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It was 1970 and a daredevil arrived in Milwaukee on an important mission - to sell himself and his brand of entertainment to Harley-Davidson. He brought with him his first wife, two sons, a movie projector and a reel of film. He met with John Davidson, a grandson of the firm's co-founder, and another Harley official, Tom Platz. He rolled the film, a 15-minute montage of his greatest hits - and misses. The executives watched as the reel unspooled and displayed, up close and very personal, the bumps, scrapes, bruises and breaks endured by the daredevil who could make motorcycles...

Attention All FReepers. I have free tickets for all FReepers to the Veterans Day Robbie Knievel Stunt Show at Land Shark Statium, formerly Dolphin Stadium, in Miami. In honor of all American Veterans, Robbie, son of legendary motorcycle stunt driver Evil Knievel, will attempt to jump over 1200 ACORN supporters in a Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer. Negotiations are underway with the Department of the Army to replace the Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer with an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, but we are not sure of the outcome of those negotiations. D-9 or M1A1; with 1200 ACORNinans, it should be a great show!...

(Joe Tessitore and Mark Schlereth will host ESPN's New Year No Limits, Monday, Dec. 31, at 11:15 pm ET.) More than 44 million people flew to Vegas this past year. Robbie Maddison plans on being the first to fly over Vegas this New Year. The motocross star is ready to jump the Rio football field. You didn't know that the Rio Hotel Casino had a football field? It doesn't. But thanks to Robbie's guts and glory it will on New Year's Eve. You didn't know somebody could jump end zone to end zone? Neither did anyone else. "I want to...

Victim of Evel Knievel Bat Attack in 1977 Intends to Collect Money From Daredevil's Estate Of all the bones Evel Knievel broke over the years, the costliest may have been the left arm of a PR man by the name of Shelly Saltman. Saltman won $12.75 million in damages against Knievel after the motorcycle daredevil attacked him with a baseball bat in 1977 in a rage over a book Saltman had written about the showman. With interest, the still-uncollected sum has grown to more than $100 million by Saltman's estimate, and he intends to try to collect it. "We are...

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69. Daredevil motorcyclist Evel Knievel is seen in 1977 in the Warner Bros. film “Viva Knievel!” Knievel's death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs. Knievel had undergone a liver transplant in 1999 after nearly dying of hepatitis C, likely contracted through a blood transfusion after...

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TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Evel Knievel may have finally met his match. And he's not going to clear this hurdle. Renowned for his death-defying stunts, Knievel has now landed in major medical trouble. He says his doctors give him three to five years to live. Knievel suffers from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a condition that scars the lungs, replacing the air sacs with scar tissue. As the scars form, the tissue becomes thicker, reducing the lung's ability to absorb oxygen. There is no cure. "I feel pretty good, but there just isn't enough air on this Earth for me compared to...

An ESPN caption under a photo of motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel and two women, declaring that "you're never too old to be a pimp,'' was a lighthearted use of teen slang, not a potentially libelous criminal charge, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Knievel, 66, and his wife, Krystal, one of the women in the photo, sued ESPN for libel after the photo appeared on the sports network's Web site. But in a 2-1 ruling, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge's dismissal of the suit. In a display that was obviously composed in a satiric...

'Captain' Robbie Kneviel son of famed daredevil Evel Knievel last night jumped over two helcopters and five planes on the deck of the USS Intrepid aircaft carrier turned museum. Organizers of the stunt, broadcast like on the cable network TNT, were breathless in their depiction of the dangers that the 45 year old faced.Two paramedics were on hand to rush him to the hospital if he crashed, and a fire boat was at the ready in case he strayed overboard, they informed the audience. Adding to the drama, the vintage aircraft that Knievel had to soar over was tagged as...

Evel Knievel's Kid To Jump Aircraft Carrier NEW YORK CITY (Wireless Flash) -- Stunt cyclist Evel Knievel once tried to jump a canyon and now his son is trying to jump an aircraft carrier. On July 31, "Kaptain" Robbie Knievel plans to jump over six military airplanes on the deck of the aircraft carrier museum U.S.S Intrepid. In order to complete the 180-foot jump, Knievel says he had to build a 30-foot high ski ramp to help his bike build up enough speed. He originally planned to jump two aircraft carriers at once but it was logistically impossible. The stunt...