A Texas man dropped $943,000 to pick up where hero Evil Knievel left off. Ed Beckley, 62, weighing in just under 300 pounds, is billed as the “world’s largest motorcycle jumper." Ed ...

Mike Wolfe just picked his way into Evel Knievel’s wild world, and nearly needed a helmet himself. What started as a simple billboard flip on the latest episode of American Pickers, turned into a full ...

BOISE - After an hour of bidding, the rights to jump the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho, went for almost $1 million today. "Big" Ed Beckley of Texas made the winning bid of $943,000. "I'm the ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Forty years ago, Evel Knievel placed his bruised body in a steam-powered rocket, pushed the button and ascended over the Snake River Canyon. The stunt, ruined by an early parachute ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho • Texas daredevil “Big Ed” Beckley has called off his attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon on the 40th anniversary of Evel Knievel’s failed attempt to do the same. Beckley made the ...

TWIN FALLS • Five hopefuls are seeking to secure a landing Evel Knievel never made. The five have come the closest of any group of daredevils to achieving approval for a Snake River Canyon jump since ...

Despite whatever gauge is used to estimate the success of Evel Knievel Week and the dollars it brought to Butte, Knievel apparently hasn't sent any dollars to the state to settle his tax debt. Also, ...