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Armstrong calls last few weeks ’difficult’

Last updated Friday, October 19, 2012 - 8:22pm

AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong said he has been through a "difficult couple of weeks" and urged supporters of his cancer-fighting charity to stand behind its mission.

"The mission is bigger than me. It’s bigger than any individual," Armstrong said Friday night in his opening remarks at Livestrong’s 15th anniversary celebration.

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Scandal hurts Armstrong, but doesn’t destroy image

Eddie Pells The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:20pm

Even after investigators unveiled a scathing report portraying him as an unrepentant drug cheat, Armstrong continues to confound his public with rivaling images: a rapacious, win-at-all-costs athlete or a hero who came back from cancer.

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FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, carries the United States flag during a victory parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, after winning his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race. The world may soon know what the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has on Armstrong. USADA has said it had 10 former teammates ready to testify against Armstrong before he chose not to take his case to an arbitration hearing. The list likely includes previous Armstrong accusers Floyd Landis and Tyler Hamilton. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

11 teammates testified in case against Armstrong

Eddie Pells The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 4:42pm

Lance Armstrong challenged the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to name names and show what it had on him.

On Wednesday, it did.

The anti-doping group released a report on its case against Armstrong — a point-by-point roadmap of the lengths it says Armstrong went to in winning seven Tour de France titles USADA has ordered taken away.

In more than 150 pages filled with allegations, USADA names 11 former teammates — George Hincapie, Tyler Hamilton and Floyd Landis among them — as key witnesses.

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A group of bikers participates in the the annual "Ride Your Bike to Work Day" in downtown Ogden in May 2010. A survey, available through October 2012, aims to help its sponsoring agencies — the Wasatch Front Regional Council, Mountainland Association of Governments, Utah Department of Transportation, and Utah Transit Authority — better understand specific hindrances to walking and biking along the Wasatch Front. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Walk, bike to work? Survey focuses on smoothing the way

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 7:44pm

SALT LAKE CITY — If your commute to work involves using your own two legs, now is the time for your voice to be heard.

Through the rest of October, Utah residents have the opportunity to participate in a statewide walk/bike barriers survey.

The survey aims to help its sponsoring agencies — the Wasatch Front Regional Council, Mountainland Association of Governments, Utah Department of Transportation, and Utah Transit Authority — better understand specific hindrances to walking and biking along the Wasatch Front.

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Volunteers Matt Hasenyager (front) and Joey Klein work on the northern section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail above North Ogden recently. The new section of trail, which will extend from North Ogden to Pleasant View, is scheduled for completion next year. (JEFF DeMOSS/Standard-Examiner)

Teamwork helping to build Bonneville Shoreline Trail above North Ogden

Jeff DeMoss Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 5, 2012 - 10:02pm

NORTH OGDEN — As the owner of a bicycle shop, Matt Hasenyager has no problem pitching in when it comes to helping build a new trail. In fact, he feels somewhat obligated to offer his time and effort.

“If I make a living selling stuff to people who ride, I probably should contribute,” said Hasenyager, who owns and operates Skyline Cycle on Washington Boulevard in Ogden. “It will be cool to come back and ride it when it’s done.”

Hasenyager was one of several volunteers, armed with rakes and shovels, who turned out on a recent morning to work on a new section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail on the benches above North Ogden and Pleasant View.

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Retired area dentist succumbs to LOTOJA injuries

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 1, 2012 - 9:18pm

OGDEN — A retired dentist has succumbed to injuries received during the LOTOJA bicycle race in September.

Douglas Cottle, 62, died Saturday from a brain injury received on the morning of Sept. 8 during the race from Logan to Jackson Hole, Wyo.

Cottle fractured his face and the tip of a finger during the race, near Strawberry Canyon, and was treated at the intensive care unit of McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden.

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USADA head Travis Tygart received death threats

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Last updated Monday, September 24, 2012 - 2:52pm

PARIS — The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency tightened security at his organization after receiving several death threats during his investigation of Lance Armstrong.

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Retired dentist injured in LOTOJA race out of intensive care in Ogden

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 8:25pm

OGDEN — A bicycle racer is out of the intensive care unit after suffering injuries during the LOTOJA race on Saturday.

Retired dentist Douglas Cottle, 62, fractured his face and the tip of a finger during the race from Logan to Jackson Hole, Wyo.

He is recuperating at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden.

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Britain's Andy Murray returns a shot to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during the championship match at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Murray caps Britain’s golden sports summer

Stephen Wilson The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 5:19pm

LONDON — First came the victory in the Tour de France. Then there were the stacks of medals at a dazzling Olympics at home.

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World cycling considers introducing doping amnesty

Rob Harris The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, September 8, 2012 - 5:15pm

BRANDS HATCH, England — World cycling’s governing body is considering an amnesty for riders and officials to confess to doping offenses, and says there is no plan to challenge the decision to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles.

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High school students take to the hills for new cycling league

Jeff DeMoss Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 12:42pm

OGDEN — Two years ago, Lori and Dave Harward were at a summit for cycling coaches when they realized that Utah would be a prime location for a high school mountain biking league, something that already existed in several states across the country.

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Column: Armstrong’s titles? Whole era is worthless

John Leicester The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, September 3, 2012 - 5:47pm

PARIS — It surely would be have been more useful for his sport if Tyler Hamilton hadn’t waited until this week to tell us what he knows about doping in the Lance Armstrong era.

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APNewsBreak: Hamilton says Armstrong gave him PED

Jim Vertuno The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 5:41pm

AUSTIN, Texas — Tyler Hamilton says Lance Armstrong gave him an illegal blood booster at his house before the 1999 Tour de France and the two teammates compared notes on using performance-enhancing drugs as far back as 1998.

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Armstrong says he’s at peace after controversy

Pat Graham The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, August 25, 2012 - 4:26pm

ASPEN, Colo. — Lance Armstrong was feeling just fine even after being beaten by a lanky teenager in a grueling 36-mile mountain bike race.

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Column: Armstrong’s fall is mind-boggling

John Leicester The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, August 24, 2012 - 4:45pm

SAINT-SEBASTIEN-D’AIGREFEUILLE, France — On the hot road to this village in the deepest south of France, we passed the forbidding, barren mountain where Lance Armstrong, the cyclist, took a giant step toward becoming Lance Armstrong, the sporting myth.

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