Pursuit Cycling

I can count on one hand the number of times I have been on a bicycle in the last decade. All of them were recreational, mostly swerving up and down suburban sidewalks in pursuit of my much speedier nieces and nephews. While I've continued to run and play...

Mark Whitehead, a member of the U.S. track cycling team that participated in blood doping during the 1984 Summer Olympics, creating a scandal that led to the practice being banned from the sport, has died. He was 50. Whitehead died in Frisco, Texas,...

The 2012 UCI World Track Cycling Championships didn't bring the best of results for local cyclists, but served as a renewal of effort toward the 2012 London Olympics. Lauren Tamayo, formerly Lauren Franges, of Barto, teamed with two other U.S. women to...

Five local cyclists – three women and two men – have been named to the U.S. Olympic long team for track cycling, according to information released by USA Cycling today. Lauren Tamayo , formerly of Barto, who helped establish a......

Four local cyclists are members of a 12-person contingent selected by USA Cycling to compete in round three of the track World Cycling Cup in Beijing, China today through Sunday. Zack Noonan of Kutztown, Liz Carlson of Jim Thorpe and......

The Tour de Toona will return as a multi-stage race this week for the first time since 2007, with Richland Township set to host a stage being billed as the most difficult women's course in the world. The Richland leg of the race will get under way from 11...

There’s a great deal of bicycle synergy in Elmhurst these days.That synergy has been enhanced by the Bicycle Task Force, which was calling into being …...

Poor Gerard Butler. Ever since his rippling Spartan abdomen graced the silver screen in "300," the gossip sites have been merciless. If he gains a few pounds and then has the audacity to go shirtless on a beach, the paparazzi snap a photo and make out...

The man in charge of France's anti-doping agency said Thursday he is ready and willing to work with U.S. federal investigators looking into charges that there was systematic doping among professional cyclists, including seven-time Tour de France...

Michael Lock is something of a rock star in motorcycle circles. The former chief executive of Ducati North America grew the small Italian sportbike brand from a niche player in the U.S. market into a powerhouse synonymous with sleek and......

For a quarter century, I have had the best job in the world. It began when I convinced the sports editor who brought me to the Chicago Tribune, Gene Quinn, that the success of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics (which,......

The International Olympic Committee has made two more ill-advised decisions regarding the program for the Summer Olympic Games. Today the IOC executive board went along with a recommendation from the International Cycling Union to dump what some call...