USA Professional Championships 2008 USA Pro Championships Live Online Saturday and Sunday - 125 Elite riders battle for the Stars & Stripes jersey.

The Vuelta a España - the cycling season's third major tour - gets under way this weekend against a background of successive doping scandals but with promises of greater controls.

Entertainment network joins ABC, CBS and NBC in broadcasting 'Stand Up To Cancer' special.

AUSTRALIAN swimming captain Grant Hackett has asked why nobody ever questioned Michael Jordan's new Nike shoes or Lance Armstrong's futuristic bicycles yet such a fuss has raged over the latest technology in swimsuit design, with debate likely to continue to bubble through the Olympic swimming program.

Not going to Bumbershoot? Sheryl Crow and Dave Matthews offer an alternative.

The second annual bicycle race across Missouri is Sept. 8-14.

Volunteer opportunities are still available for the First Annual Priority Health Grand Cycling Classic on Sunday, Sept. 7. Described as the intensity of Tour de France meeting the excitement of NASCAR, the Priority Health Classic will run from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and feature races attracting some of the best professional and amateur cyclists from across the nation.

CADEL EVANS will more than likely re-sign with his Belgian Silence-Lotto team as long as they can bolster the calibre of riders who will support him in next year's Tour de France - unlike this year, when he was isolated for most of the race in which he placed second overall.

Set aside for the day’s top riders, the winner’s circle in Loughrea served as a photo booth as fans of all ages took turns posing for pictures with Mark Cavendish. The Team Columbia rider again won handily at the Tour of Ireland, in the 158km stage 2 from Thurles to Loughrea, and the popularity of the four-time Tour de France stage winner is only swelling. A crash just inside the final kilometer ...

The Spanish Vuelta, cycling season's third major tour, gets under way this weekend against a background of successive doping scandals but with promises of greater controls and a glittering array of the sport's top riders.