All Explainer: Page 2
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The Explainer: Plastics
- By Charles Pelkey
- Published Jan. 27, 2011
- Updated Feb. 7, 2011 at 9:45 PM EDT
Now that evidence suggests the metabolites of plasticizers in Alberto Contador's urine samples a reader wants to know if that's proof of
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The Explainer: New, old and updated allegations against
- By Charles Pelkey
- Published Jan. 20, 2011
- Updated Feb. 7, 2011 at 9:45 PM EDT
Many of the charges being leveled against Lance Armstrong have been around for years. Have they ever been proven or disproven?
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The Explainer: Thoughts on Erzinger and why I won’t
- By Charles Pelkey
- Published Dec. 18, 2010
- Updated Dec. 22, 2010 at 7:10 AM EDT
The Explainer reflects on this week's hearing in Colorado in which a court accepted a plea deal for a wealthy defendant and explains why he
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The Explainer: Failure to communicate
- By Charles Pelkey
- Published Dec. 9, 2010
- Updated Dec. 16, 2010 at 8:12 PM EDT
An update on the Vail hit-and-run case ... and a look at the defendant's second failure to report.
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The Explainer: Greeting! You’re busted
- By Charles Pelkey
- Published Dec. 2, 2010
- Updated Dec. 7, 2010 at 5:48 PM EDT
A reader wants to know what an athletes options might be when that dreaded letter from USADA arrives at your door.
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The Explainer: How do we get from aging dopers to the big
- By Charles Pelkey
- Published Nov. 25, 2010
- Updated Nov. 29, 2010 at 2:16 PM EDT
What do a couple of suspended masters racers have to do with the current Federal investigation of doping in cycling? Where are the big
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The Explainer: Testing, methods and jurisdiction
- By Charles Pelkey
- Published Nov. 18, 2010
- Updated Nov. 18, 2010 at 3:31 PM EDT
Readers offer questions about testing in other sports, methods used in labs and why U.S. investigators are in France.
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The Explainer: You’ve been served
- By Charles Pelkey
- Published Nov. 4, 2010
- Updated Nov. 9, 2010 at 6:16 PM EDT
A reader wants to know how Yaroslav Popovych, a Ukrainian national, who lives in Italy, can be forced to appear before a U.S. grand jury.
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The Explainer: Standards of evidence and shifting burdens
- By Charles Pelkey
- Published Oct. 28, 2010
- Updated Nov. 9, 2010 at 6:16 PM EDT
A reader wants to know how much proof is required to convict an athlete on a doping charge.
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The Explainer: What is taking so long?
- By Charles Pelkey
- Published Oct. 21, 2010
- Updated Nov. 9, 2010 at 6:17 PM EDT
A reader wants to know why the UCI is dragging its heels in addressing the doping charges against Tour de France winner Alberto Contador.