Lance Armstrong is a liar, but that's hardly the extent of his sins. He's also a thief, a fraud, a serial cheat, a gutless bully and about the worst possible guy you can ever imagine a guy being. While there seems to be a growing trend in the media at the moment to put Armstrong's transgressions on some sort of sliding scale giving him a relative pass for some and railing against him for others, there's no need for the exercise. He's a despicable being unworthy of anything more than completely fading from the national conscious and crawling back under the rock where he came from.
College football is officially over and just seven NFL games remain as the betting season is starting to wind down for most recreational players. Really sharp amateurs are taking advantage of early tennis and golf lines, while other players are bobbing and weaving through basketball season. The return of the NHL will give players another sport to bet on, though it is not one that gets a lot of action. With mostly just regular season hoops going on, it’s a tough time to be a profitable bettor.
With the lockout in the rearview mirror, the rush is on to get the season started and put together a 48-game schedule to begin by January 19. The condensed schedule will be difficult on the players, especially the ones who chose not to play during the lockout, and will force the NHL season to go longer than ever before.
The public knew of the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show mostly by reputation, I think. It had been featured on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. It was seen in movies, on television commercials, and on shows such as That’s Incredible. But the exposure the show received was limited, by today’s standards.
So 2012 has come and gone without another championship from any of Cleveland’s teams.