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  • Writer does mental lapse.

    Ms. Schaffer, you have major issues. I'd inquire about your childhood, however after reading your ''work'' I really don't care. You're clearly writing to get a response and that alone is weak. In grade school, my classmate, Jimmy Weber, use to copy his school papers out of a book, or from other students. He didn't write any of his ''work'' ...
    Posted to Five-Ring Circus by svargas on August 27, 2008

  • Dara Torres

    I wrote a post the other day regarding Dara Torres. I started out saying that we should find a tall sturdy branch, saddle her up on a horse, tie a noose around her neck and hang her. Nothing like guilty until proven innocent. Hopefully I won't be too redundant, but here goes. First, this article and others written claiming Torres must be doping ...
    Posted to Five-Ring Circus by dhowls on July 22, 2008

  • Re: Stretching

    Boulanger, you are correct. You have asthma. You use inhalers. You are doping! Of course in the world you live and work there is nothing wrong with the inhaler because it does not give you any fundamental advantage. However, in the world of athletics and particularly in the world of swimming, increased lung and breathing capacity clearly impacts ...
    Posted to Five-Ring Circus by klsfriend on July 20, 2008

  • Dara Torres

    All the pundits opining about whether or not Dara Torres performances are enhanced by drugs or some other forbidden substance betray a real lack of understanding about the many extremely unique facts which apply to her situation: 1. Her Event- she is a sprinter, doing the 50 and perhaps the 100 meter freestyle. These are the shortest events ...
    Posted to Five-Ring Circus by Nick Danger on July 17, 2008

  • Admit it--you WANT her to be a cheater...

    I wish that people would admit the obvious about hit-pieces like this, because they say a lot more about all of us than they do about someone like Dara Torres. The fact of the matter is that most of us WANT her to be a cheater, because we really don't want to accept the fact that hard work, a good diet, and an intelligent workout routine can ...
    Posted to Five-Ring Circus by Frank Probst on July 16, 2008