Maybe Eddie Merckx put something in Landis' whiskey! There were reports that he put 100 Euros down on Landis after Landis' big bonk but before the comeback stage ... maybe he placed the bet because he had doped Landis up so he knew he'd win!

I'm kidding. This is the sort of conspiracy theory I think people want to hang onto, and I understand the impulse. I'm so disappointed by the news coming out, I can't tell you; I've decided not to even read the conspiracy theories, though, because they just depress me more. I tend to think that most of them are dirty. I don't know what happened so that Floyd was dumb enough to get caught, but I am mostly disappointed in myself for getting all wrapped up in the romance of the comeback. Professional sports always seem to let me down.