Recent content by Eric Blair

Hard to say because of Team Sky so successfully creating 'plausible deniability'. He pulled off some out-of-this-world stage wins, but how much did the 'marginal gains'/high-level supportive team-mates/loadsamoney contribute to that? Plus you have to look at the fact that there have been...

That might not be what you or I want, but for lots of people it is enough. This thinking can be seen everywhere in society, look what happens when people step into a voting booth, or if you ask people if society is fair and everyone deserves to be where they are. Many people buy into the fantasy...

Sport is about watching and enjoying supernatural performances. We want to see athletes who are on a god-like level doing things we could never do if we spent our entire lives training for it. We don't want to watch versions of ourselves crucifying themselves up a Col, vomiting on the side of...