Articles by Patrick Redford
ΓVIAN-LES-BAINS, France After several years of lurking in the shadows, the specter of doping once again looms over the Tour de France. Though nobody has tested positiveor no positive test results hav...
AURILLAC, France Is the Tour de France is the most competitive sleep environment in sports? "Probably, yeah," answered Dr. Jon Greenwell, EF-Education EasyPost's Head Doctor when I asked him. Every aοΏ½...
SAINT-GAUDENS, France On Monday morning, the Tour de France's media-wranglers sent us all a text announcing something genuinely shocking for such a French organization: They had banned smoking. The AοΏ½...
BARCELONA "Every swarm needs a face," declares the post announcing Visma-Lease a Bike's new bee mascot, "and every face needs a name." Confusing proclamations asidethe defining characteristic of a swοΏ½...
Now that we've covered two of the most interesting fellas who will be riding the 2026 Tour de France, and the theory of why they'll be riding this particular route, it's time to talk about the route οΏ½...
On Tuesday night, two days after getting ejected for elbow crimes, Victor Wembanyama played in his first true must-win playoff game. Facing that pressure for the first time in his charmed career, howοΏ½...
As most home teams do in Game 2 after dropping a series-opener, the San Antonio Spurs evened their series with a vengeance Wednesday night, rolling the Minnesota Timberwolves, 133-95. None of the visοΏ½...
If you paid any attention to the NBA after the calendar flipped to 2026, you were inundated with feverish debates about how to solve the supposedly existential crisis facing the league: tanking. WithοΏ½...
On their very first offensive possession of Game 4 on Monday night, the Detroit Pistons did what every big manturned-commentator suggests every team do on its first possession: They ran a play to getοΏ½...
Down 58-41 at halftime on Sunday, the San Antonio Spurs were facing the most pressure they had in the brief but spectacular Victor Wembanyama playoff era. That said more about the team's inexperienceοΏ½...
