RIP Jim McKay

[Hornius Emeritus]

Truly the passing of a legend



.RIP Jim McKay

 

[ThornintheHorn]

I'm 47 years old, and I grew up watching "Wide World of Sports" among other great sporting events which Jim McKay broadcast. I don't mind saying it brought a tear to my eyes when I found out this morning. My "youth" is slowing dying off.....

God Bless him.

 

[HornHuskerDad]

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[Bevoette]

RIP !

 

[DigglerontheHoof]

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[l00p]

I was thinking the other week about how this generation has a tool like Costas but older ones had guys like Cosell and McKay. No comparison. Legend is right.

 

[cochamps]

Costas is a tool, but Cosell is a legend?

 

[coolhorn]

Jim McKay defined what classic sports broadcasting is. No one did it better, and most that have followed him have been little better than talking heads. The word legendary is tossed around too easily, but fits Jim McKay in every sense of the word.

 

[WorsterMan]

McKay was greatness.... RIP

 

[gobears92]

 

[71grad]

12 Olympics and the decades on Wide World of Sports and always the great professional. As a kid I really enjoyed the winter sports. We could go years without snow and ice came in a big block from the corner store. Thanks Jim.

 

[ferrariparty]

RIP

 

[Bevo-Stevo]

"Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports. The thrill of victory......and the agony of defeat."

No one quite like Jim McCay. He had a passion for sports that was palpable and immediately drew you in. He would constantly and consistently find that angle that made the regular sporting event special and the special sporting event spectacular. He will be missed...as a man, a sportscaster, but most of all because there is no one like him.

 

[RabidLonghorn]

My greatest joy early in life was watching wide world of sports with my father.
The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.
RIP

 

[THEU]

RIP

I'm only 31 and remember McKay fondly. I really had NO idea he was anywhere close to 86. He will be missed.

 

[AUinAustin]

If anyone gets a chance they ought to read his book about the summer of 1972 - :My Wide world" was a great sports book.

 

[RC Horn]

When I heard the news today of his death, I was very saddened. I was a Wide World Sports fanatic back in the 70s. That show had one of the best introductions ever. Here it is just in case some of you have forgotten.

Wide World of Sports Intro

RIP Jim McKay, you will be sorely missed

 

[4th&5]

R.I.P. Jim McKay.

You were the consummate Sportscaster. Americana personified.

 

[cochamps]

AU - I heard him make a speech at Angelo State in San Angelo shortly after the 72 Olympics. They had a Q&A afterward. Good stuff.

 

[TexasTower]

This sucks.

 

[3rd Degree]

One of the great ones. He set the standard for all sports journalists, not just broadcasters.

 

[accuratehorn]

I feel a sadness, having heard him so many times. The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat.
He was blessed with a great natural voice, he had a love for sports, and became the biggest name in sports broadcasting. But beyond that, he was trusted to handle a big breaking news story like the 1972 Olympic murders, and he slid into the news reporter seat with grace and compassion for the victims, earning great respect. He will be missed by a generation of sports fans, RIP Jim McKay.

 

[doylehargraves]

Excellent HBO documentary on McKay airs again this Thursday at 6:00 PM.

 

[BornOrange]

I'm 39 and so my biggest memory of him is of course the Wide World of Sports, but after seeing a documentary about the 72 Olympics (when I was only 3) my eyes still water when I hear his words, "They're gone. They're all gone"