible doping conspiracies involving Armstrong’s team, the Associated Press reported. Lawyer Tim Herman wrote federal prosecutor Doug Miller of the L.A….
