Bonnie Desimone

1. 1999: The Return After a two-year absence from the Tour--which he had finished in only one of four previous tries--Armstrong marks his comeback from life-threatening testicular cancer. Winning margin:...

Remember Luz-Ardiden? Of course you do. It was the stage last year where Lance Armstrong nailed down his fifth Tour de France victory after he crashed, got up, almost crashed...

Christian Vande Velde got the call he'd been waiting for Monday. The Lemont native will make his first Tour de France start since 2001 this weekend. Vande Velde, 28, will...

Everything about the 1994 World Cup was a success--except, perhaps, the final match. A record 3.6 million spectators attended the tournament, which dumped a huge surplus into U.S. Soccer's coffers...

Former European club soccer star and two-time World Player of the Year George Weah will receive ESPN's Arthur Ashe Courage Award on July 14 for his work in his troubled...

Bruce Arena has a call list rich with players on the rosters of top European clubs and thick-skinned veterans of matches in hostile Central American venues. Heading into the 16-month,...

There is no daydreaming in the net in the English Premier League. Blink at your peril--you might miss something. Blink and you also might lose your job, at least temporarily....

Davis Phinney stepped out of a van on a mountaintop in northern Georgia two weeks ago and gave me a face to match up with the name. He clasped his...

Christian Vande Velde's work visa snafu has been resolved and the 27-year-old Lemont native is ready to hit the road again with the Liberty Seguros cycling team. "It's been a...

Lance Armstrong first proved he had acting talent on a crucial climb up Alpe d'Huez during the 2001 Tour de France when he convinced his rivals he was in physical...