When journalist , the chief sports writer for the
Sunday Times and the author of and , needed
a title for his new book about the he鈥檚 spent trying to expose
Lance Armstrong鈥檚 doping, he took to Twitter. 鈥淭hinking about title
for this last book on LA, have not come up with anything. So okay it's over to
you – 1 or 2-word title, 3 or 4 max,鈥 .
Responses came streaming in. Some were
good. Some made little sense at all. Walsh kept a running tab of his
favorites and responded to them. Here鈥檚 a short list, including the tweet announcing the winner, Seven Deadly Sins.
“Filthy Shades of Bullshit is still
funniest but Miracle, My Arse is up there, Liar, Liar, Lance is Higher is
subtly funny. LiAr is another.”
“Others to consider: Truth In Remission,
Sir Lance Lied A Lot, Lance Edgar and Me, Silence Of The Lance, Winning – It's
In The Blood.”
鈥淭he two funniest were Fifty Shades of
Bullshit and The Legend of Blagger Lance and if I'd had to go with a one-word
title, then – STRIPPED.鈥
鈥淕ot to tell ,
you got it. Seven Deadly Sins, obviously with the name Lance Armstrong in
there. I think it's got something.鈥
Simon and Schuster will release the
book on December 13. If you鈥檙e wondering how Walsh might approach the story,
here鈥檚 a hint: 鈥淧ulling book together is interesting,
a reminder of mistakes, lost innocence and how in the end my heroes weren't the
ones on the podium.鈥
鈥擩oe Spring