Lance Armstrong faces Wednesday deadline to cooperate

AUSTIN -- Lance Armstrong is facing a Wednesday deadline to decide whether he will meet with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency officials and talk with them under oath about what he knows about performance-enhancing drug use in cycling.

The agency has said cooperation in its cleanup effort is the only path open to Armstrong if his lifetime ban from sports is to be reduced

Armstrong has given mixed signals whether he plans to talk with USADA officials.

His attorney, Tim Herman, previously suggested his client wouldn't meet with USADA before the agency's original Feb. 6 deadline. The sides then agreed to give Armstrong another two weeks to work out an interview with investigators.

Armstrong previously denied using performance-enhancing drugs, but in last month's television interview with Oprah Winfrey he finally admitted doping to win the Tour de France seven times.