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Lance vs. Oprah: Lance Loses on 18/1/13 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Oh, Lance had a plan to try to look open and honest, and that was what was so obvious: It was a plan. It sounded rehearsed. But when he went off script, well, that's when he went off the rails. ... Oprah did a fine job drilling down on pertinent issues. For most of us, though, the specifics barely mattered. It wasn't about whether he cheated or not; it was that awful, unavoidable personality. Dan Wetzel(via Yahoo Sports) , adding: "It's not about the bike, indeed. This was about Lance's sociopathic spectacle."
Lance vs. Oprah: What We Saw on 18/1/13 | Tipped by Quickish |
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If we didn't know it before, we know it now: Armstrong is one ruthless fellow. You almost wonder if he's human. He sued so many people that he admitted that he didn't remember who he had sued. One wonders if he has any clue what the difference is from right and wrong, even now. Was he just going through the motions, just because? Christine Brennan(via USA TODAY Sports)
Lance vs. Oprah: Reax on 17/1/13 | Tipped by Quickish |
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*Lance looked up the word "cheating" in the dictionary and was comforted. The word didn't apply to him, he said. I am not making this up. (ESPN's Don Van Natta)

*The vibe I’m getting from Armstrong isn’t remorse, more like the jig is up.
(Reuters' Anthony De Rosa)

*We won't see any tears tonight or tomorrow from Armstrong. Would be unbecoming, in part because of his lack of contrition. (NYT's David Carr)

*Kinda at the point where I need R. Kelly levels of proof to believe Lance Armstrong.
(Grantland's Bill Barnwell)

*The more I watch this the more I admire Barry Bonds' "sit in this comfy chair and point to my [expletive]" defense. (SBNation's Spencer Hall) (via Twitter)
Leading Up to Lance-Oprah on 15/1/13 | Tipped by Quickish |
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When Mr. Armstrong told Mr. Tygart that he held the keys to his own redemption, said one person with knowledge of the meeting, Mr. Tygart responded: "That's b—." He told Mr. Armstrong that all he wanted to do was figure out a way to compete again. Mr. Armstrong shot back that he would compete in unsanctioned races, hurled a profanity, and walked out. Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell(via Wall Street Journal)
"What Lance Wants From Oprah" on 10/1/13 | Tipped by Quickish |
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There are very real and troubling questions about the life of Lance Armstrong, and the collateral human damage along the way. But that's not what Armstrong's ambition is here. Lance is meeting Oprah. Oprah is meeting Lance. Questions will be asked, questions will be answered, but that's not really the point. It's about trying to clear a road ahead. Jason Gay(via Wall Street Journal)
Will Lance Come Clean? on 5/1/13 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Here's guessing this is less about the thrill of competition and more about Armstrong realizing that fewer and fewer people are paying attention to him, let alone believing his fable. Here's guessing he has come to the stark realization that there isn't any other way out of that sink hole. It's better to be a humble hypocrite than a nearly forgotten joke. Dan Wetzel(via Yahoo Sports) , adding: "If this is a new day for Lance, then it needs to be about someone other than just Lance. This needs to be about making amends, publicly and painfully, one by one, name by name, to all the people he and his machine tried to run over, all the people whose crime was merely wanting to acknowledge the truth long before the schoolyard bully ran so short of friends he too finally realized it was his only option."
"Why I'm Not Angry At Lance Armstrong" on 16/12/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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I’ve searched high and low for my anger at Lance, and I can’t find it. It’s just not there. I checked — looked in every corner, and I’m empty of it. I’ve tried for weeks now to summon the moral certitude and outrage that others seem to demand, and I don’t have it Sally Jenkins(via Washington Post)
Lance: Last Word on 26/10/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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He had to cheat to win. But he had to win primarily to validate the narrative, not because the consumers of the narrative liked watching him do it. One of the reasons he could be so inspiring, in other words, was that for all practical purposes he barely existed at all. Brian Phillips(via Grantland)
Quote of the Morning on 22/10/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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"Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling." Pat McQuaid , president of the International Cycling Union, after the union affirmed stripping Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles.
Sunday Read: The Fall of Lance on 20/10/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
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Interviews with more than a dozen riders, their wives, lawyers involved in the case, antidoping officials and team executives revealed that Armstrong’s undoing was the culmination of an inquiry that played out over more than two years — but that drastically turned over the course of several weeks this summer as more and more cyclists contributed their own damning stories to the investigation. Juliet Macur(via New York Times)

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