662. If You’re Not Cheating, You’re Not Trying

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 .) 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. 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). EXTRAS: " Has Lance Armstrong Finally Come Clean? " by Freakonomics Radio (2018). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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