Rick Barry hit 90% of his free throws during his NBA career shooting “granny style” and nobody else has committed to it in the almost 50 years since. I find that insane.
Remember when Robbie Knievel launched his motorcycle across the Grand Canyon? The landing was absolutely brutal, sending massive clouds of dust and debris exploding into the air.
Following the tradition of high-risk stunts that fascinated American audiences in the late twentieth century, Robbie Knievel attempted one of the most daring motorcycle jumps ever imagined by soaring across the immense Grand Canyon. Carrying on the legacy of his legendary father, Evel Knievel, Robbie accelerated toward the canyon’s edge at full speed, where raw physics and human ambition met in dramatic fashion.
As the motorcycle flew through the desert sky above the massive canyon, thousands of spectators watched in suspense while cameras captured every second of the breathtaking leap. The landing was as punishing as expected, with the bike smashing onto the opposite rim and sending enormous clouds of red desert dust exploding into the air, briefly swallowing both rider and machine from sight.
The stunt perfectly reflected the era’s obsession with extreme spectacle, when the divide between glory and catastrophe was razor thin and daredevils pushed human courage to its limits for the roar of the crowd and a place in history.
P-51 Mustangs Strafe German Train (November 25, 1944) 🇺🇸
Restored WWII gun camera footage shows Capt. Tucker and Lt. Oliver of the 359th Squadron, Eighth Air Force, conducting a low-level strafing run on a German supply train.
Capt. Tucker rakes the locomotive with .50 caliber fire, while Lt. Oliver scores a direct hit on a carriage loaded with explosives. The resulting fireball erupts as Oliver flies straight through the blast.
By the final stages of the war, Allied fighter-bombers relentlessly hunted German rail networks to starve the enemy of reinforcements and supplies.
SOURCES: The Bryan/College Station Restaurant Owners Association is “heavily” lobbying @TrevAlberts for a multi-year extension for Jason Kelly as Texas A&M’s pitching coach. There are concerns that losing Kelly could result in severe financial distress this summer.
“I just missed it. I missed the closeness of an audience, of a live audience. So just as soon as I got out of the movie contracts, I started to do live performances again.”
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