Was there some announcement on whether the old Team Discovery had a new sponsor?
I don't think so, yet.
Incidentally, Iban Mayo tested positive for EPO during the last week of the Tour. WTF.
Weird love's better than no love.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Jul 30, 2007 4:39:47 pm PDT #1170 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
lisah - Jul 30, 2007 4:41:43 pm PDT #1171 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I love olives and am now watching the Princess Diaries! I wish I'd known it was on at 8 so I could have seen the whole thing. I've never seen it.
tiggy - Jul 30, 2007 4:43:17 pm PDT #1172 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I use RSS, but i'm not sure i would know how to set one up.
Who doesn't like root beer? (Go on, I know you're out there...)
definitely me! it makes me want to barf. i hate real beer and i'd rather drink it over root beer.
so i'm rewatching season four of The OC on SoapNet. Taylor and Ryan are so adorable. this was such a great season. it's a shame FUX decided to can it when it was getting good again.
SuziQ - Jul 30, 2007 4:51:55 pm PDT #1173 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have EPO in my fridge. Yep.
Like cilantro, grapefruits, olives, root beer (though I rarely drink soda)...
I am two days late on a paper. Gahhhh. Can't get the writing mojo going.
Vortex - Jul 30, 2007 4:54:18 pm PDT #1174 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I like root beer, sometimes I get a bitter taste from microbrews.
I like cilantro but my sister thinks it tastes like soap.
I generally love cilantro, but I was at an indian restaurant and ate something with cilantro and finally tasted the soapy taste. Ugh.
amych - Jul 30, 2007 5:02:46 pm PDT #1175 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I don't think so, yet.
No. Velonews would've posted it right away.
Incidentally, the SI article reads to me as both right and clueless -- Slipstream is definitely an up-and-coming team, heading for the higher ranks, and they're serious about their anti-doping stance, but not quite ready for the pro tour given their results so far. OTOH, the Discovery team isn't going to vanish into thin air, and a lot of the change that's coming is (speculation alert!) going to come out of a combo of demographic luck and the big political battles between the UCI and the major race sponsors.
Glamcookie - Jul 30, 2007 5:03:45 pm PDT #1176 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
ALL YOUR OLIVES ARE BELONG TO ME!
Zenkitty - Jul 30, 2007 5:03:53 pm PDT #1177 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
How many of you who don't consider yourselves computer geeks know what RSS is and use it at least once a week?
Me!
Thinking hard, I first got online in 1995, working as my sister's admin assistant and bored all day. I think the first community I got into was a Highlander fan/fanfic board.
Don't like cilantro or olives. Used to like olives, don't know what happened. An un-acquired taste, I guess.
I have a huge bruise on the back of my hand from where a clumsy phlebotomist tried for 20 minutes to get blood out of my veins and finally succeeded, shortly after which I fainted. The bruise hurts and is ugly. The inside of my elbows are bruised too. They better learn something important from those two vials of my life's essence. *snarl*
Dana - Jul 30, 2007 5:05:28 pm PDT #1178 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
OTOH, the Discovery team isn't going to vanish into thin air
Yeah, I didn't understand that vibe in the article. Austin Murphy's articles are really hit-or-miss for me, generally.
amych - Jul 30, 2007 5:08:58 pm PDT #1179 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yeah, I didn't understand that vibe in the article.
I think a lot of people miss the difference between team ownership and sponsorship -- after all, it's the sponsor's name on the front of the jersey, right? Fact is, the contract was always until this season, and they've had no plans to renew, even before any of this. And that (not owned by Discovery) team has the best management in cycling, and just put in the strongest performance as a team in yonks.
But it's easy for the audience that doesn't know cycling to structure the article as team in decline vs. shiny new thing.