The first thing to note in all this is that Lance Armstrong (34), Matthew McConaughey (36) and Jake Gyllenhaal (25) are really good friends and bike buddies, and have been for years.
Jake Gyllenhaal (an avid cyclist) has put himself into rigorous training in an all-out bid to play Lance Armstrong in a possible Sony movie of the 
7-time Tour de France winner’s life. In fact, word in Hollywood is that it’s more than just “possible” and that method-actor Jake already has a lock on the role, which is why Gyllenhaal has been spending so much time with Armstrong lately.
Despite that, Jake seems to be playing with his fans, using his success from Brokeback Mountain to get advance publicity and maybe start some very interesting gay 3-way romantic rumors. What’s even more surprising is that his two best pals Armstrong and McConaughey seem to be playing along!
What intensified all the speculation was when Lance Armstrong appeared on stage at Hollywood’s Kodak Theater with his two friends in the audience. On camera at the ESPY awards last month to accept his 4th c
onsecutive "Best Male Athlete" award, he good-naturedly began crudely ribbing Jake, introducing him to the audience as his very good friend and then pausing with a frown to ask Gyllenhaal why he was sitting up front when he thought Jake liked it “in the rear.”
Then he introduced McConaughey as his friend of seven years and pointed out that Matt was the most recent People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. Suddenly glancing over at Jake like a jealous lover, Lance sternly reprimanded him by pointing at himself and warning Gyllenhaal that his eyes belonged only on Armstrong! Click the link above to watch a clip of the actual interplay.
As a result, sports betting websites like Bodog began laying 3 to 1 odds that Gyllenhaal’s next paparazzi captured kiss would be with Armstrong. Gyllenhaal and McConaughey got 2 to 1 odds. On the other hand, a smooch between Jake and on-again off-again girlfriend Natalie Portman only got 1 in 3!
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— go to most recent comments1 - Jet in Columbus
Thanks Matt!!!!!!!
2 - Jet in Columbus
Mr. Sussman, I just noticed the link to the betting site you added. Much appreciated sir!
Carus deus, quis have ego commissio?
Jet
3 - chantal
I'll definitely pay $20 to see that ;)
4 - Matthew T. Sussman
Since I read a lot of sports news, I had never heard these rumors before, and it was just a matter of fact-checking. I figured others would have the same problemo.
Lance didn't divorce either of his wives because he was gay, it was because -- to steal a line from Bill Scheft -- he kept finishing 7 minutes ahead of them.
Romanes Eunt Domus
5 - Jet in Columbus
Chantal!!! Get you mind out of the gutter damn it, there isn't room bot BOTH of us!
6 - Jet in Columbus
Matt #5-Thanks I guess that's why they pay you the big bucks. I absolutely recommend checking out the link to the ESPY awards
You have to know he nervously rehearsed that a zillion times, but it looks like he was joking off the top of his head.
Too bad he can't play himself in the latter part of the movie!
7 minutes huh?
Carus deus, quis have ego commissio?
Jet
7 - Jet in Columbus
Chris, out of curisity, is there a set time or reason the comments section suddenly disappears?
8 - Christopher Rose
Sorry, Jet, I don't understand you; the comments are always there... except when nobody's reading them, of course!
9 - Jet in Columbus
At the moment I'm typing this, there are only 7 on the screen the bottom is blank, is it my computer?
10 - Matthew T. Sussman
The best part of those ESPY Awards was the Will Ferrell song about Lance Armstrong.
It wasn't the skit so much that made my night, it was the fact that the moment after Ferrell made a Paris Hilton joke, they panned to Matt Leinart in the audience.
I know it's on YouTube somewhere. But that was priceless -- even more so because it's a recorded episode.
11 - Christopher Rose
It might be a memory thing, Jet - do you have a lot of windows open?
12 - Jet in Columbus
I had my living room window open for a while, but it got to hot so I closed it Chris.
13 - Clavos
Jet, Every now and then, when I switch from one BC thread to another, not all the comments show until I refresh the new thread a second time. I'm running Firefox and sometimes have as many as 12 or 13 BC threads open in tabs--that's when it usually happens.
BTW, Lance Armstrong is one of my modern (as opposed to historical) heroes. I hope the accusations about drugs prove to be BS.
14 - Jet in Columbus
Mr. Sussman-here is your link and thanks again...
15 - Jet in Columbus
Clavos #13 I thought they had been already?
Carus deus, quis have ego commissio?
Jet
16 - duane
How do you say "Good grief" in Latin?
17 - Clavos
Maybe I'm confused (it wouldn't be unprecedented!), but I thought a new round had started in the last few weeks?
18 - Jet in Columbus
Duane #16 Good=bonus.....grief=moeror
19 - Jet in Columbus
Clavos#17 On Lance?
20 - Clavos
That's what I thought, but maybe I'm confusing it with the Landis thing.