Lance Armstrong says a “full blown, global” Truth and Reconciliation Commission is the only way for cycling to move past doping scandals. In his first interview since admitting to doping, Armstrong says cyclists need to be assured that there won’t be consequences if they share the truth. Daniel Benson is the Managing Editor at Cyclingnews.com. He told KUT that to get the interview with Armstrong—all he had to do was ask. Armstrong told Benson that the Tour de France was invented as a “stunt” and that no generation of cyclists was “clean”—whether that meant hopping on trains 100 years ago or using EPO now....
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Update: The Army Major accused in the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood will still face the death penalty if he’s convicted. Nidal Hasan is charged with killing 13 people and wounding dozens more. This morning the judge in his case denied a request from his lawyers to take the death penalty off the table. Update (Jan. 30, 8:04 a.m.): Army Maj. Nidal Hasan returns to military court this morning—more than three years after he’s accused of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood. The first of three pretrial hearings starts today with the new judge assigned to the trial. Col. Tara Osborn will reconsider issues including whether Hasan should face the death...
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