Manti Te'o sure has Lance Armstrong beat

January 19, 2013 7:15 PM By ELLIS HENICAN ellis@henican.com

Photo credit: AP | Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o answers a question during an NCAA college football media day in South Bend, Ind. (Aug. 16, 2012)

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Give Lance Armstrong this much credit: At least his story wasn't as preposterous as Manti Te'o's. Admittedly, the Notre Dame fabulist set a pretty high bar.

All Lance wanted us to believe was that, in a sport famously riddled with performance-enhancing drugs, he never once consumed a single banned substance as he pedaled into the Tour de France winner's circle seven straight times.

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