Bosch
2014
Search results
James Kenneth McManus (September 24, 1921 – June 7, 2008), better known professionally as Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist. McKay was best known for hosting ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961–1998).
Jun 7, 2008 · Jim McKay, the venerable and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 86. McKay died Saturday of natural...
Jun 8, 2008 · Jim McKay, the genial ABC Sports broadcaster whose calm voice and trustworthy demeanor were synonymous with the network’s Olympic broadcasts and the celebrated sports anthology series “Wide World...
Jun 8, 2008 · Jim McKay died Saturday, June 7, at the age of 86, and while tributes come from all corners of the wide world of sports, many recalling his Olympics coverage and especially the tragic Munich...
With a remarkable number of firsts in the field of broadcasting, sports commentator Jim McKay has no equal. In 1947, he was the first television broadcaster on the airwaves in Baltimore; in 1968, he became the first sports commentator to win an Emmy Award; and the host of other firsts he achieved make him one of the most respected commentators ...
Jun 8, 2008 · A veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War II, James McManus was a newspaper reporter who transferred to television when The (Baltimore) Sun started its own station. Mr. McKay was the first on-air...
People also ask
Who was Jim McKay?
How did Jim McKay die?
What did Jim McKay do for a living?
Who is Bob McKay?
Oct 20, 2017 · James McManus, better known to the public by his broadcast name, Jim McKay, was a transplanted Philadelphian who came to Maryland at the beginning of his high school career.
