My name is jan mason. And i didnt ive been that we all like to know things we like to be in the know but whats paramount importance for an investigative journalist is to know when we dont know something. And im guessing thats true for our historians to Buzz Bissinger is not a military man. He grew up raised by World War Two veteran. But like so many World War Two vets, his dad, not one to regale the family with war stories around the dinner table. Buzz doesnt have firsthand stories or even secondhand stories about. War to share. But what he does have is an extortion naturally inquisitive mind, a mind that changed the landscape of sports forever. In 1990, with publication of friday night lights ushering in a new era in genre. I think about it those investigative sports documentaries that we all love, they started to show up after 1990. What this mans mind apart is his infinite ability ask but why. Asking that kind of question about its complicated. Asking that kind of question about the
All like to know things we like to be in the know but whats paramount importance for an investigative journalist is to know when we dont know something. And im guessing thats true for our historians to Buzz Bissinger is not a military man. He grew up raised by World War Two veteran. But like so many World War Two vets, his dad, not one to regale the family with war stories around the dinner table. Buzz doesnt have firsthand stories or even secondhand stories about. War to share. But what he does have is an extortion naturally inquisitive mind, a mind that changed the landscape of sports forever. In 1990, with publication of friday night lights ushering in a new era in genre. I think about it those investigative sports documentaries that we all love, they started to show up after 1990. What this mans mind apart is his infinite ability ask but why. Asking that kind of question about its complicated. Asking that kind of question about the battle of okinawa. My goodness. In the mosquito bo
My name is jan mason. And i didnt ive been that we all like to know things we like to be in the know but whats paramount importance for an investigative journalist is to know when we dont know something. And im guessing thats true for our historians to Buzz Bissinger is not a military man. He grew up raised by World War Two veteran. But like so many World War Two vets, his dad, not one to regale the family with war stories around the dinner table. Buzz doesnt have firsthand stories or even secondhand stories about. War to share. But what he does have is an extortion naturally inquisitive mind, a mind that changed the landscape of sports forever. In 1990, with publication of friday night lights ushering in a new era in genre. I think about it those investigative sports documentaries that we all love, they started to show up after 1990. What this mans mind apart is his infinite ability ask but why. Asking that kind of question about its complicated. Asking that kind of question about the
No, he was an international hero. A seven timeTour De France winner, the usain bolt of his sport. Not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. Yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. But armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didnt admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. Joining me is the daily beasts Buzz Bissinger and Sports Editor for the nation dave zirin. Buzz, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for newsweek entitled i still believe in Lance Armstrong, and yet last night his interview with Oprah Winfrey began with a series of yes and no questions. Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance . Yes. Yes or no
Extra power or linebacker hoping for some extra muscle. No, Lance Armstrong was an international hero. A seven timeTour De France winner, the usain bolt of his sport. Not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. Yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. But armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didnt admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. Joining me is the daily beasts Buzz Bissinger and Sports Editor for the nation dave zirin. Buzz, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for newsweek entitled i still believe in Lance Armstrong, and yet last night his interview with Oprah Winfrey began with a series of yes and no questions. Did you ever take b