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Lance Armstrong Reportedly Considering Fessing Up to Drug Use

Jan. 5, 2013 12:14pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Report: Lance Armstrong Considering Fessing Up to Drug Use

This picture taken on July 22, 2004 shows Lance Armstrong celebrating as he crosses the finish line and wins the 17th stage of the 91st Tour de France cycling race between Bourg-d’Oisans and Le Grand Bornand. Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, is reportedly weighing whether to admit he used performance-enhancing drugs. (Getty Images)

Cycling star Lance Armstrong is considering admitting to doping charges that stripped him of his seven Tour de France titles and earned him a lifetime ban, the New York Times reported Friday.

Armstrong “has told associates and antidoping officials that he is considering publicly admitting that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions during his cycling career,” anonymous sources with “direct knowledge of the situation” told the Times. Armstrong would do it “because he wants to persuade antidoping officials to restore his eligibility so he can resume his athletic career.”

Armstrong has for years denied ever doping, but saw his athletic career collapse in October after a huge report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency detailed allegations of his drug use. Armstrong announced he was finished denying antidoping officials’ charges, calling their investigation an “unconstitutional witch hunt.” He lost most of his sponsors and stepped down from Livestrong, the charity he founded after surviving testicular cancer.

Armstrong attorney Tim Herman told the Associated Press he had no knowledge of whether the cyclist was considering a public confession, saying only: “When, and if, Lance has something to say, there won’t be any secret about it.”

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Willik
Posted on January 6, 2013 at 7:31am
He’s American and white.

His only great sins, not to mention he’s a WINNER which Eurotrash and fellow travelers can’t abide!

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- JQuentinEvermann
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 2:20pm
  I think he should stand his ground. Hell, OJ killed 2 people and got off, but this guy has, without any evidence at all, been demonized around the world. I hope he dies with his integrity intact.
  
  In the land of the cyclists, the man with one testicle is king.
  
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Brainmuffin
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 11:03pm
This sounds more like he is going to admit to something he didn’t do so that he can have his life back from the clowns who ruined him with no evidence. That blows goats.

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- bintalshamsa
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 12:01am
  It sounds like he’s going to admit to what everyone familiar with cycling already knows: He was doping the whole time.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 12:31am
  @bintalshamsa….Bingo…I knew a pro cyclist and he admitted that at Armstrong’s level they all doped…They would have chemists that were always one step ahead of the tests capabilities…The problem is that specimens that are saved can eventually be proven to be doped…It just caught up to him finally…
  
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IndyGuy
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 9:28pm
Juuuuust a tad late…

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RaydocX
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 6:23pm
So nut is on the bash lance band wagon, eh?
His ‘case’ was not adjudicated legally, but instead by a non elected government subsidized hit squad, that compiled here say data only to besmirch Armstrong.

Anyone who believes Lance is talking to anyone about admissions is in line to buy the Brooklyn bridge.

His titles were stripped without fair much less legal recourse. There is no proof, just testimony by competitors. To which I would say that apparently EVERYONE was doping over this time. Punishing the winner without proof is decidedly unAmerican, but such trivialities don’t matter to the government or the New York Times.

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NLN
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 5:52pm
He is a pedalphile.

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- RRFlyer
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 9:06am
  The only worthwhile comment here. :)
  
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mbean
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 5:27pm
Money Money Money Its all about Money with these celebrities. There are real people in this Country with real problems, I care about them and their future under Obama the First.

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Gladileftcalifornia
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 3:29pm
I really care about what happens in bicycling, soccer and other women’s sports.

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JoshuaGbsn
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 3:29pm
Anyone who thinks everybody that is competing at that level isn’t utilizing whatever performance-enhancing substances is kidding themselves. If you could take a pill that enhanced brain function, and it allowed you to better support yourself and your family by increasing your performance at work would you take it? If you were a software developer would you perhaps purchase a faster more powerful computer that would give you an edge over your competition? These people are athletes and they are paid to perform, and are rewarded for performing well.
If someone is upset about “performance enhancing drugs” perhaps take these adults that are playing games for massive amounts of money down off of their pedestals, turn off the tv and look in the mirror.

This country needs people that PRODUCE not entertain.

Professional athletes are nothing more than a platform for companies to advertise their wares, if a team is top ranked more people watch, if more people watch ad spots are more expensive etc.
BPO or not he trained like an animal, gave it his all and came out on top against others that were ( and are) doing the same. I respect the work and good for him personally, but if you’re one of these people that feels slighted because of the accusations of the actions of another’s life, it sounds like you need to make some more things happen in your own life.

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- bintalshamsa
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 12:13am
  The idea that everyone suffers from the lack of ethics that Armstrong displayed is unproved. Armstrong was a favorite so he attracted better sponsors which made it possible for him to afford the very best doping procedures and drugs. My daughter is a student athlete. I think it does matter if Armstrong comes clean, because it would allow those who he besmirched to reestablish their credibility. It would show student athletes that “winning at all costs” can ruin your entire career and your body.
  
