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Armstrong to drive Indy 500 pace car Indianapolis, April 4, 2006 -- Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will pace the field this year at the 90th Indianapolis 500. Armstrong, who was treated for cancer in Indianapolis before becoming a champion cyclist, will drive the 2006 Chevrolet Corvette to start the race on May 28. "All I can say is that when we got the phone call to ask if I was interested in driving the Pace Car at Indy, it was a very short conversation," said Armstrong. "It was like: 'Are you kidding? Of course.' It is a...

Thousands of people crammed into the Ottawa Congress Centre Monday for the chance to listen to former U.S. president Bill Clinton speak about leadership. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton headlines at a motivational conference in Ottawa. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton headlines at a motivational conference in Ottawa. Clinton headlined a one-day motivational speaking conference, The Power Within, which also featured seven-time Tour de France cycling champion Lance Armstrong and Steven Levitt, author of the bestseller Freakanomics. A number of business-focused presentations on management and marketing took up the morning. Armstrong spoke to the crowd after the lunch break about...

See for example this thread first. We know now Sheryl_Crow has breast cancer Not quite what had happened to Lance, ...err I feel for her, yet I'm still willing to bet Their mystery break-up has 'n'answer!

As is often the case when celebrity couples part company, there has been an enormous amount of press coverage concerning the Lance Armstrong/Sheryl Crow split. But the Star is reporting a possible political cause for the engagement halt. There's speculation that the root of the rift may have to do with President Bush. No, Crow doesn't have a crush on the prez. Quite the contrary. The singer has been public about her opposition to Bush's policies. Many of us have a less than fond remembrance of her highly visible, much discussed "War Is Not the Answer" T-shirt. Well, it turns...

"Sheryl said Lance didn't just support Bush, - he'd go off and fight if the president asked him to," the friend said.

Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow have said all the right things so far as the speculation for their break shifts gears. One tabloid even examines that it may be President George W. Bush's fault as Lance is a Bush fan while Sheryl is a Bush basher. The Star details that a friend of the singer said they knew the bust up was coming. "Sheryl said Lance didn't just support Bush, - he'd go off and fight if the President asked him too. Bush and Armstrong in Aug 2005*** Recall Crow sported a "War is not the answer," tee-shirt last July...

The New York senate race of 2006 is almost a lost cause for the Republican party. Hillary has set the deck in her favor, and no seems to want a chance to take her on.

For two years, she was by his side on each day he donned the most famous yellow jersey in sports. And in retirement, he intended to tote her guitar on her tour to promote her newest album. But on Friday, Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow, Austin's most high-profile couple, announced that they had ended their engagement a little more than two months before their wedding. Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France cycling champion, and Crow, the Grammy Award-winning rock star, issued a joint statement saying: "After much thought and consideration we have made a very tough decision to split up....

I think that it's par for the course to yawn when you see stars divorce Sambora, Locklears' marriage: eleven years, Tommy Lee had her first, says my source. The famed biker named Lance Armstrong While on a bike could do no wrong He divorced, you know and then he met Crow will that fling now become his swan song?

Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow have split, the couple announced in a joint statement Friday night. The seven-time Tour de France champion and the rock star announced their engagement in September. It would have been her first marriage and his second. He has three children from a previous marriage. "After much thought and consideration we have made a very tough decision to split up. We both have a deep love and respect for each other and we ask that everyone respect our privacy during this very difficult time," the statement said.

Dec. 28 AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong takes fewer bike rides these days. He even describes himself as out of shape since retiring after his seventh consecutive Tour de France victory in July. But he remains unbeatable. Armstrong was honored Wednesday as The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the fourth straight year. He is the only athlete to be selected by sports writers four times since the honor first was awarded in 1931. Armstrong received 30 of the 83 votes cast. Heisman Trophy-winning running back Reggie Bush of Southern California was second with 23 votes, and Indianapolis...

America's seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has reportedly claimed that allegations made about him taking drugs was part of a witch hunt orchestrated by the French. The 34-year-old added, however, he would not give either the French newspaper L'Equipe which published the claims he had tested positive for blood-booster EPO in 1999 nor the laboratory involved the satisfaction of suing them. "The paper has no proof whatsoever," Armstrong told Saturday's Het Nieuwsblad newspaper. "It is a witch hunt and a publicity exercise." However Armstrong - who retired from the saddle following his seventh Tour de France success in...

Keep in mind that Time's "Person of the Year" is supposed to be the person who "most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill, and embodied what was important about the year." Given this criteria, I scratch my head over some of these nominees. Steve Jobs Pope Benedict XVI Bill and Melinda Gates The Google Guys J.K. Rowling Rick Warren Condoleezza Rice Valerie Plame Bono Mother Nature George W. Bush Lance Armstrong

ROME (AP) -- Lance Armstrong has been ordered to stand trial in Italy on charges of defaming cyclist Filippo Simeoni. Armstrong's lawyer in Italy, Enrico Nan, said Thursday that the seven-time Tour de France champion was indicted Wednesday and scheduled to go to trial March 7. Nan said Armstrong does not face jail time, but could be fined if convicted.

LANCE ARMSTRONG / SHERYL CROW 11:29pm 2005-10-29 ALL NEW! Seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong hosts with his fiancee Sheryl Crow as the musical guest. TV-14

AIGLE, Switzerland - The International Cycling Union has appointed a Dutch lawyer to conduct an independent investigation into allegations Lance Armstrong tested positive for EPO during the 1999 Tour de France. The cycling body said Thursday that Emile Vrijman and his law firm would “undertake a comprehensive investigation regarding all issues concerning the testing conducted by the French laboratory of urine samples” from the ’99 Tour. Vrijman’s firm is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and he is a former director of the Netherlands’ national anti-doping agency.

Lance Armstrong, fed up with what he described as the "crooks and criminals" influencing his sport, said Thursday he will not end his retirement and return to the Tour de France. "I've got my kids, my fiancée, my work. Upon further review, why should I come back and deal with crooks and criminals and people like Dick Pound, who have no ethics," Armstrong told the Austin American-Statesman. Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France champion, and Pound, the director of the World Anti-Doping Agency, have been clashing for years. After taking over WADA, Pound described cycling as one of the dirtiest...

GENEVA - Cycling's governing body said Friday it had received no evidence of doping by Lance Armstrong and criticized world doping authorities and a French sports newspaper for making allegations against the seven-time Tour de France champion. "The UCI has not to date received any official information or document" from anti-doping authorities or the laboratory reportedly involved in the testing of urine samples from the 1999 Tour de France, the cycling federation said. Allegations that EPO was found in Armstrong's 1999 urine samples were first reported by the French sports daily L'Equipe last month. Armstrong has angrily denied the charges,...

Lance Armstrong plans to train with his team this winter, increasing speculation that he will end his retirement and attempt an eighth consecutive Tour De France win.When Armstrong retired in July, after his seventh straight Tour win, Discovery Channel team director Johan Bruyneel had to decide whether or not to recruit a new team leader. He opted not to do so, suggesting that the door may have been kept open for the Texan. 'He absolutely wants to be a part of training camp in December and wants to get fit to compete with the guys there,' Bruneel said, adding that...

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong made two significant announcements Monday regarding his future. He and rock star Sheryl Crow are engaged and are planning a spring wedding. And Armstrong confirmed that he is "thinking" about coming out of retirement and defending his Tour yellow jersey. Armstrong made these relevations during an interview with the American-Statesman. [. . .] Armstrong has only entertained the idea of riding the Tour next July for about the last two weeks. He first started mulling the idea after a French newspaper reported Aug. 22 that Armstrong tested positive six times for a banned...