Lance Armstrong | Lance Armstrong
May.03.2013
By Christopher Cudworth
A Livestrong bracelet joins the jewelry of the author's wife in repose on a hand mirror.
I finally just took it off. After 8 years of wearing a yellow Livestrong bracelet, it occurred to me while putting on a short-sleeved shirt this spring that the point had been long made...
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Mar.16.2013
It's official. Today I turn 54 years old and am quite happy about it.
Compared to a year ago, I'm feeling like Lance on EPO, Barry on the Clear and Cream and Roger on HGH. I could throw myself a 90-mph slider and hit it in McCovey's Cove while riding a bicycle backward.
How much you wanna make a...
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Feb.06.2013
A plague of phoniness stalks the land. Liars, cheats and hypocrites infest the public square. Can you smell it, my friends? That is the rich, redolent stink of bullshit. Everywhere you turn, someone is...
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Jan.22.2013
On Tuesdays Phil Naessens Show Phil shares his thoughts on the Lance Armstrong interview with Oprah Winfrey as well as his thoughts regarding the Manti Te'o hoax.
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Jan.20.2013
I was reading this morning of the bravery of the Irish Catholic priest, Fr. Tony Flannery, who, at 66, is being threatened by the Vatican.
No!, I thought. The Vatican never threatens anyone!
LOL!
The history of Christianity, and not just in Catholicism but in all Christian denominations, is...
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Jan.19.2013
Once upon a time a man lied about taking performance enhancing drugs, won many medals, made lots of money and made alot of other people lots of money and along with some other people lied some more. In the process he made a sport very famous and very profitable and the people cheered--except for...
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Jan.17.2013
On Thursdays edition of The Phil Naessens Show The Sports Goons Jameyan Smith joins Phil to discuss Lance Armstrong, the surging Brooklyn Nets and the NFL playoffs.
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Jan.16.2013
The accompanying image-message may be damning Mr. Armstrong with faint praise, but none can say it isn't fitting: rumor has it Lance told Oprah only half the story.
But in fairness, he did all he was equipped to do.
-- Earl Merkel
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Jan.10.2013
Lance Armstrong's confession was there all along, if you knew where and how to look. As a result, I suggested we all consider forgiving Armstrong for his past transgressions and try to move on with what cycling will become in the wake of the Lance Armstrong era, which occupied our...
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Jan.09.2013
There's speculation that Lance Armstrong will "confess" to Oprah, and some of the commentary on this is... well, pretty snarky. But one comment stands out in a league of its own:
"But for this generation it’s Oprah. Lance will cry, his eyes will well up when he talks about his kids, he’ll show...
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