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06-07-2008, 01:14 PM
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I've been watching thoroughbred racing events on television since nearly the beginning. I can truthfully say my favorite events were those with Jim McKay present. He displayed a complete feeling for the moment, as a journalist and as a fan. His narration on the "Jewels of the Triple Crown" is one of my all time favorites. Pending this afternoon's race, it remains a complete body of work... 
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06-07-2008, 01:26 PM
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HBO had an awesome documentary on Jim McKay in the last year or two (memory is shot). It showed a bunch of Wide World of Sports stuff as well as the tragic Munich Olympics hostage crisis that made him a mainstream (not just sports) star. Also, great stories told by Jim to go along with the footage.
Here's hoping they revive it so I can put it on a DVD.
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06-07-2008, 02:20 PM
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06-07-2008, 02:41 PM
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He is truely a legend. R.I.P Jim.
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06-07-2008, 03:15 PM
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It's "amazing" that Jim McKay became a sports broadcasting legend, and he did it without the shouting, schtick, and stupidity that infects today's sportscasting . . .
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"It doesn't measure up as a good field. There are some good horses, no great ones. No superstars . . ." -- Jimmy Jones prior to the 1973 Kentucky Derby
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06-07-2008, 04:05 PM
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A true gentleman in all walks of his life who will be missed.
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06-11-2008, 07:37 PM
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HBO Thursday 7pm Eastern HBO Saturday 11:30am Eastern
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06-11-2008, 09:54 PM
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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06-07-2008, 02:19 PM
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randy moss is the only bright spot i can think of as far as race coverage.
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