DragonKing Dark: The Lance Armstrong scandal

Karl Stern’s run through dark moments in pop culture history continues.

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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