Will He? Won't He? Do We Care?  Chris Graythen  Lance is going
to confess. Maybe...  Lance Armstrong, owner of various records
in the way of nullified Tour de France success, hijacked another
news cycle beginning last night when the New York Times began
publishing passive-voice sentences about how someone thinks he's
about to confess to some or all of his well-documented doping
practices. This is not a knock on the Times or Juliet Macur, who
ran with what she had, even if it wasn't much and even if it
quickly elicited a statement from Lance's attorney denying that
a confession was on its way. As of right now, it is what it is.
CN has a good roundup of all the well-documented reasons why, as
a practical matter, he would be reluctant to confess. The only
known reasons he might do this would be to spare the Livestrong
Foundation the continued embarassment, or to reduce his
competition ban. Or, and this is highly speculative, to cleanse
his "soul".  Here at the Cafe, the wait for real news goes on,
and we stand a