662. If You’re Not Cheating, You’re Not Trying
2/6/202653 min
In sports, the rules are meant to be sacrosanct. But when it comes to performance-enhancing drugs, the slope is super-slippery. (Part one of a two-part series.)
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SOURCES:
- April Henning, associate professor of international sport management at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Aron D'Souza, founder of the Enhanced Games.
- Floyd Landis, former professional cyclist, founder of Floyd's of Leadville.
- Louisa Thomas, staff writer at The New Yorker.
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RESOURCES:
- Doping: A Sporting History, by April Henning and Paul Dimeo (2022).
- "The Man Who Brought Down Lance Armstrong," by Matt Hart (The Atlantic, 2018).
- Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong, by Juliet Macur (2014).
- Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour de France, by Floyd Landis (2007).
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll (1865).
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EXTRAS:
- "Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean?" by Freakonomics Radio (2018).
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