Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike and he’s riding after his 8th win at the Tour de France.
After returning from cancer to win the Tour seven consecutive times has made him a legend worldwide. He has popularized bicycling in America, but no one looks up to him like cancer patients do. To them he’s more than just fast, he’s a hero.
“I am happy to announce that after talking with my children, my family and my closest friends, I have decided to return to professional cycling in order to raise awareness of the global cancer burden,” the 36-year-old Armstrong said in a statement released to The Associated Press. “This year alone, nearly eight million people will die of cancer worldwide. … It’s now time to address cancer on a global level.”
Continue here to read more about Armstrong according to Sports Illustrated.
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College football has began once again!
This is my favorite time to be on any American campus. It’s a time when everyone wears their school colors proudly and meets at the football field to cheer on their team and boo the rivals.
This year the focus of the Nittany Lions continues to be on 80 year old, head coach Jo Paterno. After 58 years at Penn State people are debating when he will retire and if he’s too old to bring the team to state.
The Nittany Lions are only three seasons removed from going 11-1 and finishing third in the nation. They went 9-4 in each of the two seasons since. Those three seasons followed a five-year spell of mediocrity at best — the Nittany Lions had losing records in four of those seasons (2000-04).
Although the debate of retirement may continue publicly, so far so good for Paterno with a 2 for 2 to begin the season.
Paterno denies that he will only retire once he passes Florida State coach Bobby Bowden as the all-time leader in coaching victories. Last season, Paterno closed the margin from three wins to one. Bowden leads, 373-372.
According to research that ESPN asked the NCAA to conduct, at least four men have coached college football after the age of 80, including John Gagliardi, still winning at Division III St. John’s (Minn.). Like Paterno, the legendary Amos Alonzo Stagg coached major-college football after the age of 80. Stagg won 16 games at Pacific after turning 80. But he lost 33 and tied two. Since Paterno turned 80, he has a record of 10-4.
The public knows Paterno for his thick glasses and that full head of hair that is only recently showing signs of age. His coaches and players know him for his obsession with details. They say he has maintained it even as he is closing his sixth decade in coaching.
To read more about Paterno continue here.
