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Title: Jim McKay, Olympics and ABC announcer, dies at age 86
Post by: TheSarge on June 07, 2008, 01:36:54 PM
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 the George Polk Memorial Award and two Emmys -- one for his sports coverage, the other for his news reporting -- for his work at the 1972 Munich Olympics, which were tragically affected by the Black September terrorists' attack on the Israeli athletes in the Olympic Village.

"There are no superlatives that can adequately honor Jim McKay. He meant so much to so many people. He was a founding father of sports television, one of the most respected commentators in the history of broadcasting and journalism," ESPN and ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer said in a statement.

"For more than 60 years he brought sports into the homes of Americans on Wide World of Sports, the Olympics and many other programs that captured the essence of the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3430672
Title: Re: Jim McKay, Olympics and ABC announcer, dies at age 86
Post by: Airwolf on June 07, 2008, 06:20:24 PM
I have missed him and willalways. He was the guy I wanted to see report on anything in sports even though I really wasn't a fan of any kind of sport at the time. I remember him on "American Sportsman" doing stuff and it just made it easier to enjoy watching him.
Title: Re: Jim McKay, Olympics and ABC announcer, dies at age 86
Post by: Chris_ on June 07, 2008, 09:42:18 PM
On top of the Munich, I am 99% sure it was McKay who exclaimed "Do you believe in miracles?" when the US beat the USSR in Hockey in the 1980 Olympics.

Class guy and a great broadcaster.
Title: Re: Jim McKay, Olympics and ABC announcer, dies at age 86
Post by: TheSarge on June 07, 2008, 09:43:38 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on June 07, 2008, 09:42:18 PM
On top of the Munich, I am 99% sure it was McKay who exclaimed "Do you believe in miracles?" when the US beat the USSR in Hockey in the 1980 Olympics.

Class guy and a great broadcaster.


That was Al Michaels in 1980.
Title: Re: Jim McKay, Olympics and ABC announcer, dies at age 86
Post by: Chris_ on June 07, 2008, 09:47:28 PM
Quote from: TheSarge on June 07, 2008, 09:43:38 PM
Quote from: freedumb2003 on June 07, 2008, 09:42:18 PM
On top of the Munich, I am 99% sure it was McKay who exclaimed "Do you believe in miracles?" when the US beat the USSR in Hockey in the 1980 Olympics.

Class guy and a great broadcaster.


That was Al Michaels in 1980.

Good thing I didn't bank on it. ;)
Title: Re: Jim McKay, Olympics and ABC announcer, dies at age 86
Post by: Bluesuiter-Retired on June 08, 2008, 06:30:32 AM
This is the first I heard about it.

I really enjoyed the American Sportsman program.