The OLN Boys Don't Pussyfoot Around

Yours truly with Phil Liggett in Lourdes at the 2003 Tour de France

I was impressed as hell today when Phil Liggett began the "Cyclysm Sunday" recap and final-stage coverage of the Giro d'Italia by talking about the sport's latest doping scandal. Liggett called it a sad day for cycling and predicted that the story was only "in its infancy."

Bob Roll called it "a huge scandal" that, if the stories emerging proved to be true, would be of the proportion of the 1998 Festina doping scandal. And Paul Sherwin compared it with the San Francisco Balco steroids scandal. No shying away here.

Ivan Basso had to wait his turn, even though it was his day.