Comments on: HBO Real Sports features Millar, Vaughters in “Clean Slate”

By: cg

cg — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:04:20 +0000

Adam - I completely agree with you. The editorial and unsubstantiated attack on Lance at the end tainted what, up to that point, was a fairly good piece.

By: Adam Austin

Adam Austin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:04:50 +0000

I loved the piece. David’s story really is a microcosm of life with it’s ups and downs. Our values are tested all of the time and redemption is always around the corner.

I did not like the closing chat with Gumbel and Frankel. The comment about Lance turned me the wrong way. It was a very passive aggresive accusation of Lance doping to win his 7 tours. They could not understand why cycling fans still consider him a hero. They put him in the same catagory as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemmons.

They spent so much time focusing on Garmin-Chipotle and the future of the sport, only to end by dragging out the skeletons of cyclings past. The closing demonstrated to me they really don’t get it, and they are still looking just looking for a villian.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Nice piece, as MSM goes. I think that closing chat between Gumbel and Frankel shows that people are getting the picture.

By: Joel Price

Joel Price — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:57:43 +0000

Yeah, I’m looking for a copy myself. HBO Real Sports puts some of their shows on iTunes but not all of them. So we will see.

By: stevboss

stevboss — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:22:43 +0000

anyone able to get a copy so we can watch this in the uk?

cheers