The price of fame

[4stringer77]

Maybe one of Lance's old yellow jerseys ended up stuffed inside the body. That might be worth something 

[uwe]

We saw Lance bicycling on some cul-de-sac road when we toured the West Coast. Somewhere in Northern California, close to some reservoir lake. Bice scenery. All alone on his bike, yellow Jersey and all. Doping or no doping, he was still faster than me on it. (Now that he has been kicked down by everybody, I feel a natural reluctance to join; I found it kind of touching that he is still at it - bike riding I mean, hopefully not doping -, but then I never believed that there has ever been an undoped Tour de France winner in any case.)

[Dave W]

Lance is despised much more for the damage he did to others' reputations with his years of lies and lawsuits than for his doping.

Ask Greg LeMond about that.

[uwe]

He was a habitual liar and a bully. But then believing that top athletes are somehow nice or even interesting people (all the guys in school who were great athletes were never interesting as people) is a myth. I'm so callous about it, because athletes never played a role in my life. I find watching sports even more boring than participating in them. Edith is fascinated watching Grand Prix racing, to me its like watching a rodent in a hamster wheel. Tennis, soccer, ice hockey, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, bicycle riding, swimming, horse riding, weight lifting, skiing, running, javelins .. it's all equally boring to me. Wait a minnit, Sumo wrestling is ok, I like the ritualistic aspects of it. The grunting and sand throwing.

I avoid sports shows and sports bars like the plague.  I haven't watched anything from the Olympics (except snippets from the opening and closing ceremonies) for decades. It figures that I didn't even recognize Lance, Edith did.

[westen44]

There is nothing more boring on earth than to be stuck in a relative's house (like during the holidays) when a sporting event is going on.  It would be hard to say what is the most boring:  golf, racing, baseball, basketball, the list goes on.  It can get mind-numbing.  I will say, however, that sometimes I can watch football or soccer, but that's about it.  I agree that athletes tend to be boring.  Maybe that's a generalization, but it's one that may be rooted in reality. 

I have participated in plenty of sporting events in my youth.  I was even pretty good at track.  It was all boring.  Being in a rock band in high school was so much more meaningful.  Words cannot express.  Yes, it's possible to do a lot of things all at the same time, but  I'm not interested. 

[Pilgrim]

The other side for me - I'm usually up for watching a football or baseball game. Not interested in basketball unless Washington State or Colorado State (my employer) is playing.  I like college football better than NFL, but I follow the Seahawks, Packers and occasionally the Broncos. No interest in soccer or other stuff.

I watch a LOT of the Olympics.  Even if I don't really understand the sport, it's interesting to watch people performing at the limit of human capability. There is something compelling about watching really extreme endeavor. Gymnastics involve stuff that I don't know how people do.

I played a year of football in high school but wasn't good at it. I found that I was pretty good at softball, and I've generally managed to avoid disgracing myself at most sports.  I surprised myself in college by being pretty good at fencing!

It takes all kinds.

[Highlander]

I've heard of sport... I believe it's quite popular...

[uwe]

"I watch a LOT of the Olympics.  Even if I don't really understand the sport, it's interesting to watch people performing at the limit of human capability. There is something compelling about watching really extreme endeavor. Gymnastics involve stuff that I don't know how people do."

I hear you. Edith is like that too. She likes mountaineering books and films, I am perplexed why anybody would want to climb  K2 - there is really nothing there except a hostile environment not intended for humans - and believe that mountaineering deaths are a reckless waste of human lives for nothing at all. Well, at least some sherpas and their families make a living off rich, bored Westerners, that is a consoling aspect of it.

[Highlander]

I'll combine two points here... ladies beach volleyball... because it's there...

[uwe]

OMG - another Sports Illustrated swim suit issue die... erm ...hard!

[Highlander]

Are they making a sixth Die Hard movie...?

[westen44]

All joking aside:  yes.  It's in early pre-production as far as I know. 

[amptech]

All joking aside:  yes.  It's in early pre-production as far as I know.

Coming up, Pongo´s review of Rocky five..... thousand!

[4stringer77]

I knew it, I'm surrounded by assholes 
Makes me miss Joan Rivers. Now if there was a Joan Rivers bass for sale, that would get my attention. Probably would be a better investment over time than the Sheryl Crow bass too.
May the Schwartz be with you!

[Pilgrim]

May the Schwartz be with you!

Never miss a cue....