Lance Armstrong as the loser

I have been deeply invested in this year's Tour de France. This is strange to me, because I have never really cared about televised sports before. Yes, I watch occasional figure skating but not with any devotion. And yes, I watched Michael Phelps every night in his quest for swimming gold in the Olympics. I'm a swimmer, so I guess swimming looks more interesting to me than others. But otherwise, I yawn at sports.

Yesterday when Lance Armstrong was interviewed about his attempt to take a s...