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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has just announced it will posthumously honor ABC Sports legend Jim McKay at this year's News & Documentary Emmy Awards. McKay, who died in May, is the father of CBS News & Sports president Sean McManus . NBC Sports dedicated Friday's production of the Beijing opening ceremony to McKay. NBC Sports & Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol was a producer at...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
On the evening of Tim Russert's demise, when the television airwaves were filled with wall-to-wall tributes to NBC's chief political maven, the Baltimore Orioles preceded their ballgame with Pittsburgh with a tribute to Jim McKay.
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
When Jim McKay traveled to St. Andrews in Scotland to cover the 2000 British Open it was his final overseas event in more than 50 years of broadcasting.
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
When Jim McKay traveled to St. Andrews in Scotland to cover the 2000 British Open, it was his final overseas event in more than 50 years of broadcasting.
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Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
When Jim McKay traveled to St. Andrews in Scotland to cover the 2000 British Open, it was his final overseas event in more than 50 years of broadcasting.
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
When Jim McKay traveled to St. Andrews in Scotland to cover the 2000 British Open it was his final overseas event in more than 50 years of broadcasting.
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SPORTS COUCH POTATO (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
About 200 people came to Baltimore's Cathedral of Mary Our Queen on Tuesday for the funeral of Jim McKay, who died Saturday at 86 at his Maryland farm. Those in attendance among the friends, relatives and colleagues honoring the longtime...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Some of the biggest names in sports broadcasting are in Baltimore to mourn veteran colleague Jim McKay.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
BALTIMORE -- Some of the biggest names in sports broadcasting are in Baltimore to mourn veteran colleague Jim McKay.
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
In a wide ranging interview that touches on politics and personnel, acquisitions and Olympics, baseball and football, B&C's Marisa Guthrie talks with CBS News & Sports president Sean McManus . (The interview occurred before the death of McManus' father Jim McKay.) You recently persuaded Bob Schieffer to postpone his retirement. How else may you use him besides political coverage? McManus : It's just...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
"There are not many men who achieved what Jim McKay achieved both professionally and personally. He had a flawless reputation and was a legendary figure in the history of sports television. However, with all his achievements, the most important thing was his family." — CBS News & Sports president Sean McManus speaking about his father who died Saturday at age 86. New Career Opportunities Daily: The...
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Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather) On This Week with George Stephanopoulos acknowledges the passings of sportscaster Jim McKay, designer Yves Saint Laurent, rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley as well as 13 troop members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to icasualties.org, the casualty count in Iraq is now 4,407 and [...]
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
TV News: Reported on 1972 Munich tragedy -- Jim McKay elegantly covered competitions from badminton to barrel jumping. Yet he may best be remembered for that grim day at the Munich Olympics when he broke the news with three simple words: “They’re all gone.”
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Shooting The Messenger (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
"Television, as we recognize it, was born in the early afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963, when Walter Cronkite stared at an off-camera clock, removed his eyeglasses, and announced the death of John F. Kennedy even as a lump was starting to form in his throat. In a horrific flash, the planet had shrunk to the black-and-white boundaries of a Philco or a Zenith. Televised sports took nine more years to find...
