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November 2, 2023
Kaitlin Armstrong Day 2: Testimony surrounds gathering evidence at murder scene
Prosecutors will call more witnesses Thursday in the murder trial for Kaitlin Armstrong, who’s accused of shooting and killing pro cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in May 2022. kxan
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November 1, 2023
Day one of the Kaitlin Armstrong murder trial wraps up
The murder trial for Kaitlin Armstrong began Wednesday at 9 a.m. Armstrong is accused of shooting and killing up-and-coming professional cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in May 2022. Even though cameras are not allowed inside during testimony, KXAN’s Brianna Hollis will be inside the courtroom and will update this story...
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November 1, 2023
In Motion Events shares the passing of Founder Lynn Flanagan
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - In Motion Events founder Lynn Flanagan passed away in her home surrounded by her family on Oct. 6 at the age of 82. The running and walking event industry trailblazer launched her woman-owned and family-operated business in 1981, creating and supporting some of the...
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October 30, 2023
Kaitlin Armstrong trial starts today: here’s what we know
The criminal trial for the murder of cyclist Moriah Wilson that has gripped the nation and cycling world alike gets underway in Austin, Texas, today. Defendant Kaitlin Armstrong faces a first-degree murder charge along with two felony charges for 'Unlawfully Flight to Avoid Prosecution' when she fled to Costa Rica for 43...
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October 27, 2023
Ousted Planet Fitness CEO Created Toxic Culture, Per Report
Recently ousted Planet Fitness CEO Chris Rondeau is facing some out-of-this-world allegations from former employees who portray a “fitness employees gone wild” atmosphere that includes on-the-job drinking and weekend getaways bankrolled by a proverbial suitcase filled with thousands of dollars. Rondeau was shocked by being shown the door by the...
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October 26, 2023
FloBikes Got Caught Sneaking Subscriber Data to Facebook. That Means You’re Owed Money.
If you woke up to an email about a class action lawsuit against FloSport, it was about their subscribers being notified that FloSports disclosed its subscribers’ personal information to Facebook via the Facebook Tracking Pixel, without its subscribers’ consent, in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (the “VPPA”). This...
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October 11, 2023
84 Olympic Trials Marathoners Sign Petition Asking Max Siegel to Move 2024 Trials Start Time to 6 A.M.
Top American marathoners Jared Ward, Sara Hall, and Emily Sisson will be part of a Zoom call on Thursday with USATF CEO Max Siegel to discuss the start time of the 2024 US Olympic Marathon Trials. They were among 84 athletes who signed a letter to Siegel on September 15 petitioning USATF to move the...
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October 11, 2023
Kaitlin Armstrong attempts escape ahead of Texas murder trial, sheriff’s office says
Kaitlin Armstrong, the woman accused of killing professional cyclist Moriah “Mo” Wilson in 2022, tried to escape the custody of corrections officers in Travis County, Texas, on Wednesday morning, sources have confirmed. Armstrong ran from officers while leaving a medical office building, according to a sheriff’s office spokesperson. After about 10...
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October 5, 2023
Runners outraged after local Ontario marathon ran out of water
A marathon in Ontario’s picturesque Prince Edward County is under scrutiny following a severe water shortage in 24 C weather, which left 600 runners searching for answers. Despite assuring on their website that water stations would be available every two kilometres during the second half of the marathon, some runners were shocked...
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September 19, 2023
Endangered fish endangers Malibu Triathlon
This year's Malibu Triathlon appeared bound for cancellation Tuesday due to a combination of a flooded underpass, an endangered fish and concerns about proper public notification about a change in the race route. But the Malibu Planning Commission on Monday may have doomed the event by rejecting a needed permit....
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September 13, 2023
Boy arrested in fatal hit-and-run spree targeting bicyclists in Huntington Beach
A Huntington Beach minor was arrested in connection with a string of three hit-and-runs that apparently targeted bicyclists, killing one of them. The unidentified child was arrested and booked into Orange County Juvenile Hall on one count of homicide and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Sunday night, three cyclists...
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September 12, 2023
Former Portland Marathon president apologizes for tax evasion, acknowledges he altered records: ‘I did wrong’
Largely due to his age and ailments, former Portland Marathon President Lester V. Smith Jr. was spared prison time and sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation with eight months of home detention for tax evasion amid a more than $1.2 million embezzlement scheme from the race nonprofit that a prosecutor said he...
