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DOJ move a bad sign for Armstrong

Updated: February 22, 2013, 5:47 PM ET
By Lester Munson | ESPN.com

Lance Armstrong's decision to tell the truth about his doping exposed him to two major problems -- the risk of a $90 million debt and the renewed possibility of a criminal charge and time in the penitentiary.

Neither was a surprise to Armstrong and his team of lawyers, and they were talking with the U.S. Department of Justice about a settlement to solve both problems even before he confessed to Oprah Winfrey. The report on Friday that Justice Department lawyers are intervening in a lawsuit ...

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