Alberto Contador wins 3rd Tour de France; Lance Armstrong leaves Published: Sun, Jul 25, 2010 PARIS (AP) — Alberto Contador won his third Tour de France in four years on Sunday, heralding the arrival of a new cycling superstar, and seven-time champion Lance Armstrong finished the race for the last time. The 27-year-old Spaniard sealed the victory after holding off a challenge from main rival Andy Schleck... Read More

Oklahoma City Mayor declares July 24th, 2009 LIVESTRONG DAY in Oklahoma City Updated: Thu, Jul 23, 2009 Edmond, OK — July 16, 2009 —Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett has declared July 24th, 2009 LIVESTRONG™ Day in Oklahoma City. Vice Mayor Marrs is scheduled to present the proclamation on July 24th at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark as a part of the LIVESTRONG™ Day festivities. This fundraising event is... Read More

Spending family time outside Published: Thu, Apr 9, 2009 Working mother Rebecca P. Cohen, founder and president of Rebecca Plants L.L.C., has put together a list titled "50 Outdoor Activities for Busy Families." These are simple, imaginative and fun activities that we all know about but sometimes forget. Some highlights are: > Collect sticks, leaves, seeds or nuts... Read More

Leading Cancer Organizations to Come Together to Fight Global Cancer Updated: Tue, Dec 9, 2008 On Tuesday, December 9, 2008, the American Cancer Society, the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Susan G. Komen for the Cure will join forces with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the National Cancer Institute of Mexico to release the new edition of the World Cancer Report that focuses on the... Read More

Sastre wins doping-scarred Tour de France Updated: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 PARIS (AP) -- Race director Christian Prudhomme proclaimed the 2008 Tour de France will eventually be seen as a victory against doping because cyclists were caught cheating. However, even after some were snared, at least one other still tried to beat the system. Sunday's glitzy, ceremonial end to the... Read More

Tour de France winner flunks drug test Updated: Thu, Jul 27, 2006 Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for high levels of testosterone during the race, his Phonak team said Thursday. Submit your comments about this story at the end of the story. The statement came a day after the UCI, cycling's governing body, said an unidentified rider had failed a drug test... Read More

Landis denies cheating to win Tour Updated: Thu, Jul 27, 2006 PARIS -- American cyclist Floyd Landis denied that he cheated to win the Tour de France, but said Thursday that his career will forever be stained by his positive test for high testosterone during the sport's premiere event. "Unfortunately, I don't think it's ever going to go away no matter what happens next,"... Read More

Doping scandal strips Tour de France of its favorites Updated: Fri, Jun 30, 2006 STRASBOURG, France (AP) - A doping scandal knocked Tour de France favorites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso out of the race today and threw the world's most glamorous cycling event into chaos. The decision to bar Ullrich, Basso and others implicated in a doping probe in Spain also sent a strong signal that cheating,... Read More

Lance Armstrong to Drive Indy Pace Car Updated: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Lance Armstrong says auto racing could be in his future. The seven-time Tour de France winner drove his first laps around the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway track under the tutelage of former winner Johnny Rutherford on Saturday and will be the pace car driver Sunday at the start of... Read More

Annual kids’ event nears in Shawnee Updated: Wed, May 3, 2006 SHAWNEE - Just because these athletes arrive in mini-vans chauffeured by their parents or compete on bicycles balanced by training wheels, don't think they aren't serious triathlon contenders. The pint-size athletes' performance at a recent training session for the third annual Shawnee YMCA's Healthy Kids Day... Read More

Women cyclists: keeping up with the boys Updated: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 DALLAS -- OK, guys, you like cycling ahead anyhow, so go. Go on. Git. See ya later, hot shots. All right, ladies, listen up. Don't you just hate that? You're cycling along at a pretty good pace when the testosterone rushes by in a pack of wannabe Lance Armstrongs. And you wonder, "Will I ever be able to keep... Read More

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