24/7 Sports Talk

Showing posts with label Livestrong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Livestrong. Show all posts

Is Lance Armstrong a Hero or Hypocrite?

Dallas,TX - In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, scheduled to air in two parts on her OWN network starting tomorrow, Lance Armstrong continues his fall from grace by admitting to doping. The cycling community in Texas, his home base, have known for years how cutthroat Lance can be when he feels the need to defend himself. Armstrong has used his unprecedented feats of physical power to fuel his LiveStrong foundation which is based in the Austin area. There is no question that LiveStrong has done more than enough good for the fight against cancer with funding, research, and hope. Once the Cycling Federation decided to strip Lance of all records, titles, and ban him for life from cycling the foundation took a huge hit in donations while he continued to scream "innocent" from every media mountain top.


Now he is asking for your forgiveness for lying. Forgiveness for making

Lance Armstrong steps down from Live Strong; Nike pulls endorsement deal.

When to news first broke that Armstrong would be stripped of his Tour de France wins and his records wiped clean from the books, most people felt like it would not hurt