17 January 2026
Lance Armstrong had successfully doped for years. But when the evidence backed him into a corner, he took control of the narrative and confessed live on Oprah's couch, martyring himself to cycling's EPO era.
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16 Jan: Negin Ghadimi, a 28-year-old bio-electrical engineer who wanted to be "the voice" of Iranians, was shot in the stomach and killed in anti-government protests last week, her bereaved uncle says.... more
