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Bonnie D. Ford covers tennis and Olympic sports for ESPN.com.

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Chat with Bonnie DeSimone

...The Show! On Wednesday, ESPN.com tennis writer Bonnie DeSimone will stop by to chat about the 2007...

ESPN Insider Chat | March 26, 2007

Chat: Todd Martin, Greg Garber, Bonnie DeSimone

DeSimone. Garber. Martin. Welcome to The Show! ESPN.com...well as ESPN.com writers Greg Garber and Bonnie DeSimone, will be dropping by each day throughout...

Chat | May 25, 2006

American Flyers

While all eyes (and cameras) are locked on the Texan pedaling for a seventh crown, seven U.S. riders not named Lance will play key roles on the road-and some may challenge for the yellow jersey

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2008

Cycling needs to face its history and future -- honestly

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

Cycling couldn't escape its history at this year's Tour de France and is wheeling into the future with contradictions and ambiguities. All the more reason why it needs some honest additions.

Story | Conversation | July 29, 2007

Tainted Tour's final stage heavy with symbolism

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

Cyclists are rolling into Paris on Sunday, and perhaps symbolic of their doping-tainted Tour, they ride by the Chatenay-Malabry lab where tests are conducted.

Story | Conversation | July 28, 2007

Vinokourov's 'B' sample confirms original finding of banned blood transfusion

ESPN.com news services

Alexandre Vinokourov says he will fight blood doping charges that resulted in his ejection from the Tour de France.

Story | Conversation | July 28, 2007

Contador latest Tour leader to feel the heat

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

No one is doubting Alberto Contador's talent, but the Discovery rider is finding life as the Tour leader a little more daunting.

Story | Conversation | July 27, 2007

Suh, Jacobs in Paris to research Vinokourov's case

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

Alexandre Vinokourov and his Astana team, forced out of the Tour de France after Vinokourov's initial positive test for a banned blood transfusion, have retained the two lawyers defending 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis against doping charges.

Story | Conversation | July 27, 2007

Tour's openness is its greatest strength, and weakness

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

Professional cycling is in public spaces. It's chaotic and edgy, thrilling and petty, full of arcane etiquette, rife with ego and political infighting, and often dysfunctional -- never more so than in the past 48 hours.

Story | Conversation | July 25, 2007

Millar 'gutted' as cycling history repeats itself

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

When word got out that Alexandre Vinokourov had tested positive for a blood transfusion, cyclists weren't immune to the familiar news. Just ask David Millar.

Story | Conversation | July 24, 2007

A great day of racing still shrouded by veil of suspicion

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

There was Michael Rasmussen's exchange with Alberto Contador at the end of Stage 14 and the Tour leader's continuing refusal to discuss the allegations against him. But there is a bigger communication breakdown at a higher level.

Story | Conversation | July 22, 2007

Who will teams ride for? Only the Pyrenees will tell

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

With some unexpected hopefuls rising from the ashes at the Tour de France, teams now face the toughest question heading into the mountains: who are they riding for?

Story | Conversation | July 21, 2007

Rasmussen leaves media, officials scratching their heads

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

Michael Rasmussen was at the center of another Tour de France controversy Friday and the latest allegations created more theater, and questions, in France.

Story | Conversation | July 20, 2007

Stapleton: 'We can't protect these guys from themselves'

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

It was all sprints and strategy Wednesday at the Tour before word got out about Patrik Sinkewitz's flunked drug test. It's a sad commentary for yet another team owner that must face the reality of a doping culture.

Story | Conversation | July 18, 2007

CSC brings cycling, new hope to these troubled kids

Bonnie DeSimone, Special to ESPN.com

Team CSC already is making its mark at the Tour, but the club also is leading a strong cause off the road as young South African riders take on France.

Story | Conversation | July 16, 2007