Everyone hates Lance Armstrong. If you want to pile on the guy, the timing has never been better. And that’s good news for the U.S. Department of Justice, which today joined a suit against Armstrong originally filed by former teammate Floyd Landis, alleging Armstrong defrauded the government through leading a doping program among U.S. cyclists. But is the government’s involvement a good thing?

Things have been bad for Lance Armstrong lately, but at least it seemed like he was going to get away with the whole “being an awful bully” thing. That’s not the case anymore: he’s under criminal investigation. Details, after the jump.

Yeah, much of last night was dominated by a guy everyone hates talking about why everyone hates him, but there was also more fun stuff happening. Stuff like a pretty damn awesome Heat-Lakers game. Let’s break it all down.

Lance Armstrong told Oprah he is both a jerk and a humanitarian. Here are some other things he said in the interview, airing now.

Per Rick Reilly’s own admission, he’s been defending Lance Armstrong for years. In spite of the boatloads of accusations and evidence, Reilly has lived by Lance’s word – which, of course, seems ironic, when Armstrong’s word was the only thing standing between himself and a guilty juicing verdict. Well that and a ton of passed drug tests, but athletes circumventing drug tests isn’t anything new these days.

Oprah interviewed Lance Armstrong, and in the interview, he admitted to doping. You know this, even though it hasn’t aired yet, but you’ll still watch it anyway. Will you watch two nights’ worth?

Over the weekend, reports came out that Lance Armstrong would admit to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. The interview, however, was preempted by a brief Armstrong visit to Livestrong, the foundation from which he resigned in November. According to an anonymous source, Armstrong apologized and shed a few tears, but did not admit to doping outright.

From Fox News: “The legendary cyclist’s decision to admit to Oprah Winfrey that he used illegal performance-enhancing drugs to dominate the sport could cost him far more than his reputation, as a host of parties are queuing up to sue the fallen cycling star who made millions for himself and his cancer charity.”

What do you report when there is no story? The possibility that there might be a story soon maybe. Such is the story surrounding reports that Lance Armstrong may admit to doping allegations in an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Today in unsurprising news, an Italian judge says that cycling’s doping culture hasn’t improved. However, the dude also offered a lot of insight into the culture. Details, after the jump.