Recent content by RigelKent

Suicide seems like an admission of guilt to me. But if he does confess, the best strategy is to wait. Because if he has to go out, to be able to take the sponsors who abandoned him down too would be a bit of revenge. "Yes. I doped my whole career. And the UCI covered it up because NIKE paid...

I know you didn't ask me, but, damn, I wanted to be able to believe it. If true, the story is awesome. And the media manipulation was so well done, that until one's knowledge hits a certain point it is really hard to see the other side. I'm not looking for a hero amongst athletes, but the...

Speaking for myself and a few people I know well: Pre high-speed internet it was next to impossible to follow cycling in the US if you weren't a die-hard, passionate fan who was willing to sacrifice other pursuits, or just read about it after the fact. Then, when we did start getting coverage...

Had some doubts before, but the "zip the lips" move with Simeoni settled it with me.

This helps explains FDA and Interpol interest, though. CERA was not approved in the the EU until 07 and the US until 08. Prior to approval there are strict rules governing chain of custody of clinical use samples. If he had it that early, then there is illegal activity far beyond doping going on.

I'm dying for a link. The wife is fluent and is standing by...

Many possibilities: 1) It can be over as fast as Lance saying "I cheated" and sings like a little bird. That will be the trigger for the shroud of omerta to lift and Fortress UCI to crumble. 2) If not, it's over when there are no more fanboys on the forums or apologists in the press or...

Study after study has shown that athletes would take years off their lives to win, and when asked in exactly that way.

Lance's rules, of course.

I completely agree, but "wasting taxpayer money" is one of the most powerful parts of the defense given the current political and economic climate. It's the core of "I didn't hurt you, I helped a lot of people, thus coming after me is wasting taxpayer money. Go spend time and money on someone...

Just read the Fox Sports article and decided to vote in the "Do you think Lance is guilty?" poll. I was shocked to see after nearly 40,000 votes, it was 51% Yes to 49% No. I wouldn't have guessed 10% of mainstream US sports fans would have said he was guilty, much less a bare majority. Of...

I truly hope they nail him, but every day I talk to people who recite his responses as though they were gospel, call him a true American hero, and say no matter what happens he'll remain one because it isn't true what they're accusing him of. And while they all think Bonds was a steroid user...

He knows exactly what he's talking about. He's on the same juice. Lance is next, I'm sure.

Thus "may" have had left. There still may have been a few people who believed the sham.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608360/ryan-braun-wins-appeal-50-game-suspension And the US has lost any credibility it may have had left.