[Mr. Bird]

What do you expect from a female sportswriter?

[beelzepug]

"What do you expect from a female sportswriter?"

You beat me to it and I suppose I'll be scourged for saying this, but why isn't she writing a cooking column and leaving the sports writing to a MAN? I will now duck under my desk.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

And then she goes on to rip on Lance Armstrong!

My sister Julie and I stopped in the Nike store on Michigan Ave. Sunday. When did it become the Lance Armstrong store?

T-shirts, tank tops, jerseys, huge banners -- Nike has gone all out for the Tour De Lance. Does anyone care?

I thought about buying a black Armstrong tank top. My sister talked me out of it.

''Why would you want a Lance Armstrong shirt?'' she said.

Besides the fact that it was cute, I couldn't think of a reason.

He's only a cancer survivor who is attempting to win an unprecedented 6th Tour de France (arguably one of the toughest events in sports).