But now we also know that Armstrong toyed with the admiration of legions of unsuspecting fans who celebrated his triumph over testicular cancer and bought whole the incredible symbol of hope that he became. And with each racing victory Armstrong was literally authoring one of the most inspirational sports stories ever told. The thing is only his victory over cancer was achieved honestly.
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Lance Armstrong Finally Comes Clean? We’ll See
Posted: 15th January 2013 by DavidBurnett in Cancer, Champions, PEDs, Performance enhancing drugsTags: comes clean, doping, Lance Armstrong, Oprah Winfrey, OWN, PEDs, Tour de France
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Lance Armstrong Finally Gives Up But Still Doesn’t Come Clean
Posted: 24th August 2012 by DavidBurnett in Cycling, Performance enhancing drugsTags: cycling, hypocrite, Lance Armstrong, Live Strong, Livestrong, Tour de France, USADA
There are a lot of ways to look at one of Sport’s most complex and confounding figures. Lance Armstrong is undoubtedly the world’s greatest cyclist, a courageous cancer survivor, a philanthropist, and a hero. But he is also an all-time hypocrite and liar.
Share on FacebookRoger Clemens Acquitted: Prosecutors and Lawmakers Guilty of Over-Reaching
Posted: 18th June 2012 by DavidBurnett in Baseball, Performance enhancing drugs, SteroidsTags: acquitted, Major League Baseball, not guilty, over-reaching, PEDs, Roger Clemens, show trial, Steroids
All along Roger Clemens said he didn’t lie to Congress. So the jury’s resounding acquittal of him on all charges of course technically supports that claim.
Now whether the jury actually believed Clemens was telling the truth or they simply chose to nullify the charges against him, because they felt government prosecutors over-reached, we may never know. But one thing seems increasingly apparent: the public, and maybe even that jury, is long past tired of the government wasting millions of dollars going after star athletes for the alleged use of performance enhancing drugs.
Share on FacebookThe Lance Armstrong Story: A Fairy Tale of Denial and Hypocrisy
Posted: 23rd May 2011 by DavidBurnett in Performance enhancing drugsTags: 60 Minutes, cycling, fairy tale, hypocrisy, Lance Armstrong, Performance enhancing drugs, Tyler Hamilton
Lance Armstrong’s personal story is one of the most seductive ever told. It is tailor-made for human beings who desperately need someone to believe in and be inspired by. But Armstrong’s story is also a fairy tale.
Share on FacebookLance Armstrong Calls It Quits: But Hypocrisy Rides On
Posted: 17th February 2011 by DavidBurnett in Performance enhancing drugsTags: cycling, hypocrisy, Lance Armstrong, retires, Tour de France
Like most premier athletes, Lance Armstrong, wanted to win, and he did so spectacularly. Yes, there are doubts, but honestly, I‘m not as troubled by that as I am with those who choose to selectively persecute and judge some suspected performance enhancing drug users, while giving those they like such as Armstrong a virtual pass.
Share on FacebookCult of Babe Ruth Warps Steroids Debate
Posted: 5th March 2009 by David Burnett in Major League Baseball, Performance enhancing drugs, SteroidsTags: Babe Ruth, Cult of Babe Ruth, integrity of the game, PEDs, Performance enhancing drugs, Steroids
The steroids/performance enhancing drugs (PED) debate in baseball lost me a long time ago when I became convinced that it really is all about statistics, particularly home runs. And more specifically I believe, the debate has been fueled by the Cult of Babe Ruth. The steroids/PED issue is often discussed by baseball purists, crusading sportswriters, and [...]
Share on FacebookMaybe It’s Best to Say Nothing
Posted: 21st February 2009 by David Burnett in A-Rod, Major League Baseball, Performance enhancing drugs, SteroidsTags: A-Rod, Alex Rodriguez, Performance enhancing drugs, Steroids
Hindsight being what it is, it’s beginning to look like Alex Rodriguez should have told reporters to get lost rather than hold that press conference the other day. From the moment A-Rod said his unnamed “cousin” helped him to procure and then inject “boli” as he called it, the floodgates of doubt opened up. Now it [...]
Share on FacebookBaseball’s Righteous Hypocrites Cast the First Stone
Posted: 10th January 2007 by David Burnett in Major League Baseball, Performance enhancing drugs, SteroidsTags: Hall of Fame, Major League Basebal, Mark McGwire, Steroids
It’s official, Mark McGwire did not get elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame. More than 75 percent of the baseball writers who cast votes for induction into the Hall made a statement against the alleged steroid user. Meantime those same voters had no problem voting in Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn. Both Ripken and Gwynn [...]
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