Pursuit Cycling

A spin through a world where bicycles rule streets

2013-04-25 14:00:00

In bike-unfriendly cities such as Los Angeles, people who love cycling speak in wistful tones about a faraway place where the bike reigns supreme. Go to Amsterdam, they say. In that mecca of the bike, you will find special roads set apart for cyclists,...

Mark Whitehead dies at 50; cyclist was part of U.S. team that participated in blood doping during 1984 Summer Olympics

2011-07-09 00:00:00

Mark Whitehead, a member of the U.S. track cycling team that participated in blood doping during the 1984 Summer Olympics, creating a scandal that led to the practice being banned from the sport, has died. He was 50. Whitehead died in Frisco, Texas,...

The six-pack pursuit gets ripped

2010-11-08 00:00:00

Poor Gerard Butler. Ever since his rippling Spartan abdomen graced the silver screen in "300," the gossip sites have been merciless. If he gains a few pounds and then has the audacity to go shirtless on a beach, the paparazzi snap a photo and make out...

French anti-doping chief wants to give Armstrong's 'B' samples to U.S. investigators

2010-09-16 16:33:37

Former Ducati North America CEO Michael Lock talks bikes

2010-10-21 16:33:47

Philip Hersh: Lewis-Powell long jump -- the best in my quarter-century of globetrotting

2009-12-03 16:34:24

IOC needed to dump tennis, not add mixed doubles

2009-12-10 16:34:19

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Julie & Julia' on Starz

2010-07-02 21:36:04

Ultra athletes chase their own limits

2007-04-02 00:00:00

SUBHED: The goal is always over the horizon for the band of endurance junkies who thrive on such races as triple, quadruple and even quintuple triathlons. On the surface, Todd Zagurski seems the definition of ordinary. He collects art and pens, draws a...

Ungeared ecstasy

2004-10-12 00:00:00

Getting back to the basics is not so simple, at least when it comes to our pastimes. Yearnings are apt to collide. What we need in the pursuit of fun is not always the same as what is necessary, is it? Rock climbers long ago gave up hammers and hardware....

Penn State Lehigh Valley student Matt Baranoski cycles to success in Scotland, Mexico

2013-02-14 18:15:08

Matt Baranoski started his spring semester at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and then took off for Scotland two weeks later. Baranoski, the Pennridge High School graduate and budding Olympic track cycling hopeful for 2016, took two weeks off from school early...

Armstrong admits doping: 'I'm a flawed character'

2013-01-18 06:14:00

CHICAGO (AP) — He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped. He was light on the details and didn't name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. And he was certain his "fate was sealed"...

Key dates: Aug. 2, team sprint finals; Aug. 3, team pursuit finals; Aug. 5, omnium finals; Aug. 6, sprint finals. Venue: Olympic Park Big story: The host nation hopes to earn up to 10 cycling medals, and the large majority of them are expected on the track.

2012-07-25 19:58:58

US Team member Taylor Phinney rides during the men's individual pursuit qualifications as part of the UCI World Track Cycling Championships. The event was held in Ballerup, near Copenhagen.

2010-03-25 00:00:00