Scandal!

Tomorrow is Christmas in July - the Tour de France. If you know nothing of cycling, this post will make no sense to you. And if you follow cycling, you probably already know the effects of Operacion Puerto - the Spanish doping scandal that is rocking the cycling world. Ivan's out. Jan's out. They have been implicated in the notes of the doping doctor and banned from competing in the race. They are not yet proven guilty, but their teams have taken action against them, which means it don't look good. Others are out, too, meaning that the starting field will be much smaller and the race will be very different from what was expected. Who looks good? The Discos, the Americans - George, Floyd, Levi. Perhaps it's only in a sport that most Americans don't follow that the United States looks good on the international stage. I was rooting for Jan, but now I'm all George, all day, all night.