Thursday, May 17, 2007

follow floyd's trial on line

From floydlandis.com


" As part of Floyd's unprecedented campaign to mount a public defense in his efforts to retain his 2006 Tour de France title and exercise his right to a public hearing, the proceedings will be streamed online via Courtroom View Network can be accessed from the following web address:

www.floydfairnessfund.org

or

www.floydlandis.com

Additionally, the entire case documentation will be posted to the public domain at the following web address:

www.usocpressbox.org

Go to "News" and then click on "Floyd Landis Hearing" link."

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Floyd's hearing continues

MALIBU, Calif. -- Attorneys for Floyd Landis began trying to paint a picture Tuesday of incompetence at the French lab where the cyclist's urine was tested.

Floyd Landis
AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian
The second day of the nine-day hearing began with attorneys for Landis (pictured) attacking the tests' accuracy.

Using computer logs from the lab, Landis' attorneys tried to prove lab workers manipulated the calibration of the machine that performed tests on the cyclist's backup samples -- and claimed a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency scientist tried to prevent the Landis camp from seeing the logs.

"Because without these log files, we wouldn't know about the data that was deleted," Landis attorney Maurice Suh said.

Suh showed instances where calibration tests were performed and then rerun, and the first records of those tests were erased by the new results.

Landis is accused of using banned synthetic testosterone during his Tour de France victory last year. He appeared for the second straight day at his arbitration hearing in a yellow tie, one that matches the color of the jersey he won. A three-man panel will decide whether to uphold his positive doping test. If it does, Landis could face a two-year ban from cycling and become the first person in the 104-year history of the race to have his title stripped.

Saturday, May 05, 2007

A trackback on Roger Hernandez, who won't talk to me right now.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Sunday, April 29, 2007

As you can see, I'm back working for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune after a long hiatus. I'm going to link to my stories on the right sidebar, and start linking to interesting sites I find as stories come in. I'll try to give a more personal take on some stories, but as always will remain unbiased in my approach.
Thanks for reading . . .

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Last night, Court TV aired their documentary on James Ellroy, "Murder by the Book". I was interviewed for the show just after Easter and appeared twice in the documentary.
 
Overall, I think the effort was well done. Nothing was taken out of context and the quotes were applied accurately to the subject matter. A condensed version of the documentary appears on the Court TV website as well.
 
Several bloggers who watched the documentary posted a variety of comments on the Internet today. Here is a sampling: