Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for February 19, 2014

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    Rod Gonzalez  almost 11 years ago

    Lance Armstrong?

    Again?

    Wasn’t he last year’s Sports Jerk?

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    Ravenswing  almost 11 years ago

    Man. All Armstrong did was dope up to win some competitions. He’s a bigger jerk than serial rapist Mike Tyson? Bigger than Dennis Rodman, who’s cozying up to a murderous dictator?

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    sykerocker  almost 11 years ago

    Lance Armstrong: The guy who cheated during a time when everybody else was also cheating. (See: Parity). And still kicked their asses 7 times in a row, and came up with a podium finish for an eighth.

    Sorry, I can’t get riled on this one. NOBODY was riding honestly back then (at least nobody who was finishing the Tour in double figures). And yeah, cycling looked bad. Forget that, it looked terrible.

    It’s easier just to blame Lance.

    Lance Armstrong. Seven times Tour de France winner. And there’s no way you can change that.

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    bmatraw  almost 11 years ago

    Lance did win 7 times, but he insisted on a stack of bibles that he was clean. Time and again.

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    Michael Rosser Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Barry Bonds on line two…

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    jbmlaw01  almost 11 years ago

    Still think Rodman, Rose, and Armstrong are pikers next to Tonya Harding.

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    jeanandrick  almost 11 years ago

    no dishonorable mention for Bellicheat?

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    peterbley  almost 11 years ago

    Still believe O.J. Simpson….He killed people…..

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    Timothy Madigan Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Lance over OJ or Tyson or Bonds?Well, time does blur memory AND people do get a chance to rehab their image through contrition (Tyson). Lance was more aggressive to destroy anyone who dared to say he wasn’t perfect than the others and only admitted when blocked from any form of competition.But is that more than OJ murder? hard because he’s far from the only sports figure in the last 40 years to kill someone – why him vs the others?. And Tyson’s in the same boat with rape and abuse.

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    Joseph Houk  almost 11 years ago

    Rose bet on baseball. Armstrong bet no one would be able to pin doping scandals on him. Rodman… well, was just Rodman.

    I’d still give it to Rose, though.

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    griffon8  almost 11 years ago

    I thought there was a ‘no murderers’ policy for the Sports Jerk, so OJ wouldn’t be eligible.

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    braindead Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Should have been Steinbrenner. He had the biggest long term negative effect on all professional sports — which, of course, also filters down.

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    Godfreydaniel  almost 11 years ago

    Coincidentally, I’ve been reading Michael J. Fox’s book, “Always Looking Up”, published 2009. He raved about how Lance Armstrong was “one of the finest men I ever met.” Whoops!

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    jmarkoff2  almost 11 years ago

    Lance Armstrong wasn’t “big” enough for the 40 years title. An ordinary SJOTY, but not this one.

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    jollyjack  almost 11 years ago

    Lance never raised my ire since the entire sport was corrupt from the officials to the riders as well as the fans who knew that it was corrupt and still supported it. The “whistleblowers” that I noticed were all cheaters that fell behind and THEN found religion.

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    seanyj  almost 11 years ago

    There has to be a bigger jerk in the last 40 years than Lance!

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    Mary McNeil Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    I love Pete’s comment!

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    ZBicyclist Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Lance. Good choice. After a gusty beating of cancer, he hoodwinked a corrupt sport AND set up a self-serving foundation that seems to have done little for cancer. It’s the sheer sanctimoniousness that won him this uncoveted title.

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