"Spanning the Globe..."

Legendary ABC sportscaster Jim McKay has left the building at age 86. Jim was best known for his line “the thrill of victory… and the agony of defeat” at the opening of the anthology show he hosted for many years, "Wide World of Sports". Jim came from a good background, as his Dad was a real estate appraiser!



from his obituary:


"Mr. McKay was thrust into the role of news anchor early on Sept. 5, 1972, when Israeli athletes were taken hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. About to take a swim in the Sheraton’s pool when the call came, Mr. McKay “threw on clothes over his swim trunks and took his seat in the studio, where he would remain for most of the next sixteen hours,” the 1994 book “The House That Roone Book” recalled.


Mr. McKay memorably reported the news that eleven Israeli hostages had been killed. “They’re all gone,” he said."



NY Times obit here:



http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/jim-mckay-longtime-abc-sportscaster-is-dead/?hp