ALLEGEDLY*
THE MORGUECASE CLOSEDSeptember 29, 2026
▶ PLAY THIS CASE BLIND Loads the redacted lede with the answer hidden. Three strikes, same as the day it ran.

Case No. 66: Lance Armstrong

After a decade of furious denials — and lawsuits against his accusers — this seven-time champion in yellow finally confessed everything on daytime television in 2013.

The full story

Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after the 2012 USADA report and confessed to systematic doping in a January 2013 Oprah interview. In 2018 he paid $5 million to settle the federal whistleblower case tied to his Postal Service team sponsorship.

The clues we handed out

— All seven of his Tour de France titles were stripped in 2012.

— USADA called his team's scheme 'the most sophisticated doping program in recent sports history.'

— He beat cancer before winning any of them, and built a charity famous for yellow wristbands.

— He later paid $5 million to settle a federal fraud case over his U.S. Postal Service sponsorship.

— Initials: L.A.

How this case played

ALLEGEDLY* edition No. 66. Three strikes to name Lance Armstrong, with a free clue unlocked after every miss.

The jury's verdict

Every case that closes goes to the jury. Players who finished this edition were asked: Did the punishment fit?

8 verdicts have been filed. 100% call it fair. 0% say it went too far. Close to unanimous.

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