I don't care if Oprah gets him to curl up in the fetal position and poot smoke rings of EPO.

So many unanswered questions; Orca Winfrey is hardly the person to be asking them. She must be the venue he's chosen. She's always said she never pays for an interview.

I keep hearing people talk about "the sport" when they mention pro cyclists, ballplayers, etc involved in PED, etc. Well, do they mean "the sport," in the way I do it? Gosh, I hope not, or "the sport" is doomed, no matter what it is.

"The sport," the way the pros did it, in those years, included doping, period. You either did it or didn't ride for a living. Doesn't make it right. Doesn't mean he keeps his titles. Doesn't mean anyone's walking around with a vial labeled "+" either.

For 7 years, he beat the best there was, doing apparently the same things they were: riding and doping. Maybe he was doing both better. I do know he was riding better, and if he'd have been caught then, so be it. I don't know how the rules apply to perpetuity. Maybe they do. Maybe they should start exhuming bodies from the early years....

I guess his skill was real, his endurance was assisted, but he rode clean and finished third in his last one, right? How many have done that lately?

If he caused his own cancer by doping often and early, I would imagine that's a pretty severe price to pay. We'll likely never know.

I haven't seen Roger Clemens give back a Cy Young award, nor is baseball taking them. I haven't seen anyone take away Sammy Sosa's awards, or Barry Bonds.

I still give to Livestrong and will continue to. I'm still a fan of Armstrong, though there's a tarnish on that shine. I just wish I knew more. I think I was fooling myself at the same time as he fooled me.

I should have known 7 straight, without PED's, against a field of the best in the world, also doping, was probably too much to expect. I should have known better, but some part of me really wanted to think it was true. Some part of me still does, so I still play the fool a bit.

I sure wasn't impressed by Tygart's interview with Scott Pelley. Pelley's questions had an agenda, as usual; Tygart didn't come off well. I'm sure he's frustrated, a bit, too. It has to be hard when you know the truth, but you can't share everything you know.

A judge ruled against a civil venue, where rules of evidence exist and both sides present their case to show "a preponderance of evidence."

The Feds faced a higher burden of evidence, "beyond a reasonable doubt," and punted on criminal charges. They have budgets and stick to them.

Armstrong will never get the venue he wants, and the USADA already has theirs. Their rules, they do what they're asked to do, what they're tasked to do.

I think the system existed, Armstrong and his team did what would win in the system, and greased what skids it took to get it done. Doesn't make it right. Doesn't make it the stuff of legends. Doesn't have a winner.

Much less of an issue for me than it used to be.

I've rambled long enough, I need to go invest in another AR-15.
Figure I can sell them both and pay for every bike in my collection.