I feel the same way. Oprah was being Oprah, of course.
But she did a lot better than I had expected she would.
I was especially pleased to see Oprah hang in there, and push back, when the subject of the donation to USADA came up.
Oprah: Last Wednesday night Travis Tygart of USADA told "60 Minutes (Sports)" someone offered a donation, which USADA did not accept. He said it was over $150,000. Were you trying to pay off USADA?
Lance: "No, that is not true."
Oprah: That's not true?
Lance: "That is not true. In the 1,000-page reasoned decision that they had issued, there was a lot of stuff in there, everything was in there, why wasn't that in there? Pretty big story. Oprah, it's not true."
Oprah: No-one representing you…
Lance: "Nobody, I had no knowledge of that but I asked around. Nobody, not true."
Oprah: And you are Lance Armstrong and you run your own show so if somebody was going to offer $150,000, you would know about it?
Lance: "I think the claim was $250,000, it was broad number but they narrowed it down. That's a lot of money. I would know."
Oprah: And you're saying that's not true?
Lance: "That's not true."
USADA spokeswoman Annie Skinner: "We stand by the facts both in the reasoned decision and in the '60 Minutes' interview.''
from Twitter: David Epstein @SIDavidEpstein
there are quite a few people who can verify the attempted donation to USADA