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Friday, February 22, 2013  The Justice Department has joined a lawsuit against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong that alleges the former, seven-time Tour de France champion concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his long-time sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.

Monday, January 14, 2013  A person familiar with the situation says Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  For only the second time since 1965, and first since 1996, voters failed to elect any players to baseball's Hall of Fame. The Thursday print edition of The New York Times featured the headline "Welcome to Cooperstown" across the front of the Sports page. Below it, there was only a blank page; a statement on the lack of inductees.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Lance Armstrong's cancer fighting charity distances itself from its founder by formally dropping his name.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  Lance Armstrong is stepping down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity to it can focus on its mission instead of its founder's problems.

Sunday, July 10, 2011  Strip away the legalese and the trial of Roger Clemens is a tale of two men: the baseball star and his trainer.