IT'S OVER OR IS IT? Armstrong the martyr

His acceptance of the USADA sanction — a lifetime ban and the stripping of all results earned since 1999 — is not an admission of guilt, but rather a refusal to address the allegations.

So, here we are. Did Lance Armstrong dope during his historic career, as USADA and a collection of its witnesses allege? Armstrong, coy as ever, made the only decision tonight that he could. By accepting a lifetime ban, he turned the conversation for many from whether he doped, to whether, in the big picture, it really matters.

UNFORTUNATELY THE PERIOD IS JUST FILLED WITH DOPING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE SPORT.  THE ONLY HOPE IS MIGUEL INDURAIN.