Armstrong - AP Athlete of the Year???
Now a lot of folks are probably going to get on me for this (if any of those folks actually read this literary masterpiece), but how in the hell is Lance Armstrong the Male Athlete of the Year??? He wins one flipping race a year and the world loses it’s damn mind.
Now I understand a three week bike race is about two weeks, 6 and 1/2 days more of a bike race than I could complete, but seriously athlete of the year? One, bike racing, especially on streets, isn’t overly athletic. Endurance? Hell Ya….Stamina? Hell Ya….athleticism? No. Two, can anybody name Armstrong’s rivals? The common sports fan who can tell you the New York Giants score from a game against Washington in 1987 couldn’t tell you who else races the Tour De France. Seems to me that Lance is good, but everyone else pretty much sucks! Lastly, and this is the part that will draw the ire of some people, if Lance Armstrong did not have testicular cancer, he would not have been the male athlete of the year for the past three years. It’s a sympathy vote. It’s a vote by the media for some heartwarming story which is fine when it’s not at the expense of other individuals. There are so many other athletes out there that deserve this award before Armstrong but since he sells yellow wristbands and survived testicular cancer (and in no way do I wish to demean or lessen that achievement) he is automagically given the award time and again? It really irks me, yes yes it does…..
