But we don't know these people. How many reminders do we need that we don't know these people? They're human, and they're cutthroat, and they'll do anything to gain an advantage. I'm not saying Landis is guilty...I don't believe we'll ever really know that for sure. It's possible his testicles are simply producing an undo amount of testosterone these days (one look at his wife, Amber, and I can understand why). But it's also possible that he wore a testosterone patch around his balls that fateful Wednesday night, as he stewed believing he'd lost the Tour. How can we ever know for sure?

Landis may clear his name, at least nominally. He may get to keep his Tour title. But the specter of drugs is there, and it's pretty well ruined all the exhilaration Landis created over the last month. We're back here at Ground Zero, where all athletes are selfish assholes who don't give a crap about anything but themselves and their own success. The truth is: we never left. So why do I get so surprised and heartbroken when this stuff keeps happening? Why do we all?

NFL Training Camps are finally here. Can you give us a couple of season over/under bets for team wins that you think have a good chance of coming through? Any numbers on the season-win over/under board that look like sucker bets to you?

BoDog Bookmakers, BoDog.com: Detroit Lions to go Over 7 wins on the season. One word about the Lions that should make people pay attention to them: schedule! The Lions open up at home versus the NFC champion Seahawks, but after that they only play two playoff teams from last year. Teams change a lot in the NFL during the offseason and the Lions appear to have gotten much better. They've added Jon Kitna, who is a very capable quarterback, and offensive coordinator Mike Martz, who engineered all of those explosive St. Louis Rams' teams. On paper, the Lions look like a lock to be a .500 team - at least.