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Jesse James’ new stunt series is alive and kicking on Spike TV, with a premiere episode that set new ratings records for the network.

“Jesse James Is a Dead Man” debuted Sunday night at 10 p.m. and drew the largest audience ever for an unscripted Spike TV series. “Dead Man” was seen by 2 million viewers — including 900,000 among the network’s target demo of men 18-49.

In the premiere episode, the former “Monster Garage” personality rode a 1,000-horsepower motorbike powered by highly combustible nitromethane fuel…  Details

A great number of individuals walk in nutshells all day long, immobilized by fear from making decisive action on particular subjects. One once said, “Do that which you fear and the death of fear is certain.” How is it that individuals can learn to defy fear and make this an everyday tool for their betterment. The answer lies in adrenaline sports.

A great deal of people are skeptical towards the notion of practicing these sports. However, scratch a little deeper and a hoard of interesting discoveries awaits. Adrenaline known in some circles as extreme sports. The options of the adrenaline sports at ones disposal are broad…  Details

Wearing a red cap and a wreath of flowers, Helio Castroneves perched atop his car in victory lane late Sunday afternoon and, for the first time in seven years, took a jubilant swig from the bottle of milk that is handed to the Indianapolis 500 champion.

Then Castroneves sank into the cockpit, bowed his head and sobbed. He won the race for the third time, becoming just the ninth driver to do so, but this victory had come under very different, and much more difficult, circumstances than his victories in 2001 and 2002.

“I think my tears speak for everything,” he said later.

Thirty-seven days before Sunday’s race, he was acquitted of federal income-tax charges, allowing him to drive an Indy car again for Roger Penske. Castroneves completed a superb month at Indianapolis Motor Speedway by  …  Details

yoga1Expertly balanced 300ft up a rock face, Khiv Raj Gurjar is the world’s finest exponent of Extreme Yoga.

Using only a BMX bike for support, 61-year-old Khiv takes the ancient art of meditation to new levels as he performs complex forms of yoga merely inches from the sheer drop.

Travelling to the top of the rocky outcrop near to his home of Jodhpur in the Indian state of Rajasthan, Khiv begins his exercises at dawn, so as to avoid the raging desert heat.

A student of yoga since the age of 13 and a keen sportsman, Khiv has combined his other great love, cycling, to create his new and extreme form.

‘From my childhood I was passionate to do things which are extraordinary and look very dangerous,’ says Khiv.

‘I tried magic, learned acrobatics, yoga, did cycling, played football.

‘As I grew into my twenties I found combining yoga and cycling stunts would be something very unconventional, but also deeply challenging.’   …  Details & more Pictures