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  1. Cyclingnews reports that Lance is in the US for a press conference today at
    3 pm. The suggestion is a group called Discovery Communications (The
    Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, The Travel Channel, etc.) will be
    taking over sponsorship from USPS in 2005.

    I wonder if this will influence OLN. Don't know if they're under that
    umbrella. But surely one of Discovery's channels ought to have some great
    racing coverage.

    Maybe we'll also see TDC and TRCC (The Doping Channel and The Racing Clean
    Channel).

    Bob C.

  2. Bad timing for the news conference, ain't it?

    psycholist said:

    Cyclingnews reports that Lance is in the US for a press conference today at
    3 pm. The suggestion is a group called Discovery Communications (The
    Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, The Travel Channel, etc.) will be
    taking over sponsorship from USPS in 2005.

    I wonder if this will influence OLN. Don't know if they're under that
    umbrella. But surely one of Discovery's channels ought to have some great
    racing coverage.

    Maybe we'll also see TDC and TRCC (The Doping Channel and The Racing Clean
    Channel).

    Bob C.

  3. "Gary" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Bad timing for the news conference, ain't it?

    psycholist said:

    Cyclingnews reports that Lance is in the US for a press conference today


    at

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    3 pm. The suggestion is a group called Discovery Communications (The
    Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, The Travel Channel, etc.) will


    be

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    taking over sponsorship from USPS in 2005.

    I wonder if this will influence OLN. Don't know if they're under that
    umbrella. But surely one of Discovery's channels ought to have some


    great

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    racing coverage.

    Maybe we'll also see TDC and TRCC (The Doping Channel and The Racing


    Clean

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Channel).

    Bob C.

    I have a feeling Discovery Communications is going to discover that nobody's
    near as interested in them as they are in the new book. What a shame, eh?

    Bob C.

  4. OLN and Speedchannel were owned by the same guy. Then he sold off the
    Speedchannel to Fox, who tried to make it into the NASCAR channel to no
    avail, since now it is basically back to its old program style without
    the boats and plane shows.

    Not sure if OLN has been sold off especially since it picked up the
    redneck show (bullriding) and has had so much success as the sole TDF
    programming in the states and is doing very well.

    --

  5. psycholist said:

    I have a feeling Discovery Communications is going to discover that nobody's
    near as interested in them as they are in the new book. What a shame, eh?

    That new book is putting a Damper on the search for a replacement sponsor I
    would think too.

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  6. "psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    "Gary" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Bad timing for the news conference, ain't it?

    psycholist said:

    Cyclingnews reports that Lance is in the US for a press conference


    today

    Quoted message said:

    at

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    3 pm. The suggestion is a group called Discovery Communications (The
    Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, The Travel Channel, etc.)


    will

    Quoted message said:

    be

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    taking over sponsorship from USPS in 2005.

    I wonder if this will influence OLN. Don't know if they're under that
    umbrella. But surely one of Discovery's channels ought to have some


    great

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    racing coverage.

    Maybe we'll also see TDC and TRCC (The Doping Channel and The Racing


    Clean

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Channel).

    Bob C.

    I have a feeling Discovery Communications is going to discover that


    nobody's

    Quoted message said:

    near as interested in them as they are in the new book. What a shame, eh?

    Bob C.

  7. "psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I have a feeling Discovery Communications is going to discover that


    nobody's

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    near as interested in them as they are in the new book. What a shame, eh?

    Bob C.

    Threatened with a lawsuit David Walsh backpedals a bit and explains (from
    cyclingnews.com)
    "It's all circumstantial evidence," Walsh said in an interview with the
    International Herald Tribune's Sam Abt. "We don't actually prove anything.
    We just set out the facts and let the reader decide for himself who's
    telling the truth.

    The full text on cyclingnews.com

    Dave

  8. "Dave H" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Threatened with a lawsuit David Walsh backpedals a bit and explains (from
    cyclingnews.com)
    "It's all circumstantial evidence," Walsh said in an interview with the
    International Herald Tribune's Sam Abt. "We don't actually prove anything.
    We just set out the facts and let the reader decide for himself who's
    telling the truth.

    What a muckraking weasle. "We don't actually know that Lance is guilty, we
    just spread around a bunch of stuff people said and let people who are
    swayed by this kind of filth and lack of proof 'decide for themselves'".

    Shayne Wissler

  9. "Dave H" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    "psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    >

    I have a feeling Discovery Communications is going to discover that


    nobody's

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    near as interested in them as they are in the new book. What a shame,


    eh?

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    Bob C.

    Threatened with a lawsuit David Walsh backpedals a bit and explains (from
    cyclingnews.com)
    "It's all circumstantial evidence," Walsh said in an interview with the
    International Herald Tribune's Sam Abt. "We don't actually prove anything.
    We just set out the facts and let the reader decide for himself who's
    telling the truth.

    The full text on cyclingnews.com

    Dave

    It sounds very much like a response crafted by the libel solicitors
    representing the authors, publisher, The Times and L'Express. It's at
    least as good as Johan's "No comment."

  10. On 06/15/2004 08:10 AM, in article
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    Davey Crockett said:
    psycholist said:

    I have a feeling Discovery Communications is going to discover that nobody's
    near as interested in them as they are in the new book. What a shame, eh?

    That new book is putting a Damper on the search for a replacement sponsor I
    would think too.

    What search?

    Discovery Communications announced today that they're taking over the
    sponsorship, despite the new (and fake) Ronde Champ's guarantee that the new
    sponsor was going to be NASCAR.

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  11. psycholist said:

    "Gary" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Bad timing for the news conference, ain't it?

    psycholist said:

    Cyclingnews reports that Lance is in the US for a press conference today

    at

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    3 pm. The suggestion is a group called Discovery Communications (The
    Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, The Travel Channel, etc.) will

    be

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    taking over sponsorship from USPS in 2005.

    I wonder if this will influence OLN. Don't know if they're under that
    umbrella. But surely one of Discovery's channels ought to have some

    great

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    racing coverage.

    Maybe we'll also see TDC and TRCC (The Doping Channel and The Racing

    Clean

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Channel).

    Bob C.

    I have a feeling Discovery Communications is going to discover that nobody's
    near as interested in them as they are in the new book. What a shame, eh?

    I'm far more interested in this because it will probably change how we
    Americans watch cycling, and indeed maybe people the world over...

    -Sonarrat.

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