No one, mind you, has reported seeing Landis with a patch or any other testosterone product.
What? You mean he wasn't standing out in the town square with a testosterone patch on his nuts yelling, "Hey everyone! Look at me! I'm doping!"
Kasilof biathlete Jay Hakkinen -- the best American athlete no one has ever heard of -- could have used the latter drug. It might have brought him an Olympic medal in Turin; he was that close. But Hakkinen doesn't drug. I don't think any of the Alaska Olympians do, but there's no way to know for certain.
What the hell kind of homer statement is this? Alaskan athletes don't dope because... well, because they're from Alaska? Had I been his editor I would have done him the favor of deleting this paragraph.
In fact, one of the world's top authorities on testosterone later seemed to say there are no indications it helps recovery.
Then why is it on the list of banned substances? To believe that testosterone doesn't help recovery is moronic.
Landis, of course, told others about this conversation with Lemond. How could (he) not?
By keeping his mouth shut? Maybe?
Look, Landis told his friend, a guy he's known for years. Landis knew him well enough to understand that he wouldn't keep his mouth shut. And then to sit there while this friend called Lemond on the phone? Making what a least seemed a veiled threat? To sit there and let it happen? To not stop it?
At what point does Landis' moral compass kick in? At what point does his brain kick in?
Lemond is right. That event is very telling of Landis' character. As is his obviously doped performance on stage 17. He is a pile of **** and an idiot.
Think what you will of Lemond, but he didn't deserve to be outed.