Lance Armstrong

Wenatchee native is world-class cyclist

by LORI MATSUKAWA / KING 5 News Posted on November 18, 2009 at 8:54 PM SEATTLE - Tyler Farrar is a member of Team Garmin-Slipstream, America’s top professional cycling team. “I think the last day when you come into Paris is...

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JR Makes Grafitti So Big, You Can See It From Space

He photographs the poorest, most oppressed people in the world, then blows up the images large enough to paste on buildings. Easy to ignore? Not so much. By Rachel Sturtz Morro da Providência, the most dangerous favela in Rio...

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Sea Wolf, Band of Horses & Others to Play this Saturday to Fight Children's Cancer

Sea Wolf in concert | Photo by Koga /LAist It was just a few months ago when 7-year old Pablo Castelaz lost his battle with cancer, after treatment at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. 13 months before that, he was diagnosed,...

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World champion cyclist Evans predicts bigger and better 2010 for Armstrong

MELBOURNE, Australia - Road race world champion Cadel Evans is predicting bigger things for seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in 2010 than he achieved in his comeback to professional cy...

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EXCLUSIVE: Fabio's Air Force! Altitude tests begin in bid to avoid 2010 misery

Fabio Capello is a coach capable of taking your breath away. But in order to ensure the same fate doesn’t befall his England team on their World Cup journey across South Africa, his players are already working on coping with...

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Sports leagues jumping into social media

Shaquille O'Neal and his wife Shaunie, seen at the 2006 NBA All-Star Game, are splitting up again. REUTERS Big four sports don't see a lot of social media revenue now but are eyeing Twitter and Facebook as revenue models U.S....

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'Prince of Persia' star dishes on-set

We travel to London to check out the set of Disney's next summer blockbuster By Gregory Ellwood Special to MSN Movies Throughout Hollywood history, the list of actors who have gone through rigorous training to give themselves...

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Bicycling advocate Strawser wins top chamber award

Bicycling advocate Strawser wins top chamber award The Union staff Nevada City bike shop owner and race advocate Duane Strawser has been named the 2009 Elza Kilroy Award winner for community service. The award is presented each...

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FToM on Kickstarter - We Did It!

November 11th marked a few excited things: a 28th birthday, the 100th week of post production, and the day FToM on Kickstarter reached 100% of it's funding goal! Since then pledges have slowly kept coming in - and we want to...

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Julie Dibens wins Xterra and 70.3 World Champs two weeks apart

Julie Dibens winning the recent 70.3 World Championships in Florida. (Trek Bicycle Company) Bath, U.K. native and Boulder, Colorado resident Julie Dibens became the first athlete in history to win both the Xterra World...

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