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I am not a TV critic. And, unlike many on social media, I have no financial interest in recommending anything on this blog. But I watched ESPN’s 30 for 30: Slaying the Badger on Tuesday night. It glorifies and vindicates Greg Lemond. He, of course, is best known as the canary who sounded alarms about cyclists like Lance Armstrong using… Read more.
Superstar athletes invariably vow (early in their careers) to retire at the top of their game. But few of them ever do. In fact only two come to mind: one is heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano who retired with a perfect 49-0 record, which included an instructive victory over his childhood hero Joe Louis – who… Read more.
I am a 47-year-old who still feels capable of performing in every respect as I did when I was 34. Therefore, I never bought into the notion that, at 37, Lance Armstrong was incapable of cycling as well as he did when he was 34, the last time he won the Tour de France. Never… Read more.
