As the fallout begins to mount from the growing Lance Armstrong doping scandal, Armstrong has quietly removed an official statement that he released on August 23 from his personal website. In the statement, Armstrong informed the world that he was dropping his fight against the doping allegations against him and called the USADA’s case against [...]The post Lance Armstrong’s official statement regarding the USADA’s “pitiful charade” has been removed from his website first appeared on No Guts, No Glory.
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