Thoughts on the Boston Bombing

by Rant April 16, 2013

By now you’ve heard. There were a couple of explosions at the Boston Marathon yesterday. Last I checked, three people were killed and 130 people were being treated for injuries sustained in the blasts. By now, it wouldn’t surprise me if the numbers on both counts climbed. One of those reported killed was an eight-year-old […]

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Poetic Justice — Lance Armstrong Edition

by Rant March 2, 2013

This time a week ago, Lance Armstrong was probably worried about the impact of the Justice Department joining Floyd Landis’ whistleblower lawsuit against Armstrong and others who owned/ran the US Postal Service/Discovery Channel cycling teams. A week later, the politicians in Washington, DC have shown just how dysfunctional and incapable of governing this country they […]

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Travis Tygart Gets His Say

by Rant January 27, 2013

The story of Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace is far from complete. Tonight, 60 Minutes broadcast a follow-up to Armstrong’s confession to talk show host Oprah Winfrey. In the piece, Scott Pelley interviews Travis Tygart, the head of the US Anti-Doping Agency and long-time Lance Armstrong nemesis. (Print version of the story here.) Overall, it’s […]

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The Interview, Part 2

by Rant January 19, 2013

Thursday, the first part of Lance Armstrong’s confessional with Oprah Winfrey aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network. I didn’t want to delve too deeply into Armstrong’s performance, in part because of what remained. Another hour of the Lance and Oprah show. Perhaps some of the things I felt were missing in the first episode would […]

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The Interview, First Impressions

by Rant January 17, 2013

So about 60 percent of the Lance and Oprah show is done, with the remaining 40 percent to air tomorrow. I won’t get into deep analysis of the interview, as it’s getting a bit late in my neck of the woods. But here are my first impressions. First, I’m not surprised that Armstrong admitted to […]

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Lance and Oprah plus The Legal Ramifications of Coming Clean

by Rant January 15, 2013

A Quick Round-Up As soon the cameras switched off and the technicians finished breaking down the equipment after Oprah Winfrey performed her interview of Lance Armstrong, the first tidbits of what Armstrong said were leaking to the press. Quite honestly, it’s hard to keep up with all the developments. But let’s give it the old […]

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