El Gato

Jonny chasing Nydam yesterday at ToC took over from where Omer Kem left off last year getting some good TV time for Kelly Benefits.

Torch passed

I missed an opportunity today at our team same-page meeting to thank Prudog for all his hard work and sacrifices he made on behalf of trying (and suceeding) to make the Axley racing team a worthwhile venture. The team was, and still is, mainly comprised of riders that he personally recruited. He had a hands on approach to running the squad HIS way, making deals, slinging nicknames with abandon, and had a certain nack to entertain and piss off people at the same time.

The Axley kit will be retired shortly after the racing season begins - when the debut of our new team main sponsor & kit will be revealed (perhaps by mid-to-late April).

Now it's Chad's turn. He definitely has a firm grasp on what's required to run this team and has his own ideas on how we can grow & move forward while kicking some butt on the NW racing calendar this year; an exciting time as the team evolves.

A cause we can all identify with

Yield to Life

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Another run 4 POTUS?

If the limited choices this Super Tuesday has you all riled up, fear not - Homer Simpson is considering reenergizing the race for the White House with exactly his same stable, tried & true platform as he used in '04. If he runs, which I certainly hope he does, he'll definitely have my endorsement & vote. Run Homer, run! Bill the Cat doesn't stand a chance in the upcoming summer debates.

Romney beats Clinton

This'll be the only opportunity that Mitt and his home state Patriots get to beat Hillary's Giants.

I'm just looking for a good game, and that's not going to happen. Not that it won't be a good game - it's my looking for it that's not happening, I'm flying all afternoon and evening.

So Eli, and they might be giants, while they played a close game during the regular season - will have to be giant killers to wrap up the Super Bowl with the endorsments, the big paycheck and that coveted ring.

Pats win.

USADA Witch hunt

It is alleged that Kayle Leogrande of Rock Racing filed suit in LA County Superior Court charging that USADA planned to test his "B" urine sample after his "A" sample from a 2007 late summer race tested negative for performance-enhancing drugs.

Speaking with Associated Press, USADA general counsel Bill Bock called the anonymous lawsuit "utterly frivolous and morally bankrupt," adding, "What are they seeking to hide?"

Utterly frivolous & morally bankrupt? I'd be careful what you choose to utter, those words may come back to haunt you Mr. General Counsel.

My question to Mr. Bock would be, what are you trying to prove? The "A" sample already proved negative, even if the "B" sample came back positive what then, there is no "C" sample? And you need two to tango; just like Lance's "B" sample from the 1999 TdF sample being tested years after the fact - even the UCI and Dick Pound at the WADA after all was said & done ultimately agreed that despite whatever personal suspicions they may have there was officially nothing that could be done.

Mr. Leogrande may be guilty as sin for taking drugs or may be clean as an angel on a sugar high; but the USADA cannot try to prove anything in an illicit fashion - they must use appropriate protocol or the whole process is in shambles - which some may say it already is.

Upon further review - as far as I can tell WADA's Dick Pound stuck to his guns in Lance's apparent 6 positive EPO results from the 1999 Tdf (ironically by the same lab that Floyd had trouble with in his case), though the UCI told him what to do with it, ending their statement that, "It is essential that WADA act swiftly and definitively to establish that conduct of this type will not be tolerated."