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ABC's Wide World of Sports (tv program)

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    Jun 10, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Remembering Jim McKay

    Baltimoresun.com staff
    Here's what members of the national media are saying about the late Jim McKay, who died Saturday at 86: • ESPN.com's Jeremy Schaap remembers McKay as "a reporter with the soul of a poet": McKay was special not just because he was a solid reporter...

    Tags: Athletes, CBS Corp., NBC (tv network), ABC (tv network), Television

    2. Nov 2, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. 'His words were golden'

    Jim McKay probably would have been a little embarrassed that an entire ballroom of people made such a fuss in his honor last night at the Hilton Baltimore. Throughout his broadcasting career, he always strived to make the story about his subjects, not...

    Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Auction Service, Ice Skating, Michael Phelps, ABC (tv network)

    3. Jun 7, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Jim McKay, sportscaster and Marylander, dies at 86

    Jim McKay, who spoke the first words on a broadcast on Baltimore television and matured with the fledgling medium into one of its most respected and beloved sports commentators, died this morning of natural causes. He was 86.
    Sun reporters
    Jim McKay, who spoke the first words on a broadcast on Baltimore television and matured with the fledgling medium into one of its most respected and beloved sports commentators, died this morning of natural causes. He was 86. McKay lived with his...

    Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, CBS Corp., Athletes, ABC (tv network), Colleges and Universities

    4. Feb 24, 2003 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. The face and voice of sports on TV

    Sun Staff
    Jim McKay: My World in My Words, an HBO documentary on the life of the legendary sportscaster, is at its best when it gets personal, very personal - as in his relationship with his wife, Margaret. There's the story about how McKay's hands began shaking...

    Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, CBS Corp., HBO (tv network), H.L. Mencken, ABC (tv network)

    5. Aug 14, 2008 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  5. Sal Marchiano

    Sal Marchiano, the sports anchor for the CW11 News At Ten, has been reporting sports on New York television for 40 years. Brooklyn-born and bred, Sal has always worked in the New York metropolitan area. In 1963, after graduating from Fordham...

    Tags: Science, ESPN (tv network), Frank Gifford, Fordham University, Casey Stengel

    6. Apr 1, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. 'Dust to Glory'

    In 1971, filmmaker Bruce Brown — previously noted for the surfing ode "Endless Summer" — helped kick-start an explosion of interest in the motorcycle world with his Oscar- nominated documentary "On Any Sunday." More than three decades later, Dana Brown, after asserting himself last year with the surfing documentary "Step Into Liquid," again follows in his father's footsteps (or should we say tire tracks?) with "Dust to Glory," a loud and boisterous but heartfelt chronicle of the 2003 Baja 1000 off-road race.
    Times Staff Writer
    In 1971, filmmaker Bruce Brown — previously noted for the surfing ode "Endless Summer" — helped kick-start an explosion of interest in the motorcycle world with his Oscar- nominated documentary "On Any Sunday." More than three decades later,...

    Tags: Movies, Hobbies, Television, Track and Field, Documentary (genre)

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