06-07-2008, 09:38 AM | #1 | |||
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RIP Jim McKay
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3430672
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06-07-2008, 10:06 AM | #2 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Loved him. When I was a kid, I just loved him. Especially the Triple Crown and the Olympics. He always made them exciting. I must be getting old. People are dropping like flies.
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06-07-2008, 10:26 AM | #3 |
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06-07-2008, 01:38 PM | #4 | |
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+2 I loved him on Wide World of Sports. If I remember right, he did Evil Kneivel's Snake River Canyon jump. |
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06-07-2008, 02:16 PM | #5 |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: St. Pete, FL
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+3 He was the voice of the olympics for me as a child.
One last time. "The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!" RIP |
06-07-2008, 02:36 PM | #6 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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Fitting, in a way. RIP Mr. McKay.
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06-08-2008, 08:47 AM | #7 |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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The contrast between the way Jim McKay handled the Munich Olympics tragedy and the way I think it would be handled by some of the on air talent today is terrifying to me.
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
06-08-2008, 04:30 PM | #8 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Appleton, WI
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"They're gone. They're all gone." Sadly, this is the first thing I think of when I think of Jim McKay. I've always liked sports guys who don't try to put themselves above the action. McKay always made sure the focus was on the athletes. |
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06-08-2008, 06:03 PM | #9 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Bethlehem, Pa
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personally, i was pretty angry with espn for leading off with the belmont last night instead of this....the intro to Wild World of Sports was the first part of the tease/intro, but when they came into the actual hosts, they mentioned it, and then sequed to big brown, and then went back to mckay second.
no way jim mckay should not have been the top story. |
06-09-2008, 06:34 AM | #10 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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I watched a documentary about that situation. Great stuff and they put most of McKay's live comments into the documentary. He did a great job. |
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