Bill Gifford (@billgifford) is the author of Ledyard: In Search of the First American Explorer.
Bill Gifford
The Silencing of a Low-Carb Rebel
A thin, gray merino V-neck, it’s clearly been well loved over the years, leaving it stretched and pilling. Nothing wrong with that. We’ve all got favorite articles of clothing, right? But I’m...
Tiny Dude, Giant Wave
At five in the morning, there’s water in the streets of Nazaré. Dark and swirled with sand, it comes racing across the wide beach and into the town square, wetting the shoes of late-night revelers...
First Look: 'The Armstrong Lie'
An embedded film-maker boldly documents Lance Armstrong’s downfall in 'The Armstrong Lie'
The Tour's Most Colorful Characters
Honoring the colorful, slightly unstable characters who have helped define the Tour
The 5 Best Tour de France Moments
To celebrate the tour's 100th edition, we picked the race's five most iconic moments.
Your Fat Has a Brain. Seriously. And It's Trying to Kill You.
Body fat is just an inert layer of blubber, right? If only. New research shows that it's more like a toxic parasite that doesn't want to let go. The good news: if you exercise and eat right, you can...
Lance Armstrong and the Lost Boys
Closing the book (we hope) on bike racing’s drug-fueled era of excess .
The Unlevel Playing Field
With the release of his new tell-all about the doping culture of professional cycling, The Secret Race, Tyler Hamilton has been blamed for cashing in on the celebrity of one-time teammate and brother...
Lance Armstrong: Case Closed
Tyler Hamilton’s new book, The Secret Race, makes it impossible to believe Lance’s story anymore.
It's Not About the Lab Rats
war against cancer, right? Not exactly, because the famous nonprofit donates almost nothing to scientific research. BILL GIFFORD looks at where the money goes and finds a mix of fine ideas,...
Generation Lance
Two decades after Greg LeMond became the first American to win the Tour de France, the world's biggest bike race is our party now. The only question: How long will we stay?
High Rollers
Meet the Champions Club, an elite group of bike-crazy execs who are richer than Croesus, can hammer with Lance, and are donating millions to ensure a gold-plated future for U.S. cycling
Is California Dreamin'?
The Golden State gets set to host America's richest bike race ever
The Discovery Channel Goes Postal
U.S. Postal redefined how a Tour de France team should be built. But with new riders, new sponsorship, and new demands within the sport, can Lance and his teammates live up to their pedigree and grab...
Hit Squads
Aside from T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich and CSC's Ivan Basso, few of the riders on the 22 teams lining up for the Tour de France have a legitimate shot at winning the whole thing. But there is still the...
