Knievel was a real-life comic book hero who come to glorious and flamboyant life, thrilling kids of all ages and races throughout the world. The zenith in my love affair with Evel came in the form ...

In 1977, if you’d asked me to name four important things, I’d have said: that Evel Knievel broke every bone in his body at least once; that Evel Knievel’s nickname was inspired by a ...