Mad Magazine is about to release their end of year magazine “The 20 Dumbest” by the end of December. And to nobody’s surprise the cover-boy of the magazine, Alfred e. Neuman, is depicted as the US cyclist Armstrong.
The USADA report charged Lance Armstrong with the intake of performance enhancing drugs and stripped him off of his seven Tour de France titles. They also deduced that Armstrong had committed the most “sophisticated” crime in the history of this sports industry. A number of teammates of Armstrong gave their testimonies against him and it led to show that Armstrong forced some of his teammates to take the banned drugs along with him.
Armstrong himself stated a few days back that the reports of the USADA failed to move him as he knew what was coming. He remained silent in the face of the report. Incidentally, Armstrong stopped his legal fight long ago saying that he didn’t want to get on with it because no matter what, the USADA and some people would fight to prove him guilty. Though he stopped his fight, but he consistently went on telling that he was not guilty of taking any kind of illegal drugs. But after the reports were published he didn’t speak a word in favor of himself.
Editor of the Mad Magazine, John Ficarra, told that they thought of Joe Jackson to feature the front page. But then ESPN emphasized on Armstrong to be depicted on the front page and he agreed. He thinks what Armstrong did is a shame and he is a real cheater. He cheated on the game, on his fans, on his teammates and even on himself. So according to Ficarra, Lance Armstrong is a nice choice to feature on the first page of the “20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2012”. But he doesn’t forget Shoeless Joe! He said he would be their next year’s target!