Frank Miller: Colossus of Con Jul 21, 2008
He'll be at Friday night's Eisner Awards, the comic book industry's Oscars, nominated for an omnibus edition of his Daredevil books ... A year later, he won notice by turning a minor Marvel player into a star: blind attorney Matt Murdock, practicing law by day and justice by night as Daredevil ... In Daredevil, he used first-person narration in the panels. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET May 22, 2008
HAMILTON (Lindsay, SHNS) -- Regarded by many as the greatest big-wave surfer ever, among other things, water daredevil Laird Hamilton is not your average clothes designer ... HAMILTON (Lindsay, SHNS) -- Regarded by many as the greatest big-wave surfer ever, among other things, water daredevil Laird Hamilton is not your average clothes designer. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Amazing Cars to Be Sold at No Reserve During Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Collector Car Auction Mar 19, 2008
Rounding out the celebrity offerings will be a motorcycle and memorabilia (Lot #650) from the worlds preeminent daredevil, Evel Knievel. The bike, a 1972 Harley Davidson XR 750, will be sold with two jumpsuits, a helmet and boots, as well as X-rays from Knievels Caesars Palace jump and an original Evel Knievel pinball machine, among other items. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
UNCHARTED: DRAKE'S FORTUNE Dec 3, 2007
Video: Daredevil Evel Knievel dodged death in spectacular motorcycle leaps and crashes. David Dale: Australians are controlling what they watch instead of the networks. (Sydney Morning Herald)
S.D. Music Awards unveil nominees Aug 8, 2007
Arm the Angels, Daredevil Jane, Dirty Sweet, Magnolia Black, My American Heart, Reeve Oliver, The Atoms, Transfer. BEST HARD ROCK. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
US Grant Hotel Apr 8, 2007
CLOSE-UP ON CALIFORNIA / MAKING ROOM FOR SAN DIEGO / Newly renovated downtown hotels add to city's many incentives for an urban escape. "). Eventually, the hotel -- like the Gaslamp Quarter and much of downtown -- fell on hard times; by the late '80s, the Pickwick had partially converted into single-room-occupancy residences (a polite way of saying "flop house"). The present owners poured $16 million-plus into renovations last year and were rewarded with sold-out nights (at moderate prices) in... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Something for all 52 weekends of the year Jan 6, 2007
Find out at Norway s Olympic bob track in Lillehammer, where the daredevil will forgo the protection of the bobsleigh for the face-down, inches-from-the-ice thrill of the skeleton luge. Whydontyou. (TimesOnline)
