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marmar

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Wed Jan 16, 2013, 09:27 AM Jan 2013

After a decade of denial, Armstrong is still looking out for No. 1: Lance


Brennan: Life of Armstrong over as he knows it
Christine Brennan, USA TODAY Sports


Lance Armstrong is not sorry that he doped. He's sorry that he got caught.

The worst cheater in the history of sports has come clean not because it's the right thing to do, but because he must believe it's the expedient thing to do.

Devastated by his new reality, one that prevents him from competing in sanctioned triathlons and marathons for the rest of his life, Armstrong wanted a quick fix. He wanted to take care of his latest and greatest problem the way he has handled every other issue in his career: by getting rid of it.

Facts? Deny them. Accusers? Destroy them. ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/brennan/2013/01/15/brennan-column-lance-armstrong-admits-doping/1835953/



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After a decade of denial, Armstrong is still looking out for No. 1: Lance (Original Post) marmar Jan 2013 OP
We need to get over this guy. He isn't even worth thinking about anymore. Take him out southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #1
Anyone who believes a word out of his mouth is either insane or deluded. jsr Jan 2013 #2
 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
1. We need to get over this guy. He isn't even worth thinking about anymore. Take him out
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 09:37 AM
Jan 2013

of any books he was ever in. There are so many more problems for us to worry about. Not this loser. I never liked him.

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