Following his split with Sheryl Crow, Lance has reportedly been seen spending more and more time living with and at long-time friend Matthew McConaughey’s rented Malibu beach house when he’s in L.A. The resulting telephotos of them together are guaranteed to boil the hormones of female fans — and more than a few men’s as well!
Whether by intention or design rumors began flying about a romance between the three spandex clad hunks, often seen biking together in the hills around Malibu or partying at local bars, even shopping together. Speculation grew even more intense when Armstrong took Gyllenhaal to France with him. They were photographed with each other constantly at Paris’ posh Crillon Hotel, and Lance even arranged for Jake to ride in the Discovery team car with him during the Tour’s time trials. Jake even joked of changing TV channels on Lance, while watching the Tour to catch Tiger Woods win the British Open.
To set the record “straight,” Jake has always been an intense cycling fan. Lance took to the idea immediately when his close friend and an Oscar nominee proposed playing his part in a movie based on Armstrong’s book It’s Not About The Bike.
Jake has been spending an intense amount of time with Lance, trying to learn everything he can about the sports hero. Gyllenhaal is determined to do justice to the cancer survivor’s life story.
The only cloud on the horizon is that apparently Americans don’t seem to be caught up in cycling enough to lay down $20 for a box of popcorn to see the movie.
Of course I could be wrong.
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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.
21 - Jet in Columbus
Clavos, Landis was required to give two samples, which I assumed were given at the same time labeled A and B. They're working on the B sample now.
What puzzles me is that that doping stuff isn't exactly what you'd call fast-acting and you'd think it'd have shown up in his samples before this, or still be in his system now....
22 - Clavos
I think that, at least in the case of Armstrong, the French gunned for him because it pissed them off that he won the Tour so many times, non?
23 - Jet in Columbus
For heaven's sake Clavos, how can you be pissed at the French for being.......French?
24 - Clavos
moi???
25 - Jet in Columbus
Clavos, why would you think quoting Miss Piggy would help you at a time like this???