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Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress to be sold at auction

2013-05-29 08:05:00

Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress -- the one she wore as an 18-year-old when she married Conrad Hilton Jr. in 1950 -- is slated to be sold at auction at Christie's in London on June 26. The gown, a gift to Taylor from MGM and designed by costume...

Nike cuts ties with cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong

2013-05-28 09:14:00

Nike has already separated itself from Lance Armstrong, dropping its sponsorship of the disgraced cyclist in October after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency exposed him as the ringleader of a team doping program. Now the sports shoe and clothing company is...

Nike breaks ties with Livestrong months after Armstrong split

2013-05-28 09:49:00

A few months after severing its relationship to tainted cyclist Lance Armstrong, athletics gear giant Nike has dissolved its ties to Livestrong Foundation, the cancer charity he founded in 1997. In a statement Tuesday, officials at Livestrong –...

Lance Armstrong and Steven Seagal: Doing good?

2013-02-12 11:32:00

Well, well. Two famous men, both wanting to give back. No wonder that hackneyed phrase “give back” makes my skin crawl. Lance Armstrong is reportedly volunteering to “help clean up” cycling and become the repentant poster boy...

Lance Armstrong's confession wins little applause

2013-01-18 05:30:00

Lance Armstrong called himself a lot of names -- liar, bully, jerk and even humanitarian -- in the first part of his taped interview with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday night. Nevertheless, early reactions suggest that his performance was found lacking, a...

Lance Armstrong to talk about family and sponsors Friday night

2013-01-18 16:06:00

The second half of Lance Armstrong's much-anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey airs Friday night with the disgraced cyclist scheduled to discuss a range of topics about his life outside of cycling. Armstrong admitted to using performance-enhancing...

Lance Armstrong on sponsors leaving: A $75-million day in losses

2013-01-18 19:45:00

A night after Lance Armstrong admitted to doping throughout the course of his athletic career, the disgraced cyclist spent the second half of his much-hyped television interview with Oprah Winfrey talking about fallout from the scandal. Armstrong, who...

Live updates: Oprah to Lance Armstrong, 'The truth will set you free'

2013-01-18 19:10:00

As the interview with Lance Armstrong progressed Friday night, Oprah Winfrey went back and forth between emotional questions and digging into the fraud Lance Armstrong perpetrated on the sporting public and the costs associated with it. “I’...

Lance Armstrong: No love lost by readers

2013-01-18 09:24:00

The verdict so far from Times readers on Lance Armstrong's image rehabilitation effort: Nice try, Lance. More than a dozen readers have sent their thoughts to letters@latimes.com following the broadcast Thursday night of the (former) seven-time Tour...

Lance Armstrong's legacy

2013-01-18 00:00:00

Thursday night's bid for absolution by cyclist Lance Armstrong over his use of performance-enhancing drugs — set to continue Friday as OWN founder and TV high priestess Oprah Winfrey seeks to bless her struggling network with ratings points —...

Jon Stewart: 'Any idiot' could have seen Armstrong was lying

2013-01-16 10:03:00

While the nation (or at least the news media) continues to reel from the news of Lance Armstrong’s confession to Oprah Winfrey, Jon Stewart thinks we’re all idiots for believing the cyclist’s claims in the first place – himself...

Lance Armstrong interview with Oprah Winfrey in less than 2 hours

2013-01-17 16:25:00

Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which he is expected to deliver a confession to using performance-enhancing methods to win the Tour de France seven times, is less than two hours away. Armstrong, 41, sat down with Winfrey for 2...

Nike cuts ties with Livestrong, the cancer charity founded by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.

2013-05-28 09:43:05

Cyclist Lance Armstrong (L) addresses participants at The LIVESTRONG Challenge Ride as Doug Ulman (R), Livestrong President and CEO, looks on at Palmer Events Center on October 21, 2012 in Austin, Texas. More than 4,000 cyclists participated in the charity ride supporting cancer survivors.

2013-05-28 09:33:05

Trending on: National Twitter Why: Nike, which helped build Lance Armstrong's Livestrong cancer charity into a global brand and introduced its familiar yellow wristband, is cutting ties with the foundation in the latest fallout from the former cyclist's doping scandal.

2013-05-28 00:00:00