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TWINS

PEAK

In this July 24, 2005, file
photo, overall leader Lance
Armstrong, of Austin, Texas,
surrounded by press photog-
raphers, gestures seven, for
his seventh straight win in the
Tour de France cycling race,
prior to the start of the 21st
and final stage of the race,
between Corbeil-Essonnes,
south of Paris, and the French
capital.
Associated Press

Lance Armstrong
settles $100M
lawsuit with
U.S. government

By JIM VERTUNO
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
Lance Armstrong has
reached a $5 million set-
tlement with the federal
government in a whistle-
blower lawsuit that could
have sought $100 million in
damages from the cyclist
who was stripped of his re-
cord seven Tour de France
victories after admitting
he used performance-en-
hancing drugs throughout
much of his career.
The deal announced Thurs- LaMarre's single lifts Twins
day came as the two sides
prepared for a trial that over Indians 2-1 in 16 innings
was scheduled to start
May 7 in Washington. Arm-
strong’s former U.S. Postal
Service teammate Floyd
Landis filed the original
lawsuit in 2010 and is eli-
gible for up to 25 percent
of the settlement. Seeking
millions spent sponsoring
Armstrong’s powerhouse
teams, the government
joined the lawsuit against
Armstrong in 2013 after
his televised confession to
using steroids and other Minnesota Twins' Eddie Rosario runs home to score in the 16h inning on a single by Ryan LaMarre, giving the Twins a 2-1 victory over
performance-enhancing the Cleveland Indians in a baseball game at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, early Thursday, April 19, 2018.
drugs and methods. Associated Press
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