Posted by Zach Bigalke on February 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
I joined fellow writers Ethan Calof and Jacob Rude for the first edition of a weekly podcast that you will be able to find every week here at Global Turnstile if you miss the live airing at Spreecast. This week we discussed Ryan Braun’s successful appeal of his positive test for synthetic testosterone; Alberto Contador’s retroactive two-year suspension that resulted in the loss of his 2010 Tour de France title and other race victories;... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on February 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
What gets lost most in the shuffle when a doping case is ruled upon is not a sense of guilt or innocence, but a better understanding of why athletes have been compelled for over a century to co-opt the best medical technology of the time to improve their performance. The truth, whether fans want to face it or not, is that there is really no “clean” era in any sport. Despite the façade of fair play and gentlemanly amateurism that has... Read More
Filed under Cycling, Daily, Featured · Tagged with Alberto Contador, CAS, Cycling, doping, Jan Ullrich, Lance Armstrong, Operacion Puerto, Tour de France, UCI, WADA
Posted by Zach Bigalke on May 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
94th Giro d’Italia/07-29 May 2011
Throughout the course of the Giro d’Italia, Sports Nickel’s resident Non-Traditional Sports Fan in America will offer his news and notes on the action from the first grand tour of the 2011 cycling season… Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on March 31, 2011 · 1 Comment
We’re already at the quarter pole for 2011?! Wow… this year just keeps sneaking past me, days turning into weeks and barreling through the months before I even realize it. At least some semblance of normalcy is on the horizon for me now, as spring arrives with my residential situation in focus and the ability to really hunker down to some work. Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on March 24, 2011 · 2 Comments
So I finally followed through on a promise I’ve been making for some time. After several years of watching my hair slowly grow out from buzzed beginnings, blossoming outward like one of those Chia Heads before flopping earthward in a mane around my shoulders and down my back, I’ve done something altruistic for a change. For years my wife has suggested, given my ability to grow one prodigious head of hair, that I should donate the tresses... Read More
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