The problem with the NHL is the two 29-minute intermissions. Imagine having to listen to Mike Milbury pontificating for 40 minutes every night for 300 nights.

Or! He found a cure on his own!

Somebody needs to make a movie about a plot to assassinate some highly beloved character, and send out two prints: in one print the target is killed and in the other print the killers fail in their attempt. Moviegoers would have no idea which version they were paying to see. Spoilers would be impossible. Even on dvd…

Interesting. Not agreeing, necessarily, but interesting update with info I hadn’t heard before. I feel like Lance once went to Frankie’s hospital room and told him to keep quiet.

Yeah, it’s a real head-scratcher that this keeps happening.

Based on what else she says in the interview, maybe defending her stepdad isn’t anyone’s best strategy here.

Yeah, but we forgot to call each other names. Is that allowed in an Internet conversation? Hope we both don’t get banned.

I’m saying it’s what the sponsors and TV want. Not what the average viewer wants. They’re not going to pay big money for ho-hum times. People don’t dope just to go faster. They dope to make more money. Your comments are great. I think maybe we just disagree about the motives and the near-ubiquity of riders doing…

Drugs will always move faster than drug tests. Riders have always looked for any kindness of edge over the competition and they always will. Being naive enough to believe cycling is some kind of pure, childlike test of nothing but god-given talent is fine, but it’s not true. It’s not true in any elite-level sport,…

That’s a good point. But I think you know what I’m saying. The ride to L’Alpe d’Huez will encounter different conditions and differences in the routes. But people know if Armstrong or Contador or Froome or Quintana are riding well or not. If the leaders all hit a wall because humans aren’t meant for a climb like that…

Or Brian Williams maybe.

Sure, because those riders never broke any rules at all. Are you eleven years old?

Near-future America in ruins? Present-day America isn’t exactly Shangri-La. We don’t even have sheeps pigs.

You should go to jail for thinking it’s “should of.” But if he committed a crime, I agree, someone should charge him with committing a crime. I wonder why nobody has done that? Could it be they don’t have any evidence that he committed a crime? But you’re so quick with the “Lock him up!” chant, I think you’re a lot…

The sponsors pay for all that, and for the teams, their training, travel, salaries, meals, etc. None of that free stuff is free. And nobody cares if you go have a picnic. If there’s no TV coverage, then there’s no Tour.

Which proves my point, thanks. I mean, yes, you have paid money to watch those events in person. You just don’t understand the meaning of “spend money”. Maybe you didn’t buy a ticket, but you spent money. But if you were a sponsor, or any of the people whose money pays for the event and the teams to even exist, well,…

I don’t need to re-read anything. I don’t share your view of this story. And I’m not as scandalized as you are by the history it reveals. I feel bad for the Andreus. And that’s pretty much it. I’m supposed to care about Greg LeMond? Please. C’est à rire.