Summary of Lance Armstrong Articles! :)

“OP-ED: Lance Armstrong’s true accomplishments are off the bicycle” by Jonathan Biles

 In this article, Jonathan Biles is a supporter of Armstrong, even though he took performance enhancing drugs to win all of his races. Biles feels that Armstrong should be forgiven because of all the charity work he has done through Livestrong Foundation.  The foundation has raised $470 million for cancer research. This foundation is especially important since Armstrong is a cancer survivor himself. The author closes his article by saying Armstrong is only a man riding a bike and that he should be forgiven for all of the money and support he has raised for cancer.

 

“It's all about the lies” by Rick Reilly

 In this article, Rick Reilly is outraged with Armstrong about the doping. He says that Armstrong should not be forgiven so quickly. Reilly was made to look like a fool because of all of Armstrong’s lies. He recounts many conversations he had with Armstrong about doping and he would shoot each one down. And Reilly would continue to defend Armstrong, saying that he was not doping to win all of his races. Reilly is not ready to forgive him yet, even closing his article by saying, “Give me 14 years, maybe.”