DragonKing Dark: The Lance Armstrong scandal
Lance Armstrong is far and away the most famous cyclist that has ever lived, dominating the Tour de France and many other world class cycling events.
He was pop culture famous in the United States and beyond. However, that much domination, especially in sports, invites questions about performance enhancing drugs and, in Armstrong’s case, it ruined the career of one sport’s most famous athletes.
In my continuing series on the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, I look at the wild scandal surrounding Armstrong.
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Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.