Red Sox Season

The Red Sox have made it to 12 World Series since the team was started in 1901. They won 8 World Series Championships out of the 12 they played in. I am predicting that they will make it far this season because the team won the World Series last year. The Red Sox will go far into the playoffs this season due to their previous winnings. I have a good feeling that they will also make it to the World Series once again and make this their 13th time entering the World Series and the 9th win for them in the World Series. I am also predicting that the Red Sox will make it to the World Series with The St Louis Cardinals again because their teams were clearly the best. The Cardinals have won the World Series 11 times in their total career. The Red Sox beat them last year and they have also played each other a few more times in the past. I predict the Red Sox will win the World Series for 2014.

Lance Armstrong and His Not So Good News

          Lance Armstrong WAS one of the best cyclists ever to ride a bike. I say WAS one of the bests because he was recently stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and his bronze medal from the Olympics back from when he won in 2000. After years of denial, he finally came clean about his use of illegal drugs that helped him win everything. He admitted to using erythropoietin , testosterone, cortisone, human growth hormones, illegal blood transfusions, and other blood doping. Armstrong stated that he would not have been able to win any of his titles without his use of illegal drugs to better his performance. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released over 1,000 pages of evidence in doping allegations against Armstrong. He should have been caught a long time ago if they have that much evidence. 

          This sport will keep a close eye on the athletes from now on and prevent anything like this from happening ever again. Every athlete should be examined or drug tested for these enhancers because it is an unfair advantage that will eventually catch up to the user in the end just like Lance Armstrong. The idea is to preserve the integrity of the competition. Many athletes have given up the sport because they were not the best anymore and refused to use steroids and performance enhancement drugs. If people need drugs to make them better at a sport, then they should not be competing in that sport because clearly they are not good enough and they do not have any confidence in themselves to win and think they can win.