Saturday flashback: Remembering the great Jim McKay

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You can’t help but think about Jim McKay every time there’s an Olympics. He and Roone Arledge helped make the event into a TV spectacle.

In fact, the IOC should give a cut of those billion dollar-plus contract to each of their families. I’m sure CBS Sports president Sean McManus, McKay’s son, would be in favor of that.

Here’s a 1991 interview Bob Costas did with McKay.

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  1. From “Recognizing Tragedy as Olympic History”
    By Sanford D. Horn
    “The eleven slain Israelis:
    Officials/Trainers
    – Yossef Gutfreund
    – Amitzur Shapira
    – Kehat Shorr
    – Andrei Spitzer
    – Jacov Springer
    – Moshe Weinberg
    Athletes (wrestlers/weightlifters)
    – David Berger
    – Zeev Friedman
    – Eliezer Halfin
    – Yossef Romano
    – Mark Slavin
    May their memories always be blessed.”
    http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/recognizing_tragedy_as_olympic_history.html

    Amen.

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