How They Love The Sporting Life
The Olympics start tonight. I've been following them fairly avidly since 1980 when I stayed up late to watch the Lake Placid games while my father was sick in bed with the flu and my mom was...I don't remember where. And then there was LA, 1984, when it was all about Nelson Vails, Rebecca Twigg, Davis Phinney, Connie Carpenter, Steve Hegg, and all others I can't quite remember. I learned all about steroids, blood doping and all kinds of other ways to cheat. The propaganda at the time had something to do with the Eastern Bloc countries refusing to come cuz they'd fail the drug tests. Now, we know all about BALCO and Festina and EPO and HGH, even equine growth hormone! Maybe Jan or Tyler will do something great in Athens tomorrow, though pro cycling never much cares about who wins the Olympics.
The Olympics start tonight. I've been following them fairly avidly since 1980 when I stayed up late to watch the Lake Placid games while my father was sick in bed with the flu and my mom was...I don't remember where. And then there was LA, 1984, when it was all about Nelson Vails, Rebecca Twigg, Davis Phinney, Connie Carpenter, Steve Hegg, and all others I can't quite remember. I learned all about steroids, blood doping and all kinds of other ways to cheat. The propaganda at the time had something to do with the Eastern Bloc countries refusing to come cuz they'd fail the drug tests. Now, we know all about BALCO and Festina and EPO and HGH, even equine growth hormone! Maybe Jan or Tyler will do something great in Athens tomorrow, though pro cycling never much cares about who wins the Olympics.
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