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Gravely ill New York Yankees fan, 16: Cut Lance Armstrong a little slack - ESPN New York
As librarians everywhere transfer his bestsellers to the fiction shelves, Lance Armstrong is finally facing a mountain he might never climb. He has cheated, and he has lied, and he has intimidated and bullied enough truth tellers to put a mob family to shame.
The cyclist is running dangerously low on friends as he gears up for the airing of his Oprah Winfrey interview, and his gross misconduct on and off the course has rightfully left him exposed to the dizzying haymakers being thrown his way. You can call the greatest of Tour de France winners a loser, a fraud, or a Bernie Madoff on wheels.
Only you can't call him any of those things to Kevin Cordasco, a 16-year-old Yankees fan and gravely ill cancer patient from Calabasas, Calif., who has spent six years fighting for his life.