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dublinben  ·  4086 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Will the Real Lance Armstrong Please Stand Up?

I would never say he's a nice guy. I think all evidence points to him being a very not nice guy. That's no grounds for him to become a pariah.





thenewgreen  ·  4086 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Couldn't agree more and I couldn't care less about what he did. Its between him and the people he wronged. And yes, he seems like a dick. Hell of an athlete though.

b_b  ·  4086 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Meh. If he was that good of an athlete he would have played a real sport. Only kidding...mostly.

dublinben  ·  4086 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think that most 'sports' require far less athleticism than long distance cycling.

b_b  ·  4086 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Endurance, yes. Athleticism is required in all competitive sports. I am always partial to team sports, because they combine physicality with so many more mental elements and cooperation. Creativity isn't required in race running in the same way it is in, say, soccer or hockey.

dublinben  ·  4086 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think any member of a competitive cycling team would dispute the claim that creativity isn't required.

Some of the methods for beating the drug tests were incredibly creative!

b_b  ·  4086 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Touche.

dublinben  ·  4086 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Mucho sarcasm intended. I think different sports require different things. That doesn't mean any one is better than any other.