I love stupid comedies. One of my favorites – right up there with Idiocracy – is The Goods. Near the end of the movie the main character Don Ready describes how he accidentally killed his best friend car salesman/DJ McDermott. It’s one of the best scenes in the movie. What Happened In Albuquerque from The Goods – watch more funny videos Right about now I bet Lance Armstrong is saying. “I wish I could say I didn’t think it would end this way! But I got to tell you, I always knew it would! Falling to my death, dressed as Abe Lincoln, holding a big, purple dildo!” Well maybe not verbatim, but he knew it must have...

Lionel Birnie tweeted some interesting facts and observations regarding the UCI and how it relates to the judgement against Landis. I Storified them for your education. [View the story "Swiss court rules against Landis - Birnie's Tweets" on...

Not to sound like a grumpy old man, but back in the day if you wanted to watch Tour de France coverage you waited until the weekend for Wide World of Sports updates. Now we watch many European races and all the major domestic cycling races live on the web. Cycling broadcasts have expanded from just races. The smart riders are leveraging social media and getting their message out on the Internet. This brings more bang for the buck for advertisers who are embracing the video format. I spoke to several companies at Interbike and they look for video content in addition to the typical print medium. Rapha-Focus’ Jeremy Powers is continuing...

With every press release and every rumor I hear it is becoming obvious that the public is going to have to re-evaluate their heroes. In his well known book, “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” Joseph Campbell lays out the stages for transformation into a hero. It starts with a the hero in the ordinary world and who is then “called to adventure.” There are 12 steps (called the monomyth) ending with “the resurrection” and returning home. These steps build up the myth and a fantastic storyline. This gradual transformation and plot is most famously seen in the Star Wars movies and the technique is taught in creative writing classes. As...

USA Cycling announced in a press release that George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie individually asked to be taken out of the Olympic selection pool. Looking at the list of names one commonality sticks out: they were all members of the US Postal team. USADA’s charging letter to Armstrong states they have “multiple riders with firsthand knowledge” that will testify that the seven-time Tour de France champion used EPO amoung other performance enhancing drugs. There has been much speculation about who those multiple riders are. A couple of obvious picks are Floyd Landis and Tyler Hamilton. You can...