Be careful what you wish for; just ask Lance Armstrong.
Not only is the super-cycler capable of crashing like my son who is just learning to ride a bike but he is not immune from lashing out. His tweet on Thursday called out the media. Via twitter.
Versus cut away from the last mile of the race to break into hockey. While it’s crunch time in the hockey world, it wasn’t even a cut away for an awesome goal or a good ole brawl. We’re talking pre-game hockey. They mentioned some muck about contractual obligations. Of course, hockey is no stranger to getting the slight on coverage, much like Game 5 in 2007 when they got the shaft (to Versus!) so that they could get in the pre-race coverage of the Preakness. Apparently we’re just passing around the “No One Cares About Your Sport” click of a switcher button.
All that said, I bet Armstrong wishes the media wouldn’t have been covering it as well when he found himself tumbling along the road face first just hours after he had to publicly deny a doping charge by fellow Tour de Fance cyclist Floyd Landis. Perhaps you get what you ask for because his bloody face is all over every sports news site, blog, and, yes, twitter. The doping claim has over 1800 Google links. Looks like he found himself some coverage. I’m thinking this isn’t the coverage he was seeking.
At the same time, the Huffington Post takes it one step farther and asks if his crash was karma throwing a wrench in his spokes for actually doping and denying it. The thing about karma is that if you mock someone else’s karma, it can come back to bite you, too. That said, maybe HuffPo has it wrong on what exactly karma was tossing Armstrong’s face at the pavement as payback. Perhaps it was because he called someone a dumbass. No one likes to be called a dumbass.
Perhaps Lance can make peace with the hockey players that he likely ticked off by whining about coverage and compare battle wounds though I might suggest that he waits until his stops oozing.
I think it’s a shame that he ate the pavement and is out of the race. But I think we can all count this as a lesson in being careful what you ask for because you just might get it. Along with stitches. And a bit of crow.
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Jenna agrees with Lance; who cares about hockey now that the Penguins are out?
I don’t understand why any network would cut into any live event for any pregame anything. Clearly the people running Versus are not sports lovers.
I get why Lance was pissed off.
I’ve been saying for years that Armstrong is a doper. No one listens to me though. Sure, listen to Floyd Landis now.
I’m not at all sad that he fell and busted his face.
Hockey really is the Versus priority right now. Not saying it’s right but that’s where their focus is – it’s a hot advertising ticket which is probably why they pull the trigger as soon as anything playoffs-related starts to happen.
Not an Armstrong fan. I have no opinion about the drugs but he’s always rubbed me the wrong way.
Armstrong has always struck me as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I also noticed a he ages, he’s looking a lot more like Lyle Lovett. Take that for whatever it is.
I think his bruised ego probably is hurting more than his accident related injuries.