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The Devil In Evel Knievel
Daredevil Evel Knievel was an irresistible cocktail of bravery, masculinity, and audacity. He certainly had his share of young men as fans, and they looked up to him in a way that went beyond ...
Knievel attempted to clear the 1,600-foot-wide chasm not on a flying motorcycle, but in a small rocket. No sooner did Evel’s “Sky-Cycle” blast off from the launch ramp than its parachutes ...
All you need to know about how complicated a character Evel Knievel was can be drawn from the following comments. Asked what Knievel would think about the new Being Evel documentary, which opens ...
But the attempt remained an object of fascination. In 2016, a Hollywood stuntman, Eddie Braun, recreated Knievel’s jump with a rocket he named “Evel Spirit,” designed by engineer Scott Truax.
Among the many firsts in the storied career of 1970s daredevil Evel Knievel -- the lines of cars, casino fountains and desert canyons he jumped, or nearly jumped, on his motorcycle -- one is too ...
Calling Evel Knievel The great daredevil, who died last week, leaped across canyons -- and into our imaginations. I love the guy, even if he did hang up on me.
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Riding Evel Knievel’s Legendary Dragster
Step inside the seat of Evel Knievel’s iconic wheelie dragster and discover what made this wild ride a legend in motorsports history.
In “Evel Live,” airing Sunday (8-11 p.m.) from Las Vegas on History, Pastrana will pay homage to the godfather of action sports, Evel Knievel, by attempting three of Knievel’s iconic jumps.
I wrote Johnny Knoxville's first Hollywood story in the '90s and can recall it like yesterday when I got hold of an underground VCR tape being circulated around Hollywood.
Evel Knievel On Tour covered Knievel’s failed Snake River jump. The author was one of the promoters of that event, and he promoted other events that included an Ali vs. Frazier boxing match.
Forty years ago, Evel Knievel strapped himself into a rocket and tried to fly over Idaho’s immense Snake River Canyon. He didn’t make it. But the stunt launched his lunacy into legend and ...
Evel Knievel died in 2007. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File) FILE - Daredevil Robbie Knievel is backlit in flames as he jumps over 24 delivery trucks, a 200 foot gap, at Kings Island amusement ...