Maple Syrup

all the cancer survivors around the world. Everything I do off the bike would go away, too," Armstrong

said then. "And don't think for a second I don't understand that. It's not about money for me. Everything.

It's also about the faith that people have put in me over the years. So all of that would be

erased."Information from ESPN Sports Business Insider Darren Rovell and The Associated Press

in part, because he didn't want to keep answering doping questions.USADA reacted quickly

and treated Armstrong's decision as an admission of guilt, hanging the label of drug cheat

on an athlete who was a hero to thousands for overcoming l| ESPN DallasCuban, during an appearance Tuesday morning on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM's "Ben & Skin Show," said r cancer and for his foundation's support for cancer research."I'm sick of this,"

Armstrong said in 2005. "Sitting here today, dealing with all

this stuff again, knowing if I were to go back, there's no way I could get a fair shake

-- on the roadside, in doping control,

or the labs."Three years later, Armstrong was 36 and itching to ride again. He came back to finish third in

was used in this report. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban quickly moved on from the club's failed bid to land point guard Deron Williams

. But he's holding a grudge against Jason Kidd, the championship point guard who them.But he

surprisingly backed out on a deal to return and signed with the New York Knicks.Taylormight be

: Cuban Kidding About WilliamsTo suggest the Mavs are better off without Deron Williams

than with him is to insult the intelligence the Mavs actually

Armstrong said he wouldn't take performance enhancing

of the fans, Jean-Jacques Taylor writes. StoryMavericks Blog

I often use maple syrup as a cocktail ingredient in place of simple syrup.  For example substituting it in a Tom Collins, turns it into a Maple Collins.  Fun to do sometimes.

No plans for that right now. Sorry!