Armstrong to come clean?
Strongarmed into a confession
Everyone is talking about Lance again tonight, as it appears he is laying the ground for a momentous, totally unexpected yet completely understandable mea culpa. Soon then surely we can expect a similar televisual event to Lebron James' ESPN decision, perhaps with hugs from Tiger and Oprah and a duet with Sheryl Crow. It would be a ratings winner and we could all go back to forgetting his past and remembering only that he raised a lot of money for charity, none of the other bad business, just as he'd want it.
The New York Times is reporting the following tonight.
Lance Armstrong, who this fall was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping and barred for life from competing in all Olympic sports, has told associates and antidoping officials that he is considering publicly admitting that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions during his cycling career, according to several people with direct knowledge of the situation. He would do this, the people said, because he wants to persuade antidoping officials to restore his eligibility so he can resume his athletic career.
