tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post1328065406497341229..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Friday RoundupDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-33779153335038492782006-11-25T08:47:00.000-08:002006-11-25T08:47:00.000-08:00Thin,
This is interesting... I fell in love with...Thin,<br /> This is interesting... I fell in love with MTB'ing out on the Plum Creek land mentioned in that article, and that whole area has been swindled and re-swindled from and for people for almost 50 years (Chet Huntley's son allegedly lost the resort in a high stakes Poker Game at the 5th Ace one night, according to local lore).<br /> Blixseth is familiar, but I still have a friend who works trails and ski patrol at the four resorts. I'll try to get his info on the situation. <br /> LeMond's investing infamy is, well, infamous. I think he's relied on his in-laws more than once, and it might have been the in-laws who ran LeMond bikes when it was independent. Can't remember. <br /><br /> Thanks for the article. Love him or hate him, LA does have a formidable marketing team.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05541150895644458844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-4078301703328229382006-11-24T18:57:00.000-08:002006-11-24T18:57:00.000-08:00This is a little off topic, but it is amusing...
...This is a little off topic, but it is amusing...<br /><br /><i>He's an aging athlete whose income-producing ability has been usurped by Lance Armstrong,</i><br /><br />That is what timber baron Tim Blixseth called Greg LeMond in <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=am9JkhotUrPs&refer=muse">this article</a>.Thinnmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377556027270114694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-51343298029937377372006-11-24T15:01:00.000-08:002006-11-24T15:01:00.000-08:00I'm with strbuk on the Big Lebowski. And if FL is...I'm with strbuk on the Big Lebowski. And if FL is also into that movie, it's just a further proof of his good character.<br /><br />MarcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-1691005481012241452006-11-24T13:10:00.000-08:002006-11-24T13:10:00.000-08:00Outside Magazine's December 2006 issue includes a ...Outside Magazine's December 2006 issue includes a commentary by one of their editors, vowing with disgust that he will no longer be a fan of pro cycling. Some discussion of FL included.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-6994256420747991382006-11-24T12:52:00.000-08:002006-11-24T12:52:00.000-08:00As has been discussed here and at DPF recently, Fl...As has been discussed here and at DPF recently, Floyd's life has been completely derailed. Now it's war (as he put it). If he can prove that LLND screwed up, can he sue for libel? If Floyd wins his case, could he sue Dick Pound and other people? Pound is beginning to seem like O.J. Maybe Floyd and Amber are the Goldmans in this case. When people in the UCI, WADA, and LLND, discarded protocol, and broke the story the way they did, they violated their own rules. A lot of the bad press Floyd got was because he was unprepared to deal with the media. All of this COULD have been handled differently. LLND, UCI, WADA could have followed protocol. Lance has sued more than one newspaper for libel. Maybe Floyd could sue the LLND or UCI or Dick Pound, in civil court.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com