Quote of the Day
"On the great totem pole of public confessions, Armstrong came off closer to a robotic Tiger Woods than an emotional President Bill Clinton."-- The Detroit Free Press’ Jeff Seidel, on Lance Armstrong’s confession to Oprah Winfrey of doping while winning seven Tours de France. (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 1/18)
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The Whole Truth?
Armstrong displayed a mostly stoic demeanor during the 90-minute special
After 15 years of "defiant denials and denunciations," Lance Armstrong told Oprah Winfrey "he had used performance-enhancing drugs during all seven of his Tour de France victories," according to Philip Hersh of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. The primary "take away ... is of an Armstrong who will not shake his years of being a calculated liar." Armstrong's admissions in many areas "were incomplete, and that failure to tell the whole truth for whatever reasons -- legal protection or more defiance -- will continue to impugn his credibility." His "failure to make a public apology for the lies he told about other people also undermined Armstrong's attempt to turn the interview to his benefit" ( CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 1/18 ). In Austin, Kirk Bohls writes ...
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The Glass House
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Stay For A While
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Swarbrick's Gamble
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Great Expectations
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Forward Progress
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Feeling Cornered
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