It is a sad day for any man that grew up in the 70's. Legendary Daredevil Evel Knievel died today, he was 69. I know alot of people think I am silly for admiring a guy that once beat the hell out of a journalist that wrote something bad about him with a baseball bat. And people think I am childlike for holding on to a hero for over 30 years. But, when I was 8 years old, Evel Knievel was the F*$(ing man! I would freak out when he came on ABC's Wide Worlds of Sports, by the way he has the record for the largest Wide World of Sports ever! Thats more than any of Ali's fights. How cool do you think Evel is now, huh? Evel was once asked before his historic attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in his Skycycle, "If someone told you you had a 50-50 chance of living or dieing when you got in that rocket, what would you have said to them?" His respose to the interviewer (Jim Rome) "Do you know who I am?" ONLY Evel Knievel could say that. He then went on to say that there aren't any other "So Called" Daredevils lining up to jump that Canyon. Evel had brass stones.
Thanks Evel.
