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Contador, Lance trade barbs after Tour (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Tue, 07/28/2009 - 06:55

Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong are sniping again after a fragile truce during the Tour de France. Contador, who secured his second Tour win on Sunday in Paris, said he had no admiration for the American as a person and tensions between the two had a negative effect on the Astana team.

Armstrong, the seven-time champion who finished third in his first Tour since 2005, responded that Contador...


 

Jets' Ryan, Miami's Crowder trade barbs (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Wed, 06/10/2009 - 14:32

Rex Ryan claimed he didn't know much about Channing Crowder until recently. Now, the New York Jets coach can't stop talking about the Miami Dolphins linebacker.

For the second straight day at minicamp, Ryan led off his news conference by mentioning Crowder and playfully firing back at some comments he made in a war of words that has become downright humorous.