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barber2
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 3:29pm
Armstrong has been declared “guilty” for years in the MSM , like the Lefty NYT. Just another one of those Trials By Media that the Chicago radicals have introduced as part of their I Hate Traditional America campaign. Remember Zimmerman ? The makers of the so-called Muhammed video ? Petraeus ? Allen ? The Secret Service ? So many trials . Hey, Gotta feed the Lefty Media which enables the Obama Chicago radicals to rule without obstruction or serious investigation.

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Arshloch
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 3:05pm
Ignore the bastards Lance, it’s not an Anti Doping agency, it’s an Agency of DOPES. With the economy going down the toilet, wars all over the place, a government run by incompetents, who cares about riding bicycles?

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VoteRightDammit
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 2:01pm
Why is anything ‘reported’ {sic} in the NYT considered worthy of attention?

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- barber2
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 3:32pm
  The NYT leaks security information or anything else that the Chicago radical Democrats want to get out there. Well, that is when the NYT isn’t hiding or avoiding, information that the Chicago radicals do not want to get out there !
  
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PaxInVeritate
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:49pm
“[A]nonymous sources with direct knowledge” can say anything as it’s uncorroborated second hand hearsay (particularly when it’s coming from the ‘TIMES’). Why would the ‘source’ worry about their identity being known at this juncture? I’ll wait for Lance to say one way or the other.

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Metallicat
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:35pm
Cant be a doper and a bicycle riding champion. But you could still be POTUS someday.

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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:16pm
I read this guy’s book years ago. Makes me want a refund. Full of bullchit.

Hey, he’s so good at lying and cheating, he really ought to consider a career as a politician.

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sinner-saint
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:13pm
Like I give a dam about him. Addicts like and manipulate all the time. When they open their mouth, they lie. He’s just lieing to get what he wants is all – just like obozzo does.

You can’t beat a master at their own game. Lieing sacks of worthless dung.

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AmericanStrega
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:41pm
If he’s considering to “fess up” he is obviously guilty.

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YOURSENSEI
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:38pm
This is what you must know:

LIESTRONG

It is so.

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- woodyee
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:42pm
  WANGO! You’re back! Why all the ID changes?
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:59pm
  Oh. Must be out of rehab but now suffering an identity crisis ! Apparently, he got religion there as he is now channeling the old JUSTTIM religious babbling. This is beginning to sound like a “Sybil ” case….
  
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- TIMEBOMB
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:16pm
  It’s good to see one of my loyal subjects on here again,I’ve got yo back covered wango.Keep spreading my propaganda. Praise be to me BHO.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:27pm
  Mr or Ms TIMEBOMB,
  
  This is what you must know:
  
  Any person who can be leveraged against another is savior enough for all.
  
  It is so.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 3:24pm
  TIME: Please send your fragile, needy “loyal subject” back to where ever he has been locked up. Having two different identities while at the same time channeling the third, JUSTTIM , religious babbling identity is just a bit much.
  
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SolitudeBliss
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:36pm
Duh

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woodyee
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:35pm
Armstrong would do it “because he wants to persuade antidoping officials to restore his eligibility so he can resume his athletic career.”

He wants to be REWARDED for doing something wrong, getting caught, and THEN owning up to it. EF U, Lance. I hope you fall and have your private parts trapped in the spokes and chain of a competitors’ bike, and then taken to The Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MLK-MACC), formerly known as Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center (King/Drew), in Los Angeles, where folks have died on the mergency room floor in need of care, while hospital staff ignored and even walked OVER them.

Oh yeah, it’s an “affirmative action employment-friendly’ “hospital; you know – Obamacare.

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- stumpy68
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:23pm
  when was he “caught” ive heard accusations and a lot of hot air
  if someone has proof show it or leave the man alone
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:43pm
  @STUMPY –
  AmericanStrega
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:41pm
  
  If he’s considering to “fess up” he is obviously guilty.
  
  I’m just fed up, Stumpy. Guys like this are a sham to our youth; I can’t imagine how many Scout leaders may have used Lance as an inspiration to get the kids involved in something clean, and healthy – a rarity nowadays, and the guy turns out to be a stink-bomb.
  
  The other side of the coin is all the Lance-wannabees plaguing the roads of California…biking is healthy, but this being California, we’re infested with rogue road-hoggers who feel they’ve just as much right to just as much road-space as motorized vehicles; traveling in packs and pretending they’re in the Tour de France, dressing and driving like it. We’ve had a few squashed like bugs, and I’ve felt no pity.
  
  Lance turned out to be a miserable example, and he wants to do what now?!? HA.
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:55pm
  Sorry STUMPY…
  
  he did it.. 1000 pages of evidence
  
  http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/!invesitgations%20and%20enterprise%20docs/armstrong-reasoned-decision.pdf
  
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- RaydocX
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 6:31pm
  Wood, don’t fall prey to sheepledom… The agency had ZERO proof or it would have been published with much fanfare.
  
  Suggesting he wants to have eligibility again proves the article is a farce… He is too old now, to be competitive
  
  Sadly this backstory is of a subversive anti athlete if not anti American group taking government money and mercilessly attacking a single American citizen.
  
  The fact that no one on the Left is speaking up about the utter lack of fairness is tacit proof what Libs really oppose is not unfairness or inequality but success and excellence.
  
