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RIP Jim McKay

#1 Post by bazodee » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:09 am

Long-time ABC sportscaster, Olympic broadcaster and host of Wide World of Sports

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080607/ap_ ... obit_mckay
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#2 Post by silvercamaro » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:13 am

Wow. I find it hard to believe he was 86. He did a superb job covering the terrible events in Munich when it seemed that no one else was there to do it.
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Re: RIP Jim McKay

#3 Post by gsabc » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:15 am

bazodee wrote:Long-time ABC sportscaster, Olympic broadcaster and host of Wide World of Sports

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080607/ap_ ... obit_mckay
Appropriate timing, with the Belmont Stakes today and his long-time coverage of the Triple Crown races as well. I hope CBS is nice enough to mention it during their broadcast.
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Re: RIP Jim McKay

#4 Post by ulysses5019 » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:25 am

bazodee wrote:Long-time ABC sportscaster, Olympic broadcaster and host of Wide World of Sports

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080607/ap_ ... obit_mckay

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#5 Post by silverscreenselect » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:58 am

He managed to turn a whole bunch of third and fourth rate sports into a competitive show, Wide World of Sports, and really kept ABC competitive as a sports network throughout the 1960's. Without McKay, I doubt ABC would have gotten Monday Night Football when it originated.

"The thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat"

And the most agonizing and professional moments of all were those long hours he put in at Munich in 1972.

A true professional; he will be missed.
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#6 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:11 am

silvercamaro wrote:Wow. I find it hard to believe he was 86. He did a superb job covering the terrible events in Munich when it seemed that no one else was there to do it.
Great catch SC, the story has been updated to say he was 87.
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#7 Post by silvercamaro » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:19 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:Wow. I find it hard to believe he was 86. He did a superb job covering the terrible events in Munich when it seemed that no one else was there to do it.
Great catch SC, the story has been updated to say he was 87.
No credit goes to me. I meant that -- in my mind's eye -- he will always be in his late 40s, or however old he was in 1972.



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#8 Post by lilclyde54 » Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:21 am

This is the first I have heard of this. He was always one of my favorite sportscasters.
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#9 Post by Estonut » Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:59 pm

Jim Nantz was on Letterman last night. When Dave asked who he had been influenced by, Jim McKay was one of the first names he mentioned.
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#10 Post by AlphaDummy » Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:42 pm

"They're all gone".

Very rarely has so much ever been packed into three words.


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#11 Post by kayrharris » Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:59 pm

Those words are exactly what I remember AD. I was glued to the TV while that was going on. He looked totally exhausted and distraught. I have admired him ever since.
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#12 Post by ne1410s » Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:47 pm

I loved his work--especially the '72 Olympics. I also liked his attitude toward editors: "Where were you when the page was blank?"
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#13 Post by jarnon » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:30 pm

gsabc wrote:Appropriate timing, with the Belmont Stakes today and his long-time coverage of the Triple Crown races as well. I hope CBS is nice enough to mention it during their broadcast.
ABC broadcast the race, and ended with a nice tribute to McKay.
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#14 Post by kayrharris » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:50 am

ESPN "Outside the Lines" has a great story on Jim today. For those young people who have no memory of the 1972 Olympics, it's an opportunity to see what we saw with some background as to what the reporters were going through at the time.

I watched it live in 1972 and it still brought tears to my eyes this morning.
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#15 Post by SportsFan68 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:10 pm

He was amazing. I've missed him ever since he retired.
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