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Lance Armstrong Graffiti Pops Up On Melrose; Is It Banksy's Work?

Updated at the bottom: We figured out who the artist is. First posted at 6:09 a.m. Leave it to Los Angeles, the street-art capital of the nation if not the world, to come up with graffiti satire in the wake of cyclist Lance Armstrong's doping admission. This Banksy-esque take on the controversy, a ... More >>

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We've survived the election, the holidays and the apocalypse, so there's even more to celebrate come New Year's Eve. Not only is it almost 2013, but we're all still here -- so let's keep it that way. Given the vast amount of liquor that comes with NYE, operating heavy machinery isn't feasible, and ... More >>

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Lance Armstrong And Tyler Hamilton Face Off (Literally) Over Doping Allegations: FBI Investigates Weekend Confrontation

UFC​After pro cyclist Tyler Hamilton sung to the world about Lance Armstrong's alleged doping-while-competing regimen the two came face to face last weekend at an Aspen restaurant. And yeah, it was on. According to the New York Times, Hamiton's attorney says Amstrong, obviously the shot-call ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Doped? Former Teammate Tyler Hamilton Says He Saw It

Tyler Hamilton.​If Lance Armstrong was doping during his Tour de France-winning heyday, he sure hid it well. Maybe he was also injecting himself with ice water. Hope so because, if you ask us, the heat around him is turning way up. Besides a recent report that a federal grand jury in L.A. app ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Federal Doping Inquiry Gaining Momentum, According to Report: His Lawyer Says B.S.

lancearmstrong.comLance.​Looks like U.S. authorities are building a doping case against champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, and the whole thing could come to a head right here in L.A. That is, at least, according to a report today. The Associated Press reports today that U.S. investigators have ... More >>

Sorry L.A. Hookah Hipster: That Pipe is Dirty, and Could be Bad for Your Health

Stay back, Charlie Sheen: It's hook-ah.​Hookahs are everywhere in L.A., second only, perhaps, to the city's ubiquitous pot shops. (Maybe people are practicing). There's Ali Mama Cafe in Silver Lake and Up In Smoke Hookah Lounge in Sherman Oaks. They're not hard to find. One of the allures o ... More >>

Swimming to Catalina

Four athletes try consecutive crossings of Catalina Channel

Your Weekend Restaurant PSA: Sunday's Triathalon Street Closure

map of LA triathlon​ If your Sunday morning routine typically includes wandering around northern Culver City, stopping in at Akasha for brunch and then strolling over to Ford's Filling Station and then maybe across the street to Tara's Himalayan and then heading back over to Le Saint Amour to ... More >>

Latest Lance Armstrong Doping Probe Set Off By Sham Marriage Case Of Mexican Actress Fernanda Romero?

​A report in the Los Angeles Daily Journal (via LA Observed) indicates that the case of Fernanda Romero, a Mexican actress accused of a sham immigration marriage, might have triggered the most recent doping allegations to hound cyclist Lance Armstrong. As we noted Friday, a lawsuit against Ro ... More >>

Mistrial In Fernanda Romero Sham-Marriage Case: New Trial Ordered

fernandaromero.com​The intriguing trial of Mexican actress Fernanda Romero, accused of getting married so she could legally come to the United States and then lying about it to immigration officials, ended in a mistrial Friday. The mistrial was declared a day after most of the jurors complain ... More >>

Now, Even Cycling Journalists Have to Deny Drug Use

http://twitpic.com/1phpfe​As the traveling snakepit that is professional cycling makes its way to downtown Los Angeles tomorrow, Lance Armstrong has released a batch of threatening e-mails from teammate-turned-accuser Floyd Landis.As you'll recall, yesterday Landis admitted to years of doping and ... More >>

After Denying Doping Allegations, Armstrong Crashes

http://twitpic.com/1phpfe​Not a great day to be Lance Armstrong. First, former teammate Floyd Landis accuses him of doping.Then, he crashes near Visalia and has to withdraw from the Amgen Tour of California. That may screw up your weekend plans if, like thousands of others, you were expecting to s ... More >>

ONCE IN LOVE WITH HAITI . . .

Lakers Are The Sports Franchise Of The Decade

Da Lakers.​Yes, another year-end, top-of-the-decade list, this time from Sports Illustrated. The magazine says the Los Angeles Lakers are the sports franchise of the decade. The Staples Center-based ballers beat out the NFL's New England Patriots (number two), the University of Connecticut's w ... More >>

Ride the Final Miles of Pablove Across America's Cross Country Trek

Ride the Final Miles of Pablove Across America's Cross Country Trek

Pablove to Throw Benefit Show in Honor of Founder's Cross-Country Ride: Tom Morello, BRMC, Others Confirmed

Back in September we announced the then-pending cross-country bike trek of Dangerbird co-owner Jeff Castelaz, riding from the far end of Florida to our own Hollywood Hills in 30 days to raise money for The Pablove Foundation. Castelaz founded that non-profit in honor of his late 6-year-old son -- Pa ... More >>

Dangerbird Co-Owner to Cycle Across U.S. for Pablove Foundation

Only 11 weeks ago, Dangerbird Records co-founder Jeff Castelaz lost his 6-year-old son Pablo to cancer. If silver linings are to be found in such heavy tragedy, it's that the Pablove Foundation, founded in the midst of the boy's battle with the disease, has been busy since, working to raise money an ... More >>

WHEEL ART

Rest in Peace: Pablo Castelaz of the Dangerbird Records Family

It's been a rough week, for sure. The untimely deaths of Michael, Farrah, Ed, Sky, and Billy were all pretty jarring in their own way. The news, however, that Pablo Castelaz, son of Dangerbird Records co-owner Jeff Castelaz and his wife Jo Ann, had died on Saturday after a long, heart-wrenching and ... More >>

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Fox's Tail - Assistants March

“Every place has a completely different personality, like, Sony is kinda angry, Fox is where all the really cool people hang out and [CBS] Radford gets started at, literally, 5 am…” Stephen Scaia said last Wednesday. The Jericho writer was giving picketing pointers to Joshua Jackson (the drea ... More >>

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