In her latest article for ESPN.com, Bonnie D. Ford, who covers tennis and Olympic sports for the site, ponders what Lance Armstrong has to gain if the rumors of his return are true?Could you imagine the spectacle at the 2009 Tour de France? What would it look like if both Lance AND the exiled Floyd Landis, whose ban for doping expires in January, return to the professional peloton next year?
That explosion you just heard in the background are the collective heads of Grand Tour organizers.
From ESPN.com:
If what VeloNews.com reported first is true and Armstrong plans to break the news in the monthly magazine Vanity Fair, some may find the name of the outlet fitting.READ More...
Confusion reigned as the rumors -- still unconfirmed by any of the principals -- bloomed like algae on the surface of the mainstream media. What in the world could be motivating him? It couldn't be money, and it couldn't be titles. Could it be ego? Altruism, in the form of increased revenue for cancer research? Boredom? Enough with the tabloid headlines and the blondes, already? The need to respond in a different way, to the doping innuendo that never dies, even though Armstrong never tested positive, and stirs afresh every time some ex-teammate gets caught?
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