New York Times: Postal Service to End Sponsorship of Armstrong's Cycling Team

Update: US Postal Service to Sponsor Nation’s First Segway Racing Team

Cambridge, MA— Soon after announcing the end to sponsorship of the Postal Service bicycle racing team, Postal Service spokesman Gerry McKiernan announced that the $6 million per year previously given to the Lance Armstrong and his teammates would now be shifted to the sport of Segway Racing. “We expect to sponsor a team within the next year,” stated McKiernan, “We’ve been scouting teams in Boston and San Diego and we’ve seen some fast platforms.” The Postal Service indicated that the Sport of Segway was “still in its infancy, or possibly prenatal” but defended the move, noting that a Segway racing team would help the Postal Service’s re-branding mission while providing a use for the hundreds of Segways purchased in 2003. Stated McKiernan “…we’ve heard the police department is working on its own Segway racing team, and there is likely to be a UPS team in the next few years so we’ve got to keep up.”

- posted by JB @ 6:22 AM