By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 11, 2010
God this is ugly. The guy who ratted out Sam Brown, the once-celeb freeride mountain biker who hanged himself after being arrested in a drug sting last year — the guy who ratted him out was himself a major drug kingpin. And he ratted Sam Brown out in return for a promise of immunity from [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, This Day in Doping | Tagged helicopter drug running, new world disorder III, sam brown, sam brown hamster wheel
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 18, 2009
MTBR’s Top Ten YouTube MTB vids: My faves of the list: Chris Duncan showing how to jump, good stuff. He’s right about the elbows. The Klunkerz clip. No. 1 is the much viewed Danny MacAskill urban trials clip. The others are mostly flash and crash. Somehow the list missed my No. 1, the Hans Rey/Steve [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Videos | Tagged Chris Duncan, Danny MacAskill, Hans Rey, klunkerz, mountain bike videos, Pete Fagerlin, sam brown, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 13, 2009
Confessed doper and former King of the Mountains winner Bernhard Kohl continues to name names. The latest: physician Marc Schmidt, team doctor, who “oversaw the doping practices.” Schmidt vehemently denied the charges. And the beat goes on… Unconvinced that the 2009 Tour de France was as squeaky clean as it seemed, French prosecutors are opening [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, This Day in Doping | Tagged bernhard kohl, cycling doping, lance armstrong, mark schmidt, rolling stone, sam brown, Team Astana
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 16, 2009
Revelstoke Times: “We heard that he was in jail one minute and the next, he died,” said a soft-spoken Lou Brown, who indicated he has trouble understanding how his son ended up dead while in a ‘suicide-proof’ jail cell. “[The jailers,] they’re supposed to be responsible for your life.” We talked previously about the wild [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged 3 feet please, Culture, e-scooter, internal gearing, Mountain Biking, nude cycling, sam brown