The Sean Taylor story is sad but the more compelling Sports figure death has just occurred.
Evel Knievel - dead at 69...
Whoda thunk he would live this long? I tell you what though, he was fucking awesome back in the 1970's. Evel MADE Wide World of Sports. Those Sunday afternoons in the summer we were glued to the TV.
I even had a white HUFFY bike with a red, white and blue stripes and stars and a motorcycle padded seat. It was awesome. I remember going to the park and jumping cans and whiping out dramatically - just like Evel.
I say they should take his ashes and sprinkle them in the Snake River in Idaho, the site of his ill fated rocket launch.... (I always wondered, how the fuck was he going to land in that thing - nose first like a lawn dart? He woulda been dead instantly. Maybe that was the goal.)
My youth and the idols thereof are slowy dying off....
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