Cross-posted from CNY in the Pros.

We wrote last week about Floyd Landis' alleged doping. The Tour de France winner's first urine sample from the 17th stage came back with an "elevated testosterone level" – which doesn't necessarily mean he was taking anything he shouldn't have; his body could have been pumping out testosterone at high rates, which isn't unheard of for people who do crazy things to their bodies. Like riding their bikes a hundred miles a day over mountains in summer heat.

Of course, when the body is pumping out extra testosterone, it's not usually synthetic, like the testosterone found in his test. His back-up urine sample will be tested, and results are due back Saturday, so I guess we'll find out then if he's guilty.

In any case, the sport of cycling has been tainted, and Landis is getting all sorts of reactions, from sympathy from partiers to R-rated tirades.

But not all the doping news in sports is bad these days. Just days after actor Mel Gibson wound up in rehab after going on an anti-Semitic tirade following a drunk driving arrest, The Post-Standard has a piece on Crunch enforcer Brandon "Sugar" Sugden's battle with alcoholism and drug addiction.

Sugden's been clean for three years, and working hard to not only be off the drugs and alcohol, but also a decent human being. It appears to be working. He's even running a summer hockey camp for kids and getting involved in other community activities.

It's definitely good to have a guy like that stick around during the off-season.

Update: Further congratulations to Sugden – he's getting married tomorrow!