tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30300136.post7646074697786466502..comments2024-03-28T14:32:57.039-04:00Comments on Wait 'til Next Year, Again: More Needles, More Damage DoneGary Benzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10578834252235902676noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30300136.post-32147567494858029352010-05-22T02:39:50.408-04:002010-05-22T02:39:50.408-04:00maybe it was, "don't bite the hand that f...maybe it was, "don't bite the hand that feeds you,"coupled with the horror of a possible "house of cards" effect--once heads started rolling. many careers and historical data at stake. i could be wrong but i think paper journalists have more conflict of interest issues than writers on the internet because the former's livlihood relies more on the good graces of the very players-coaches-managers and team owners they write about. correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't think you give a fig what any of them like about what you say as long as you have your facts straight. you're a natural rock-turner-over and you take apart and analyze scenarios with the best of them. great qualities for a novelist as well as a journalist. sports has passion, intrigue, war and redemption--meaty stuff for any genre. why has'nt someone who really gets what really goes on, written that great american novel? i'm stuck in the 1800's with opium traders in a california mining camp...a whole other kind of greed, corruption and grand illusion. but still, the truth as i see it. nothing i ever put in writing is said to be kind.you should know that gary. m.m.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30300136.post-14441332749466002042010-05-21T19:56:36.832-04:002010-05-21T19:56:36.832-04:00M: Thanks for the kind words. I do find it incred...M: Thanks for the kind words. I do find it incredibly coincidental that Lance crashed right after the allegations hit. I don't know whether or not Lance cheated but i won't be surprised either if he eventually confesses. I don't know why more people don't jump on this story but then again i don't understand why people still follow professional wrestlingGary Benzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10578834252235902676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30300136.post-16213099233170897132010-05-21T18:16:16.059-04:002010-05-21T18:16:16.059-04:00there is a reason it was said to me you're the...there is a reason it was said to me you're the smartest man he knows. i'm not stroking your rooster feathers, just stating a fact.i would say 'most versatile" in describing you. this piece you wrote and those like it are my favorites. subjects journalists are all too often just uncomfortable enough with to leave alone. you don't mind wriggling but you don't. and you don't mind making other people wriggle. it's a great quality in a journalist. i have many thoughts on the subject of cheating and a lot to say--but ah, look at the time--if timing is everything, floyd landis and his confessions on his behalf and apparently on behalf of lance armstrong [to armstrong's great dismay, natch] as to their mutual taking of performance enhancing drugs.[not the matching bath tub ones.] shortly after having to defend himself to the press and the world against that, lance is thrown from his bicycle and did'nt finish the race he was riding. do you think he might have been wriggling just a bit? m.m.noreply@blogger.com