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September 5, 2023
Mexico Marathon disqualifies 11,000 of their 30,000 runners after finding THOUSANDS cheated, including using cars and public transport mid-race, by investigating their electronic trackers
Organisers of the Mexico Marathon have reportedly disqualified 11,000 runners after electronic trackers revealed the participants had not completed the full course. Over 30,000 runners participated at the 40th anniversary edition of the race in Mexico City on August 27. Mexico Marathon organisers were forced to investigate anonymous complaints from participants...
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August 31, 2023
Wahoo and Zwift agree to settle patent suit
Last October, Wahoo sued Zwift and JetBlack for patent infringement, alleging that Zwift’s new Hub trainer, which JetBlack manufactures, infringed on its patents. Wahoo quickly settled with JetBlack, with Jet Black agreeing not to sell its version of the Hub, called the Volt, in the U.S. or Europe. JetBlack continues...
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August 22, 2023
Lotto Dstny sports director Allan Davis fired after sending “inappropriate” messages to women
Davis, who won the Tour Down Under and finished second at Milan-San Remo during his 14-year professional career, was removed from Lotto Dstny's Tour de France coaching team after the allegations came to light in June, a female Twitter user telling road.cc that several other women had contacted her with details of similar...
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July 30, 2023
In Memory of Magnus White
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share the news that 17-year-old Magnus White has passed away in a training accident. On Sunday, July 30th, we received the news that National Team athlete Magnus White was struck by a car on a bike ride in...
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July 25, 2023
Bear kills runner near Yellowstone National Park
47-year-old woman was killed in a vicious attack by a grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park in southern Montana on the weekend, sparking an urgent and continuing search for the animal and the emergency closure of the area for the next several weeks. The body of Amie Adamson of Derby, Kan.,...
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July 20, 2023
Kenyan doping: Why positive tests are the start of the solution
Athletics' extensive history of doping scandals is pockmarked by different nations: East Germany's formalised system of the 1970s and 80s, Soviet field athletes during the late Cold War, Chinese long-distance runners that formed Ma's Army in the 1990s, and Russia's state-sponsored regime that so sullied London 2012, to name a...
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July 17, 2023
EXEC: Nike Hit by Lawsuit Over Pocket Bras
Nike is facing a lawsuit in Boston Federal Court by an inventor who claims the sportswear giant stole her technology for a line of sports bras with pockets. In court papers, SherryWear, LLC said its founder, Sherry Goff, first pitched her patented Pocket Bra to Nike in 2015. SGB
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July 11, 2023
Fargo Marathon Race Director Struck and Killed on His Bike by Truck Driver
Knutson had said this year would likely be his last at the helm, but sadly, he won’t be present at the 20th anniversary of the Essentia Health Fargo Marathon this May. On Sunday, the 53-year-old was killed in a collision with a pickup truck while riding his bicycle in Detroit...
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June 30, 2023
‘We can’t find anything’: Colo. officials end search, but family’s hunt for missing trail runner goes on
Ian O'Brien ran up a 13,000-foot Colorado mountain, snapped a selfie for his girlfriend and disappeared without a trace, sparking a frantic search effort by his loved ones that continues. O’Brien’s last known location was at the summit of Hesperus Mountain, a 13,200-foot peak nestled in the La Plata Mountains....
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June 25, 2023
Fueling the Tour de France: Inside a grand tour rider’s gut-buster diet
What does it take to fuel three weeks of racing the Tour de France? Mountains of rice, fistfuls of energy gels, and plates pitifully short of vegetables, that’s what it takes. The 21 stages of this year’s Tour de France could see riders like Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard pedal through...
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June 20, 2023
4 dead after New York e-bike shop catches fire
Four more lives were lost to lithium-ion battery explosions in New York City today. AP News and the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) report that in the early hours of June 20, a fire broke out inside a Manhattan e-bike shop and quickly spread to apartments above it. Investigators...
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June 7, 2023
Lance Armstrong launches into reality TV with ‘Stars on Mars’ debut
Having been excommunicated from the world of professional cycling, Lance Armstrong - one of the most infamous dopers in sports history - has taken on a new career in reality television. The Texan is appearing in the show 'Stars on Mars' - Fox's latest foray into the vast landscape of...
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June 5, 2023
Motorcyclist killed, competitor seriously injured in crash at Ironman triathlon championship race in Germany
The rider of a motorbike has died following a crash with a competitor in an Ironman triathlon European championship race Sunday, police in the event's host city of Hamburg said. A triathlete who witnessed the accident said he "saw the bike explode into what felt like a thousand pieces." Police...