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Thursday, January 24, 2013

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Lance Armstrong Sued for Fraud Over His Memoirs

The lawsuit claims the seven-time Tour de France winner deceived readers when he denied doping accusations in his books. Patch readers were already unimpressed with Armstrong, even before he admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Two California men have filed a class-action lawsuit against Lance Armstrong and his book publishers, claiming they were deceived by the cyclist’s memoirs, which were billed as non-fiction but recently revealed to be filled with lies, Yahoo! News reported.  In the books, Armstrong denied doping accusations, but during a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, the cyclist admitted to using banned performance-enhancing drugs to win a record seven Tour de France titles, which he has since been stripped of, LA Times reported.  Patch recently asked readers Does Lance Armstrong’s Doping Confession Change Your Opinion of Him? Bad Role Model The majority of readers said Armstrong’s confession didn’t change their opinions of him because they already …

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Does Lance Armstrong’s Doping Confession Change Your Opinion of Him?, Peter Lucas (in Highland Park Patch), and Matthew Newman (in Glenview Patch)

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Patch Chatter

Does Lance Armstrong’s Doping Confession Change Your Opinion of Him?

The seven-time Tour de France winner admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during an interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Lance Armstrong has admitted to doping during an interview with Oprah Winfrey taped Monday, hours after apologizing to staff at the Livestrong Foundation, which he started but has since been forced to resign from, CBSNews.com reported.   After nearly 15 years of denials, threats and actions against anyone who told the truth about doping on the U.S. Postal cycling team, Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs during a career that included winning seven Tour de France titles, which he has since been stripped of, the Wall Street Journal reported.   Patch wants to know: Does Lance Armstrong's doping confession change your opinion of him or his charity?  Livestrong Foundation issued a statement Wednesday morning in response to …

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