And so the hero falls from grace:

http://espn.go.com/olympics/cycling/story/_/id/8514728/lance-armstrong-stepping-livestrong-chairman

Or has he? Does what you do with your fame trump how you got it? Should we care that he cheated and lied, given that everyone around him was cheating and lying? Is this guy a thief and a pusher, or the ultimate competitor?

I still don't know. I liked watching him beat Jan Ulhrich up that hill back in the day. I sure did want him to win. But the USADA report, I have to say, was brutal.