Levi Leipheimer doesn't need sunglasses at the poker table. The 35-year-old Astana rider, currently enjoying the best season of his career, seems to be under the impression that he will be fined $100 per facial expression.
Just because he's lean and ripped and far more fit than he's ever been at this time of year, Lance Armstrong won't necessarily regain the form that won him seven Tours de France. Just because those questions about his past have faded from the foreground, they haven't necessarily gone away. And while none of them care to be quoted, there are plenty of cycling people who wish he'd leave and not come back. He is a magnet for attention that might otherwise redound to more deserving riders -- guys like his Astana teammate Levi Leipheimer, who on Sunday clinched his third straight victory in the Amgen Tour of California, but whose next mention in this story is more than a thousand words away. But give Armstrong this: Three-and-a-half years after his retirement, two races into his comeback, he has plunged an IV full of Red Bull into the arm of a sport sorely in need of a pick-me-up. By his mere presence in the peloton, the 37-year-old Texan makes pro cycling an infinitely more interesting
A Colombian former hostage -- released by Marxist guerrillas after nearly seven years in captivity -- said the rebels who held him and 11 colleagues killed the others in cold blood, an act he called "a war crime."
Former hostage Sigifredo Lopez landed in the Colombian city of Palmira to a hero's welcome Thursday afternoon, free after nearly seven years of captivity by Marxist rebels in the jungle.
Colombian officials are blaming the FARC guerrilla group for a car bombing late Sunday at a police station in Cali that killed two people and wounded at least 14.
Levi Leipheimer doesn't need sunglasses at the poker table. The 35-year-old Astana rider, currently enjoying the best season of his career, seems to be under the impression that he will be fined $100 per facial expression.
Just because he's lean and ripped and far more fit than he's ever been at this time of year, Lance Armstrong won't necessarily regain the form that won him seven Tours de France. Just because those questions about his past have faded from the foreground, they haven't necessarily gone away. And while none of them care to be quoted, there are plenty of cycling people who wish he'd leave and not come back. He is a magnet for attention that might otherwise redound to more deserving riders -- guys like his Astana teammate Levi Leipheimer, who on Sunday clinched his third straight victory in the Amgen Tour of California, but whose next mention in this story is more than a thousand words away. But give Armstrong this: Three-and-a-half years after his retirement, two races into his comeback, he has plunged an IV full of Red Bull into the arm of a sport sorely in need of a pick-me-up. By his mere presence in the peloton, the 37-year-old Texan makes pro cycling an infinitely more interesting
A Colombian former hostage -- released by Marxist guerrillas after nearly seven years in captivity -- said the rebels who held him and 11 colleagues killed the others in cold blood, an act he called "a war crime."
Former hostage Sigifredo Lopez landed in the Colombian city of Palmira to a hero's welcome Thursday afternoon, free after nearly seven years of captivity by Marxist rebels in the jungle.
Colombian officials are blaming the FARC guerrilla group for a car bombing late Sunday at a police station in Cali that killed two people and wounded at least 14.
Colombian riot police may have fired live bullets at Indian protesters, according to a videotape that CNN obtained. The footage comes despite a government pledge that security forces would not do so.
Violent clashes between Indian protesters and riot police continued Wednesday in southwest Colombia, increasing the casualty toll to at least two dead and about 100 injured, according to Indian spokesmen.
Colombia has a new first-time champion, Boyacá Chicó. But has the tiny club from the mountain town of Tunja broken the mold, or is it part of a recurring pattern?
BOGOTA, Colombia -- I've never set foot in the U.S., so I'm not sure if this statement will hold true there. But I stand by it as applied either to my native England or South America, my base for the last 14 years:
MEXICO CITY -- I am nearing the end of one of the crazier 24-hour stretches of my sportswriting career. Tuesday night I caught a red-eye from Cali to Orlando, proceeding directly from the airport to the swish surroundings of Lake Nona Golf Club for a morning interview with one of the best players in the world, whose identity I'm not at liberty to reveal, at least not yet. Of course, Lake Nona is home to Ernie Els, Henrik Stenson, Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia, Trevor Immelman, Justin Rose, Ian Poulter and Annika Sorenstam, among others, so it shouldn't be too hard to keep the secret.
MEXICO CITY -- I am nearing the end of one of the crazier 24-hour stretches of my sportswriting career. Tuesday night I caught a red-eye from Cali to Orlando, proceeding directly from the airport to the swish surroundings of Lake Nona Golf Club for a morning interview with one of the best players in the world, whose identity I'm not at liberty to reveal, at least not yet. Of course, Lake Nona is home to Ernie Els, Henrik Stenson, Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia, Trevor Immelman, Justin Rose, Ian Poulter and Annika Sorenstam, among others, so it shouldn't be too hard to keep the secret.
I cannot remember the day I became a fan of the Los Angeles Kings. I can remember the Triple Crown line of Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor and Charlie Simmer; the mania in the man who was Dave "Tiger" Williams; and the first Emperor, Rogie Vachon.
Colombian national police recovered close to $50 million in U.S. currency as well as other money during three raids in the past week on houses used to stash drug proceeds, a U.S. official told CNN.
Colombian national police recovered close to $50 million in U.S. currency as well as other money during three raids in the past week on houses used to stash drug proceeds, a U.S. official told CNN on Wednesday.
When Jim Cali talks about his $40 million R&D facility and his crack engineering team, you'd think he had built a Trident submarine. "It was a skunk-works project," he says.
When Jim Cali talks about his $40 million R&D facility and his crack engineering team, you'd think he had built a Trident submarine. "It was a skunk-works project," he says. But Cali, head of comme...
ALCOA: Can't wait ... to cut its costs. It's now latest FORTUNE 500 firm to end its pension plan -- but in this case only for new employees. That effectively creates a two-tiered workforce. Newbies will get a 401(k); oldies -- all 129,000 of them -- will get the defined plan. Look for Alcoa stock to get a one-day bounce on the news. So if you're a day trader, you know what to do. (And what's with the company calling itself the world's "leading" producer of aluminum? Guess that means it's not the biggest.)
Of the 22 people charged with conspiring to import "massive quantities of narcotics" into the United States, two allegedly were leading the operation from a federal prison in Pennsylvania, according to federal prosecutors.
Colombian soldiers seized control of a town Wednesday from Marxist guerrillas who had been camped in and around the Indian village for the past two weeks.
An Argentine team will play in the final of this year's Copa Libertadores after both Boca Juniors and River Plate progressed to set up a semifinal clash.
Colo Colo finally picked up Chile's first win in this year's Copa Libertadores while Diego Maradona's cheered his beloved Boca Juniors to a 3-0 win at the Bombanera.
[HIT] The most impressive customer loyalty this side of Cali. Starbucks devotees have been buzzing about the Duetto, a Visa card that kicks 1 percent of purchases back into a debit account good for...
While U.S. troops storm Iraq, another battalion in D.C. is busy trying to prevent the next terrorist attack. But they're not soldiers--they're bureaucrats chasing the al Qaeda money trail. Leading ...
Just as the factory practices of long-established industries can transform new fields like biotech (see previous story), new technology can reshape endeavors as ancient as shipbuilding. Progress, t...
Innocent bystanders shot down on city streets. Overdosed teenagers dying in emergency rooms. Newborn babies writhing in pain from cocaine withdrawal. The ugliest images of our country's drug epidem...
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