RIP Jim McKay

miami_fan · 06-07-2008, 09:38 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3430672

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Jim McKay, 86, a longtime television sports journalist, has died of natural causes in Maryland, according to a statement from the McKay family.

McKay is best known for hosting ABC's "Wide World of Sports" and 12 Olympic Games.

McKay won numerous awards for journalism, including two Emmys and the George Polk Award for his sports and news coverage of the 1972 Munich Olympics.

In 1988, McKay was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

Zelig · 06-07-2008, 10:06 AM

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.

George · 06-07-2008, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Zelig

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.

+1

cougarfreak · 06-07-2008, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Zelig

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.

+2

I loved him on Wide World of Sports. If I remember right, he did Evil Kneivel's Snake River Canyon jump.

Mike1409 · 06-07-2008, 02:16 PM

+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

cuervo72 · 06-07-2008, 02:36 PM

Fitting, in a way. RIP Mr. McKay.

miami_fan · 06-08-2008, 08:47 AM

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.

BrianD · 06-08-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by miami_fan

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.

"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.

saldana · 06-08-2008, 06:03 PM

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.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 06-09-2008, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianD

"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.

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.

06-07-2008, 02:36 PM	#6
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Fitting, in a way. RIP Mr. McKay. __________________ null

06-08-2008, 08:47 AM	#7
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	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. __________________ "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

06-07-2008, 10:06 AM	#2
Zelig Mascot Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 6721 Foxpointe Road Fort Worth, TX 76132	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.

06-07-2008, 02:16 PM	#5
Mike1409 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: St. Pete, FL	+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

06-08-2008, 06:03 PM	#9
saldana Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bethlehem, Pa	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.

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