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Seedersandleechers

(3,044 posts)
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 12:50 PM Jan 2013

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong to admit to doping during Oprah Winfrey interview

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Source: Washington Post

AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong will make a limited confession to doping during his televised interview with Oprah Winfrey next week, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

Armstrong, who has long denied doping, will also offer an apology during the interview scheduled to be taped Monday at his home in Austin, Texas, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no authorization to speak publicly on the matter.

While not directly saying he would confess or apologize, Armstrong sent a text message to The Associated Press early Saturday that said: “I told her (Winfrey) to go wherever she wants and I’ll answer the questions directly, honestly and candidly. That’s all I can say.”

A confession would be a dramatic break from more than 13 years of vehement denials from Armstrong that he took performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France seven times.


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/report-disgraced-cyclist-lance-armstrong-to-admit-to-doping-during-oprah-winfrey-interview/2013/01/12/da6ef0be-5c85-11e2-b8b2-0d18a64c8dfa_story.html



All these years I really thought all the doping allegations was just sour grapes.
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Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong to admit to doping during Oprah Winfrey interview (Original Post) Seedersandleechers Jan 2013 OP
If he wants have a reasonable legacy, Ron Green Jan 2013 #1
This makes me sad. Papagoose Jan 2013 #2
This is going to open him up to perjury charges and civil suits underpants Jan 2013 #3
Is he gonna apologize to the people he intimidated or careers he ruined? KeepItReal Jan 2013 #4
duplicate OKNancy Jan 2013 #5

Ron Green

(9,822 posts)
1. If he wants have a reasonable legacy,
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 12:57 PM
Jan 2013

he's got to come clean, stop the politics. His sin was lying for years about a toxic system that he made use of.

Papagoose

(428 posts)
2. This makes me sad.
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 12:58 PM
Jan 2013

Lance Armstrong was one of the few athletes I regarded as a hero.

underpants

(182,623 posts)
3. This is going to open him up to perjury charges and civil suits
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:11 PM
Jan 2013

dumb move Lance

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
4. Is he gonna apologize to the people he intimidated or careers he ruined?
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:19 PM
Jan 2013

60 minutes did scathing report on this guy.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
5. duplicate
Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:54 PM
Jan 2013

feel free to post in the older thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014365774

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