Lance

I have to admit that certain athletes (Raphael Palmeiro, anyone?) are less believable when they claim to never have taken illegal performance enhancers. However, with regards to Lance Armstrong, I just can't look at him with a jaundiced eye and proclaim him guilty. I'll just have to consider him innocent until proven guilty.

Even his peers are defending him. Miguel Indurain, five time Tour de France winner, believes that France is out to get Armstrong. Even his former chief rival, Jan Ullrich, can't believe it and speculate that it's possible that "sombody's trying to put him down."

We'll just have to see. L'Equipe, the newspaper that wrote the story, has to put up or shut up.