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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged doping

1. October 26, 2012 11:45 AM

   Cancer made Lance Armstrong hard to hate

   It also made it easy for sports writers to ignore those pesky doping allegations

   By Robert Weintraub

   The final ace was pulled from Lance Armstrong’s house of cards Monday when the International Cycling Union (UCI) stripped Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles—the victories that had ensured his fame, allowed his Livestrong charity to amass hundreds of millions of dollars in donations, and cemented Armstrong’s status as the greatest rider of all time. Now those Tours...

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2. September 13, 2012 03:00 PM

   It’s about the rider

   Sports reporters flex their scientific muscle in Armstrong doping coverage

   By Declan Fahy

   The decision to strip Lance Armstrong of his Tour de France titles after he refused to continue fighting claims he took performance-enhancing drugs led to in-depth reporting of the science of doping—but the expert coverage was written largely by sports, not science, reporters. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) charged Armstrong with doping and playing a central role in a...

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