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- bintalshamsa
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 12:23am
  RAYDOCX, they did publish it. You just didn’t pay attention. Armstrong agreed to these rules and regulations. If they were anti-American or unfair, he was free to remain right here in America and leave the Tour de France to the French and those who were willing to agree to the rules. The Tour de France is a private affair. They are free to make any rules they want. So there ya’ go.
  
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UNALIEN
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:31pm
In other breaking news, persons familiar claim Obama reportedly considering fessing up to being a Marxist…

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- Free_Thought
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 3:25pm
  About the same time Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh fess up to taking bribes from the teaparty to say good things about them. Great journalistic integrity Glenn. But i am sure the peeps here would not see any hypocracy with them saying the MSM was bought by the libs. Now it appears these 2 clowns were bought by the cons. Practice what you preach.
  
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civilwarcometh
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:28pm
Maybe he’s in a hurry to get to hollywood so he can get him some obamabucks. Those rich people need all the help they can get.They deserve their fair share to.http://twitchy.com/2013/01/05/hey-anyone-know-how-bette-midler-can-get-her-fair-share-of-hollywood-handouts/

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soybomb315_II
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:26pm
i dont care – they were all doping at the time….And Armstrong was hands down the best

here is an interesting article about the history of doping in the MLB
http://lionsofliberty.com/2013/01/04/cooperstown-steroids-a-libertarian-take/

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All Pro
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:25pm
Steroids are not drugs. Pretty much all normal people are born with about 200 different ones. Without them you die. People that use steroids are in much better physical health then those that do not.

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:49pm
  Really? Testosterone is a steroid found in all humans. But if a person were to abuse it it would cause side effects that are unwanted. Or, albuteral is also a steroid. It’s great when used for its intended purpose, but if abused it causes unwanted side effects. Steroids, when used as perscribed by a physician, can help people with medical issues. Natural steroids found in the human body are different than those freely taken by prescription. It’s the dose and intended use that is the issue. If a person uses steroids to help themselves win at a sport or get “buff” or whatever. It is an abuse of a drug. It doesn’t matter if that steroid is found naturally in the human body or not.
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:33pm
  ALL PRO, are you a professional idiot???????? Thats about as ignorant a comment as I’ve ever seen anywhere!
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:35pm
  ALL PRO, I think Lyle Alzado would have a different opinion….
  
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- All Pro
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:41pm
  AmericanStrega
  Steroids are not drugs. People that use them are in better shape than YOU are. Any man over thirty that isn’t using them is an idiot. The rapid decline in them is WHY men age. It’s all about protein turnover and nitrogen balance. There has NEVER been even ONE death caused by steroids. Not even ONE! There’s a reason it takes longer to heal and recover with age. There’s a reason you have less energy with age and I just stated the reason. The ideal range is 800-1200 IUs per ML. But the AMA considers levels at 300-400 normal. You’ll need more than Viagra if your levels are down there. The only down side to testosterone is thinning **** and acne both of which are caused by DHT and that is easily controlled.
  
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- All Pro
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 2:23pm
  Lyle Alzado contracted brain cancer from all the concussions he received. Oddly enough that’s exactly the hot topic in the NFL right now. Steroids/pro hormones. Same thing. Without them you die.
  
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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 2:50pm
  Allpro “There has NEVER been even ONE death caused by steroids.”
  
  Really? I guess my brother isn’t dead because of them then? What the hell do you know? NOTHING!
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 3:54pm
  ALL PRO, you are clearly a complete duffus! You have no clue what you’re talking about. You’re making an as s out of yourself with every post. Its hard to believe anyone could be so stupid, but you are proof!. There’s nothing more frustrating than an idiot like you, who tries to present themselves as a know-it-all, when in fact, you’re an imbecile. Your momma should have told you, but didn’t, so I will. You’re not as smart as you think you are. In fact you’re too stupid to realize how ignorant you are. Think about that one for a while….
  
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- bintalshamsa
  Posted on January 6, 2013 at 12:30am
  AMERICANSTREGA, I am so very sorry for your loss. I’ve been living with cancer for 10 years and I’ve had systemic lupus my entire life. I’ve taken steroids (prednisone and it’s cousins mostly) and I can attest that you are absolutely right. Steroids CAN kill you. I’ve seen the damage that they can cause and it’s not pretty. I’ve made plenty of bad decisions in my lifetime, but I was just fortunate enough to survive all of mine. Not everyone does. I hope that you do have many good memories of your brother that you can hold onto.
  
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Rowgue
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:24pm
They told him they’d reinstate him if he confesses. Of course he’s considering it lol. The ideas of “justice” and “truth” have been so perverted in today’s society they are almost meaningless.

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- barber2
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:26pm
  Yes. Like ” social justice ” which is just another phrase for ” revenge.”
  
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Timmy_NorthWest
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:21pm
Well Lance, that’s what happens to folks who cheat. Take yer lumps like a man.

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- stumpy68
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 1:27pm
  Can you prove he cheated a dirty drug test perhaps ??
  or just more accusations im not saying he didnt use drugs
  im just saying have proof before you run your mouth
  
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