Jim McKay Died

[Dymphna]

The Associated Press: Groundbreaking sportscaster Jim McKay dies at 86

The groundbreaking sportscaster died Saturday of natural causes at his farm in Monkton, Md. He was 86.

 

[cwo_ghwebb]

I heard about his death this morning, very sad. He had a great voice and I remember listening to him as a kid. RIP

 

[Hessian]

His narration

meant my Saturday chores were done.

I could then sit back and watch the Wide World of Sports!...
Memories stretch back to Munich '72.

 

[clevalley]

Wow - I remember him on ABC Wide World of Sports as a kid.

 

[Hessian]

If anybody finds ...

a televised tribute to him...(documentary style)
would you post it?
There are some great memories I'd love to share with my daughter.

 

[Lenny]

a televised tribute to him...(documentary style)
would you post it?
There are some great memories I'd love to share with my daughter.

http://www.youtube.com/v/GD1-FtjsNQE&hl=en

Several going up on YouTube.com

 

[Severa]

http://www.youtube.com/v/GD1-FtjsNQE&hl=en

Several going up on YouTube.com

Thanks for posting this. I had been looking for footage of him during the '72 Olympics (it was a few years before my time)
They just don't make sportscasters like McKay anymore.

 

[Bann]

I grew up listeing to Jim McKay and watching the WW of Sports. I didn't realize (all those years) he was from MD most of his life. He was the first broadcaster at WMAR in Balthimore, and I just read today that one of his first sports broacasting events was a horse race at Pimlico.

His famous "The thrill of victory...and the agony of defeat" is etched forever in my mind, though.
RIP

 

[Dymphna]

I grew up listeing to Jim McKay and watching the WW of Sports. I didn't realize (all those years) he was from MD most of his life. He was the first broadcaster at WMAR in Balthimore, and I just read today that one of his first sports broacasting events was a horse race at Pimlico.

His famous "The thrill of victory...and the agony of defeat" is etched forever in my mind, though.
RIP

I didn't know he was from Maryland originally. I did know he had a horse farm in Monkton though. I used to drive past it all the time when I lived up that way.

 

[Bann]

I didn't know he was from Maryland originally. I did know he had a horse farm in Monkton though. I used to drive past it all the time when I lived up that way.

I should have said lived in MD most of his life! According to some articles I read he was born in Philadelphia and his family moved to MD when he was 14.