Wanky chimes in on the book, from which the
30 for 30 was drawn
http://pvcycling.wordpress.com/.../shaming-the-badger/ Quote:
I just finished reading “Slaying the Badger” by Richard Moore. It is the most gripping, exciting, blah, blah, blah, blah about cycling that shows the drama, intrigue, and gritty blah, blah, blah of the human blah. Every time I finish reading a book about bicycles I smash out the windows, kick the dog, and swear that I’ll never, ever read one again. Until the next time.
Then I pass it on to a close friend as the ultimate measure of passive aggression.
Anyway, “Slaying the Badger,” which is well written and not completely uninteresting, reveals some shocking, little known facts about Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond. For example:
- Hinault was not a nice person.
- LeMond was a whiny little bitch.
- Winning the Tour is hard.
- Cycling is hard.
- Hard races are won by hard men.
- Hardy, har, har
The book was so successful that ESPN made it into a full-length motion picture of 30 minutes, which is 29 minutes longer than the attention span of the very smartest football fan. So basically, now that it’s a video, no one will ever read the book.
There's more, but I won't spoil it here
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