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Sport philosophy now
In Sport Philosophy Now: The Culture of Sports after the Lance Armstrong Scandal, Matthew James McNees scrutinizes the current sports philosophy available and updates it in the \"post-Lance Armstrong\" age. While many philosophers have turned a blind eye to the realities of sport by focusing on ideologically-driven abstract ideals, this book offers an engaging alternative. Examining the field primarily through the competitive world of cycling, McNees explores such issues as authenticity in sport, our tendency to create superficial high-minded meaning from the actions of athletes, and American capitalism in sports. Other issues discussed include childhood, play, language, and economics. This book critiques the field of sports philosophy from its beginning, offers a new paradigm for the field, explains journalistic mistakes specifically through the lens of the Lance Armstrong scandal, and sheds light on the mysteries of cycling's milieu of governing bodies and influential parties.
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Some Empirical Notes on the Epo Epidemic in Professional Cycling
The 1990-2010 period in professional cycling is labeled by some as the epo epidemic. Surprisingly, performance enhancement by epo and blood doping is not that clear-cut for endurance athletes, leading to the question whether doping indeed strongly influenced cyclists' performances from the 1990s onwards. We examined the records (1947-2008) of the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España (N = 181) and assessed the time it took riders to win the race. The findings revealed normally distributed performances and linear and quartic relationships in victors' performances over time that correspond with Brewer's (2002) sociohistorical analysis of professional cycling, suggesting that effects of the epo epidemic on professional cyclists' achievements may be overestimated.
Journal Article
The inconvenient truth
Speaks to the former professional cyclist and the New Zealand herald's 2012 New Zealander of the Year about why he spoke out against doping in cycling. Talks about the exposure of his former teammate Lance Armstrong as a fraud and a cheat. Provides comments from David Howman, director-general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, about Swart's contribution to exposing cycling's drug cheats. Lists the other finalists for the 2012 New Zealander of the Year and the previous winners of the title. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
Newspaper Article
Armstrong Stripped of Tour Titles, Banned for Life
\"Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by the International Cycling Union...Cycling world governing body UCI said it was ratifying the sanctions taken...by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).\" (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) Read more about the accusations made against Armstrong and the removal of his Tour de France titles.
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