The doping sin that continues to taint the legends

Last week was a mixed one for former athletes, with Texas coursing through their veins.

Lance Armstrong was born there and Roger Clemens grew up there. Both reached the top of their respective sports and subsequently stayed there longer than was reasonably expected.

Armstrong the cyclist was dragged back under the microscope of the US Anti-Doping Agency on Friday, just days after Clemens, the pitcher nicknamed The Rocket, wriggled out of the hands of the US government, found not guilty of perjury.