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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)
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