Comments on: Le Tour or Vive le difference

By: Carol Berg

Carol Berg — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:10:28 +0000

Yes, they will take away the title if investigation shows he did it. And as he says, his name will always be tainted, whether or not he did, which is really sad. It’s very hard to prove one didn’t do something which is how these things work out. I sure hope it’s not true, as it was such a great story. I’m bummed…

By: Katharine Kerr

Katharine Kerr — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:10:21 +0000

Carol, I love football too. You are not alone. Of course, I’m a 49er fan, which means a slow misery to make up for all those years of glory, but whatthehell, can’t have life be too perfect.

By: Molly Newman

Molly Newman — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:49:26 +0000

Wow… hubris and tragedy abound! I’m hoping for his mom’s sake it’s not true.

By: Don Mead

Don Mead — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:57:10 +0000

Uh-oh. Will they take away his status as champ if he’s tested positive for drugs?

By: Molly Newman

Molly Newman — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:09:10 +0000

We’re in Colorado too, and my husband has transferred his lifelong Cowboy fandom to the Broncos (I’m still a die-very-hard Niners fan). Yeah, I hear you on the Pit of Despair. Seems we get plummeted into it every time we thought we’d scaled the heights at last.

At least as a Niners fan, you know to expect the despair. The pit starts feeling kinda cozy after a while, and you look forward to the albino coming around with beer.

By: Carol Berg

Carol Berg — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:09:30 +0000

Denver Bronco football. I know, I know…it just doesn’t fit the mom/engineer/literary image. But I was born in Texas and they inject you with footballitis somewhere along the line. Though they skipped my mom… Being a Bronco fan provides MANY trips to the Pit of Despair and every once in a while a view of the heights.

By: Molly Newman

Molly Newman — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:26:02 +0000

Carol, what’s your other favorite sporting event?

We had quite the weekend a few weeks back between the Tour, the World Cup finals and the Wimbledon finals. That epic headbutt seemed fraught with literary pathos… young man works his entire life to play the game he loves, feels triumph within his grasp, then loses it all in the unchecked passion of a single moment. Back to the Pit of Despair with him!