Cycling Trial

Maybe the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency should have handled our nation's "war on drugs," first launched more than 40 years ago. It took 14 years worth of evidence, but the USADA knocked off a drug kingpin in Lance Armstrong. We witnessed the final nail in the...

About six weeks ago, a few readers sent emails complaining because the Tribune had given no coverage to local cyclist Christian Vande Velde’s victory in the U.S. Pro Challenge stage race in Colorado. My response was to say we felt leery of...

Call it a kick-butt time at nationals for local cyclists. Two-time U.S. Olympian Bobby Lea of Topton captured three more national titles last week in Carson, Calif., at the USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships. Lea was one of seven area...

Matt Baranoksi of Perkasie, Colleen Hayduk of Kutztown, Mandy Marquardt of Topton and Mary Costelloe of Emmaus all cleaned up at the 2012 USA Cycling Collegiate Track National Championships in Frisco, Texas last week. Baranoski, racing for Penn State-...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| South Dakota|  Aberdeen Christian at Waubay, 7 p.m.  Florence-Henry at Webster  Herreid-Selby Area at Wakpala  Ipswich at Mobridge-Pollock  Langford at Wilmot  Lemmon at McLaughlin  Redfield-Doland vs. Hitchcock-...

Cyclist Megan Fisher of Hinsdale won the gold medal Wednesday in the C4 time trial at the 2012 Paralympics. Fisher, a below-the-left-knee amputee as a result of a car crash a decade ago, clocked 26 minutes, 4.39 seconds to beat Sarah Powell of...

The UC Irvine contingent at the Olympic Games in London includes Amber Neben, a women's road cyclist who earned a master's degree from UCI. Neben attended Orange Lutheran High and competed in track and field at the University of Nebraska, where she was...

LONDON — Over Londoner John Armah's shoulder, about a quarter-mile away, was Buckingham Palace. Just around the corner was the prime minister's residence. The stage was perfectly set for the apparent inevitability Saturday when reigning world...

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The United States lost a crucial match to New Zealand, 3-2, Saturday at Riverbank Arena, eliminating the Americans from the medal chase with one game remaining in pool play. Katie O'Donnell (Maryland) and Claire Laubach scored for the United States,...

LONDON — U.S. cyclist Sarah Hammer leaves these Olympics with two silver medals, a place in the American record books and a far less bitter taste in her mouth. Four years ago, Hammer made headlines when she and her teammates arrived in China...

With two weeks left in the Tour de France, the two-man showdown that many predicted is taking shape, with Britain's Bradley Wiggins already in the yellow jersey - and driver's seat - while Cadel Evans isn't. The 31-year-old Briton and his Team Sky...