Originally Posted by skydive69
I guess it is analagous to golf and Tiger Woods. When the mofo is in 15th place, they show his picture instead of the winner, and discuss him. It happens whenever there is a particularly amazing standout in any sport.
here's a perfect example of this i just saw today, from the BBC website. exactly half of the article (and the headline) talks about armstrong. it barely even mentions laurent brochard.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/othe...ng/4380709.stm