Lance Armstrong made an emergency trip to a Colorado-area hospital recently.
Oh wait, it was Colorado State University’s veterinary hospital, and the patient was Armstrong’s nine-month-old puppy, Rex, who needed open-heart surgery to replace a defective valve.
Whew…glad that crisis is over.
Is this really what it’s come to? Do we really need to see stories on ESPN about athletes’ pets? Better yet, does Lance Armstrong really need to have a story like this show up on newswires across the country? What a joke. Why does this have to be reported? Who gives a crap? Are we really so star-struck that we need to be fed stories about celebrity pets?
This may seem like a petty, pointless rant, but I’m so fed up with the outrageous attention devoted to celebrities these days. Lance proposes to Sheryl Crow and it’s all over the news. Lance goes on a bike ride and everyone’s writing about a possible return at next year’s Tour. And now, Lance takes his dog to the vet and some hack from the AP writes about it. Even worse, ESPN picks up the damn story.
Oh, and I know you’re worried about Rex’s condition. I was too. But the surgery was a success, and thank God ESPN and the AP were there to give us the story.
