Who is the dope here?

What do war on terror, Mike Huckabee's bid for the White House and drugs in sport have in common?

Well as well as being the only thing on CNN for the last two weeks they are all hopeless battles, with no winners and lots of losers.

Once again drugs in sport is big news. Roger Clemens, perhaps the greatest pitcher in baseball history testified yesterday in front of the US Congress that he had never taken steroids.

Then his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee came in, sat two seats away from him and testified that he administered Human Growth Hormone to him repeatedly while both worked for the New York Yankees.

The penalty for lying to congress under oath is 5 years in the big house. Federal big house. One of them is risking a hell of a lot.

In the last few days the winner of last year's Tour de France Alberto Cantador will not ride this year Tour as his team, Astana, have been banned for multiple indiscretions on doping rules.

In the UK the strange witch hunt of Dwain Chambers continues. Yes he took drugs, yes he admitted it. He served his ban and now is back. This is hardly a new phenomenon in athletics. If you dont him to represent Great Britain, chnage the rules and ban him for life. If not shut up and let him run. Reading some of the comments about him in some media he is less popular than Yoko Ono and Heather Mills at a Beatles convention.

But I am as guilty as the rest of them. Come July I will watch the Tour and pretend it is all legit. I will stay up to watch Major League Baseball as soon as it starts and I will support, yep you guessed, the Yankees.

And I will certainly take some time off work to watch the drugs and spandex fest that is the Summer Olympics.

I am an addict, a victim. I have an ability to put all the wrong stuff out of my mind and enjoy the spectacle. I have to hit rock bottom apparantly before I can make a recovery. I am not there yet.

Say a prayer for me Roger. And I will say one for you if you get sent up the river.

Thanks for the good times.