Chris Froome became the second Briton to win the Tour de France in as many years last weekend.

Almost immediately, he was quoted as saying, "This is one yellow jersey that will stand the test of time."

It is safe to assume he was referring to the performance enhancing drug scandals that have dogged the cycling world for the last, oh, twenty years and not the projected lifespan of his canary colored t-shirt.

The weekend prior, track and field was rocked, again, by yet more failed drug tests amongst its elite, further whittling the credibility of a sport once considered amongst the royalty of sport.

(Right up there with horseracing and boxing.)

Tyson Gay, the top American caught up in track's latest debacle, the owner of the best time in the 100 meters this year and possibly the person best positioned to take down Usain Bolt at the world championships later this summer, issued a classy and refreshingly responsible statement in which he said, "I don't have a sabotage story. I don't have any lies. I don't have anything to say to make this seem like it was a mistake."

Oh, hallelujah! A professional athlete who'd gotten caught pushing the bounds of the clearly defined rules of his sport finally, finally showing some personal accountability for what is, really, at the end of the day, no different than a twelve year old who writes the answers to his seventh grade history test on his hand the period before and tries to squirrel his way to a passing grade.

Thank goodness. Tyson Gay was going to tell us the buck stopped with hi….

What? Oh. There's more to Tyson Gay's statement?

Ah… Well then. Please, proceed.

"I basically put my trust in someone and I was let down."

Nuts.

Meanwhile, over in Major League Baseball, the Biogenesis scandal continues to grind along with MLB taking its sweet time to sort through the documents, records and cooperating witnesses at its disposal. Ryan Braun, a former National league MVP, will reportedly accept a suspension for the rest of this regular- and post-season, should the Brewers advance. Alex Rodriguez, another former league MVP and perhaps the worst Yankee signing in a long history of them, is the biggest remaining name on the list, but by no means the only recognizable one. According to the Chicago Tribune, Jhonny Peralta, Nelson Cruz and Bartolo Colon also find themselves in the crosshairs. Perhaps as many as a dozen other players will face disciplinary action when the dust finally settles.

And the NFL, you ask?

Well, the good news (and you can bet Roger Goodell thinks it's good news) is that training camp is just around the corner, with teams preparing themselves for the start of the 2013 season.

Which should, hopefully, draw a little of the attention away from the police blotter of an off-season that we've all been witness to so far this year. Since the calendar flipped from 2012 to 2013, actually, fully 40 players have been arrested for crimes as varied as marijuana possession, DUI (one player, Cody Grimm, of Tampa Bay, was arrested right here in Leesburg), possession of an offensive weapon, criminal mischief, child abuse and, of course, the big winner, attempted murder.

And, to top it all off, just Monday reports leaked that Denver's talented All-Pro linebacker Von Miller will miss the first four games of the regular season for violating the league's drug policy.

Miller's response?

"I know I did nothing wrong."

Phew.

Not to be outdone, and to remind everyone that it's not just players riding the dopey train to jackwagon town, two front office personnel for the Broncos are each serving suspensions after being arrested and charged with DUI.

Thank goodness Phil Mickleson won The Open Championship this past weekend. If you thought it was bad when Andy Murrary won Wimbledon, can you imagine the right and proper "huzzah!" if Lee Westwood had won the British?

Followed only 24 hours later by a royal baby, a boy nonetheless, being born?

Gadzooks.

Back here at home, RGIII has gotten a clean bill of health from Dr. James "Beanie" Andrews which, I suppose, abdicates Andrews of all responsibility for allowing Griffin to risk his life on a bum leg in the first place.

With training camp almost underway, you should take a moment to drive by the new and über-fancy training and headquarters facilities at Redskins Park in Ashburn. Heck, you should park your car, walk up to the front door and ask for a guided tour.

You helped pay for it, after all. The renovations and improvements to facilities here and in Richmond (where the 'Skins were wooed to hold training camp) totaled approximately $40 million; taxpayers footed the bill for about $6.5 million of that, with Loudoun residents chipping in $2 million.

Why the team, which plays professionally in Maryland and constantly fluffs officials in DC in hopes of yet another new stadium, should be getting $2 million from a county that's unwilling to see tax increases to pay for rising infrastructure demands (think roads and education; don't get me started on the hand-wringing around Metro) is a fascinating question, and one to which General Manager Bruce Allen responded thusly.

''As a payroll,'' he said, ''we're one of the largest businesses in the commonwealth."