The Real McKay: My Wide World of Sports

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The "Cal Ripken" of broadcasters delivers a revealing memoir covering both the greatest sporting events and his own persona triumphsFor his fifty years in sports, many of those spent as chief anchorman of ABC-TV's "Wide World of Sports", Jim McKay has been the face and voice, the heart and soul of sports in American television. For many, he is best known for his coverage of eleven Olympics, most memorably for his anchoring during the tragic events at the Munich Olympics of 1972. During the hours from the taking of Israeli hostages by terrorists to the horrifying death of these athletes, Jim McKay remained a voice of reason and calm.

Watched by millions over the years, Jim McKay proved his skill and talent covering the Triple Crown horse races, the greatest golf championships, and other sports of all stripes and wild colors. He was the first television sports person to win an Emmy . Last fall in Baltimore he threw out the first ball at an Orioles-Indian American League championship game.

Throughout his career, Jim McKay has always displayed his trademark warmth and humor. This warm and absorbing memoir gives the reader not only a fascinating look at one man's view of sports, but of the integrity of the man himself.